Why do some colorectal cancers resist immunotherapy? Analysis of patient tumour samples has identified a population of fibroblasts that could help explain treatment resistance.
Professor Joseph C. Wu of Stanford University explains how stem cells, human-relevant models and AI are helping researchers predict which drug candidates are most likely to succeed before clinical trials.
Foundation models have delivered breakthroughs in protein biology, but single-cell models have struggled to match them. What is holding them back?
A microfluidic chip combining patient-derived glioblastoma cells with their tumour vascular environment could give drug developers a more realistic preclinical model for predicting treatment response – and may help explain why genetically similar patients respond differently to the same therapy.
A new study using single-cell RNA sequencing has identified AGR2 as a potential prognostic marker and FOXM1 as a druggable target in non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, offering new tools to stratify patients and guide treatment strategies.
A large-scale transcriptomic study has pinpointed distinct cell-surface targets for antibody-drug conjugate development across cervical cancer subtypes, revealing how tissue-of-origin comparisons and subpopulation analysis can uncover targets missed by conventional screening approaches.
Researchers have engineered human heart organoids complete with functioning valves, creating a physiologically relevant platform to study valve disorders including mitral valve prolapse and valve calcification, and potentially accelerating the search for new treatments.
One receptor can protect antibodies from degradation, extend their half-life and become a drug target itself. Explore the science behind FcRn and how researchers measure its function.
Non-animal methods are already used throughout early drug discovery, yet animal testing continues to dominate regulatory safety assessment. Recent initiatives suggest change is coming, but significant scientific and practical challenges remain.