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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. Ensuring that the CPP can escape this endosomal compartment is crucial for its bioavailability and bioactivity properties. Nanoparticles 6.

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Fibrosis research: Advances and challenges 

Drug Discovery World

Fibrocor is on track to complete all IND-enabling work to support IND filing and initiation of clinical trials in 2024. Phase I of the clinical program will dose healthy volunteers with single ascending doses of FIB992 before proceeding to a multiple ascending dose study where the drug is administered for a two-week period.