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What an innovation centre means for 3D biology

Drug Discovery World

Think of a cell culture, where scientists can observe the growth of a cell in the body in an in-vitro setting, and gain an understanding of how they react to different drug compounds. 2D vs 3D . 2D biology has been used by pharmaceutical researchers for decades.

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Nine new industry collaborations driving drug discovery forward

Drug Discovery World

SpyBiotech and the University of Oxford Biotechnology company SpyBiotech and University of Oxford have entered a research agreement for the development of a vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We see a great need for a vaccine against EBV.” Sartorius has been working with NVIDIA since 2020.

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Clinical Catch-Up: January 18-22 | BioSpace

The Pharma Data

Gritstone Oncology , based in Emeryville, California, announced that it is advancing development of its own second-generation vaccine against COVID-19. Brilacidin has shown in vitro to be have antiviral properties against different SARS-CoV-2 strains and other human coronaviruses. Read on to see. COVID-19-Related.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

According to Medicine Discovery Catapult, these include: “Navigating the complexity of the CNS; understanding the disease pathology, and accessing predictable in vitro and in vivo cell models 2 ”. Dementia is the only major cause of death without a treatment to prevent, slow or stop disease progression. “In In 2019, dementia accounted for 1.8

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Touchlight boosts DNA manufacturing capacity with latest expansion

Pharmaceutical Technology

Tripling its production capacity, Touchlight can now manufacture 8kg plasmid DNA, a key component for mRNA gene therapies and vaccines. As per the company, dbDNA is suitable for rapid, scalable manufacture of GMP DNA and can incorporate gene sequences of sizes ranging from 500bp to 20kb, which are typically unstable as pDNA.

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Meet the company on a mission to transform research and advance healthcare

Pharmaceutical Technology

On the other hand, a lack of diversity in clinical trial populations, particularly when the disease population is significantly underrepresented, greatly diminishes the quality of data obtained for drug safety and efficacy profiles. This may sound obvious, but it is still a major hurdle in drug development. of the clinical trial population globally.

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