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Scottish drug discovery: advancing new research models

Drug Discovery World

Following the Scottish Research and Drug Development Forum meeting, DDW’s Diana Spencer provides a snapshot of drug discovery in Scotland. Although target directed drug discovery is the most common approach, it is slow and expensive and has high attrition rates. Phenotyping, in contrast, can produce a hit/lead without a target.

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More efficient mouse model generation through informed founder selection

Drug Discovery World

This paid-for advertorial by Taconic appeared in DDW Volume 24 – Issue 3, Summer 2023 Overcoming challenges in model generation Genetically engineered mouse models are essential tools for biomedical research. As a result, model generation is an attractive option often considered in parallel. An example project (Fig.

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Brain Awareness Week 2024: A Spotlight on Brain Health and New Treatments for Neurological Diseases

XTalks

This includes discussions on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies in brain research, such as neuroimaging, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. This relates to neurological conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, which account for up to 70 percent of dementia cases.

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How mice with humanised immune systems are advancing cell-based immunotherapy

Drug Discovery World

Humanised immune system (HIS) mouse models that express human cytokines and support a broad range of human immune cell types have become integral tools to investigate and advance oncology drug discovery focused on cell-based therapies, which make up a growing proportion of cancer treatments. Jespersen et al.

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mRNA Therapeutics and mRNA Vaccines Industry: Current Scenario and Future Trends

Roots Analysis

It is important in the process of protein synthesis because mRNA is responsible for transferring genetic information from DNA to ribosomes, which then decodes the genetic information into a protein. In the last few years, researchers have become interested in using in vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA as a drug delivery agent.

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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 1

Drug Discovery World

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) This session will include three presentations, two clinical updates, two poster highlights, and two luncheon presentations.

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The evolution of assays for immuno-oncology research

Drug Discovery World

Evolution of such defence mechanisms can lead to multi-drug resistance, further disease progression, and cancer metastasis. Genetically modified T cells stimulated with IL2 are now administered as cell therapy for multiple cancer cell types with beneficial results 3,4. This continues to be the standard of care.