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Conversations from ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024 

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More importantly, it also highlighted that significant challenges remain in selecting the right therapies for the right patients despite the progress made through genomic testing and implementation of circulating tumour (ct) DNA analyses. We were there to present the latest findings from our research.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because these technologies involve literally cutting DNA at a specific point in the genome. Zinc fingers. billion in funding.

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FDA-approved drug sensitises brain cancer cells to radiotherapy

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They showed that diacylglycerol kinase B (DGKB), a regulator of the intracellular level of diacylglycerol (DAG), was significantly suppressed in radioresistant GBM cells. Researchers have discovered a clinical drug that sensitises glioblastoma (GBM) cells to radiotherapy and could replace the current standard of care.

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Biologics – The Next Step in Revolutionary Medication

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Like all drugs, biologics are regulated by the FDA. Biologics activate certain proteins or cells in your immune system to create specific responses to targets, while many conventional systemic drugs activate the entire immune system in a more generalized manner.

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Q&A with Mark Garner: The golden age of cancer research  

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For example, in CAR-T-cell therapy, scientists can take T-cells from a patient and ex vivo (outside the body) genetically engineer them to effectively target and kill cancerous cells, then infuse them back in to the patient. Mark Garner, PhD., RA: Please can you tell us a bit more about your role at Agilent?

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What the Glycome Can Tell Us About Persistent HIV Infection

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Studies have identified the presence of two types of HIV-infected CD4+ T cells: ‘Transcriptionally inactive’ cells that do not typically produce viral RNA or viral proteins. This may help explain why HIV is adequately controlled, but not eradicated, with current treatments. The research study was published in Cell Reports.

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Gene Switch: A Novel Platform for Switching Genes On and Off

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Further, the expression of any gene is dependent on the rate at which it is transcribed into mRNA and translated into proteins. There are various regulatory proteins or transcription factors that are responsible for affecting the transcription rate. These genetic switches assist transcription factors in binding to the promoter region.

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