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Cell-penetrating peptides as a delivery system for oligonucleotides

Drug Discovery World

Oligonucleotides act on the RNA level through different molecular pathways, but there is a major drawback when using them as drugs: their poor bioavailability and cellular uptake. Over the years, a range of different CPPs have been developed, including natural translocating proteins through to newly-designed computer-prediction sequences 3.

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Fibrosis research: Advances and challenges 

Drug Discovery World

Fibrocor Therapeutics, a developer of novel therapeutics to treat fibrosis, recently appointed Piet Wigerinck as Chief Scientific Advisor. This has hindered development of drugs so that, from a therapeutic intervention point of view, fibrosis research is still in its infancy.