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‘Click’ chemistry used to tag proteins made by cancer cells 

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Biomarkers are valuable tools in diagnosing disease or predicting treatment outcomes, but they are challenging to find. . The new method involves adding chemical tags to sugar molecules which are added to cells. When the cells make these proteins, they remain marked with the chemical tag, meaning that researchers can identify them.

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Cancer research drugs: Where is the innovation?

Drug Discovery World

The last month has seen huge strides forward in our understanding of cancers, particularly in how they develop resistance to therapies and how we can ‘outsmart’ them using gene editing or different therapeutic pathways, but also how we can better target drugs to individuals and accurately predict treatment outcomes.

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Chocolate Shortage Looms Ahead of Easter 2024

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The Consumer Effect Due to rising prices, some analysts predict a decrease in consumer demand for chocolate, a luxury often purchased on impulse. For consumers, the joy of indulging in Easter chocolates may come with a higher price tag, prompting a reflection on the sustainability and future of this beloved treat.

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Grand Rounds Biostatistics Series January 5, 2024: Methods for Handling Missing Data in Cluster Randomized Trials (Rui Wang, PhD; Moderator: Fan Li, PhD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

At the end, we just need a model for predicting the probability of the observed. Tags #pctGR, @Collaboratory1 The post Grand Rounds Biostatistics Series January 5, 2024: Methods for Handling Missing Data in Cluster Randomized Trials (Rui Wang, PhD; Moderator: Fan Li, PhD) appeared first on Rethinking Clinical Trials.

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Biogen’s Aduhelm rollout goes from bad to worse

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Analysts were predicting sales of Biogen’s recently approved Alzheimer’s therapy Aduhelm may start to gather a little momentum in the third quarter, but the drug seems to be going into reverse. Vounatsos also insisted that Aduhelm’s price tag has not been a factor discouraging treatment with the drug.

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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

Pharmaceutical Technology

IO therapies come with a hefty price tag, with ICI therapies in the US typically exceeding $100,000, while cell therapies can exceed $400,000. There were also personalised care-related unmet needs identified, and this included the need for better predictive biomarkers. Cost-related unmet needs also scored highly.

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American health is in for a “world of hurt”

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In as many as 29 states, the prevalence of obesity will exceed 50 percent, with no state having less than 35 percent of residents who are obese, they predicted. The estimates are thought to be particularly reliable, as the team corrected for current underestimates of weight given by individuals in national surveys.