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Innovate UK funding for new precision cancer treatment technology

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Sixfold Bioscience and Medicines Discovery Catapult awarded Innovate UK grant to pursue ground-breaking project. Programmable Oligonucleotide Delivery System (PODS), developed by Sixfold Bioscience, is a versatile system which delivers short interfering RNA (siRNA) gene silencing cargo to specific cancer cells.

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Pharmaceutical Polymers / Medical Polymers -Current Scenario and Future Potential

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Driven by the increasing need for safe and efficient medical devices and drug delivery systems, the pharmaceutical polymers / medical grade polymers domain is advancing significantly. There has been a rise in the development of polymers for biopharma with improved biocompatibility, biodegradability and functionality.

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Rheumatoid arthritis treated with implanted cells that release drug

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With a goal of developing rheumatoid arthritis therapies with minimal side effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have genetically engineered cells that, when implanted in mice, will deliver a biologic drug in response to inflammation. Simon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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2024 predictions: Experts weigh in on cancer research

Drug Discovery World

Through early diagnosis and precision medicine, we can improve quality of life and enable more people with cancer to survive. Combined with the development of new drug delivery systems (DDS), this will enable safe transport of drugs to the target site.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

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We know that a lot of different pathologies, especially as we’ve entered the era of molecular medicine and gene therapies, cause many of the same symptoms and work through final common pathways. Viral Vectors for Gene Delivery to the CNS. Next Steps for Targeted CNS Delivery. The patients are waiting!

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Metabolomics: An Emerging yet Powerful Tool in Clinical Research and Development

Roots Analysis

Genomics is the study of genetic material within a cell, and transcriptomics is the study of gene activity in different cells. Personalized medicine or precision medicine is an emerging field with the potential to develop novel and efficacious custom-based clinical therapies, wherein metabolomics holds a potential role.

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Covid-19 vaccine success bolsters nanoparticle drug delivery research

Pharmaceutical Technology

This intersection will be remembered as one of the most significant achievements in science and medicine”. Using nanomedicine to overcome drug delivery barriers Apart from lipid nanoparticles, nanoparticle-related innovation is also reaching other types of drug development.