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

Drug Discovery World

Patient-derived xenografts (PDX) of melanoma were grafted into hIL2 mice, and TILs derived from the same melanoma patient were reactivated and expanded in vitro with IL2 and used to treat the PDX engrafted in the mice. However, adverse effects such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity still occur. Jespersen et al.

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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.

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RNA Therapeutics: A Novel Approach to Treating Diseases

Roots Analysis

Coding RNAs include messenger RNA (mRNA) and short interfering RNA (siRNA), which encode proteins and silence gene expression, respectively. ASOs are short single-stranded nucleotides that bind to specific messenger RNAs and prevent the production of a particular protein.

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The use of base editing in stem-cell based therapies

Drug Discovery World

Increasing interest in CRISPR-Cas gene editing systems over recent years has delivered innovative developments in precision genome engineering technologies, holding enormous potential for applications across the healthcare sector.