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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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Liquid biopsies have demonstrated promising activity in multiple clinical settings, but the great enthusiasm and expectations around them can be harmful if not adequately managed,” said Dr. El Mustapha Bahassi, PhD, Director, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, at the global clinical research organization (CRO) Medpace.

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The ‘failure’ of clinical trials in the search for COVID-19 treatments

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It may not be appropriate to use the word ‘failure’ when summarising the utility of clinical trials in the search for a curative or preventative treatment for disease. Most of the trials are underpowered to demonstrate efficacy on mortality and long-term consequences of the disease.

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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

The Pharma Data

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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News from AACR 2024: Sunday’s highlights

Drug Discovery World

Aviv Regev, Head and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech, opened the session with a discussion of how advances in genomic sequencing are fostering the development of data-rich cell atlases and what that data could mean for new insights into cancer biology and novel therapeutics.

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Osimertinib Resistance and EGFR Mutations in NSCLC Treatment

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This mutation hinders the drug’s binding to the mutant EGFR protein. Osimertinib, however, can covalently bind to the T790M and cysteine-797 (C797) residue at the protein’s ATP binding site, overcoming resistance mechanisms. In the same study, those with T790M loss had a shorter treatment duration (6.1 months vs. 15.2

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Roche’s Early Alzheimer’s Blood Test Gets FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

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This test, which is being co-developed with Eli Lilly, has the potential to facilitate earlier and more accurate detection of the disease. The Elecsys pTau217 assay is designed to detect amyloid pathology, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, by measuring phosphorylated tau protein in human plasma.

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Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: New Research Shows How a Blood Test Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis

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The researchers found that factors in the blood can potentially predict the risk of developing the disease years before a clinical diagnosis is made. Some Alzheimer’s patients start off by developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is a condition that involves worsening memory or cognitive ability.