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Evaluating methods targeting Protein-Protein Interactions

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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are becoming increasingly relevant in the pathology of many diseases, including cancer. PPIs are an integral part of the physiology of living organisms, as complexes which control biological pathways mediated by proteins. These regions are critical for optimal interactions between proteins.

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Can artificial intelligence help craft new medicines?

Drug Discovery World

The drug target for Penicillin is a protein that helps bacteria to synthesise its cell wall. One of the first and most basic requirements for a protein to be characterised as a drug target is to show that inhibiting its function prevents the disease. Salvarsan was soon overtaken by the Penicillin antibiotics.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

This presentation covered three primary drivers for a protein expression model: speed, cost and sustainability. “It The next presentation attended in this track was the keynote presentation, which was given by Kate Smith, PhD, Head of UK Protein & Cell Sciences at GSK. GSK has developed high-throughput mammalian and E.

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Let's Quit Sugar With Audiobook – Let's Quit Sugar

The Pharma Data

Fructose Containing Sugars at Normal Levels of Consumption Do Not Effect Adversely Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Fructose-containing sugars, blood pressure, and cardiometabolic risk: a critical review. Aspartame bioassay findings portend human cancer hazards. Arq Gastroenterol.

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