Expert view: Bridging the gap in users’ needs
The automated imaging and high-content imaging (HCI) markets are experiencing a widening dichotomy of users’ needs. Diverse hardware and software solutions are needed to bridge this divide...
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Imaging In-Depth Focus 2017
This In-Depth Focus explores current uses and future development in mass spectrometry imaging for bringing new drugs to market...
Expert view: Effective coupling of assays and cell models
Assay robustness tends to be the favoured descriptor when a particular assay can cope with minute changes in the sample, equipment, or operator. The more robust an assay, the more predictive data it ultimately yields. The industry’s greatest challenge for assay development has always been using those robust assays to…
Assays In-Depth Focus 2017
This in-depth focus looks at improving assay techniques to produce more detailed results using crystallography. It also covers some aspects of high-content screening assay development that are critical to successful implementation...
Calcilytics as potential novel therapeutic treatments to halt Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia.1 The common (>95% of cases) slow-developing form of the ailment is known as late-onset AD (LOAD) or sporadic AD (SAD). The rare (
Drug Target Review – Issue #3 2017
Included in this issue: The importance of industry partnerships; Calcilytics as potential novel therapeutic treatments to halt Alzheimer's disease; Accelerating neuroscience research with flow cytometry...
CRISPR-Cas9 repairs genetic mutation in human embryos
"Well thought through and brilliantly executed" study shows different DNA-repair mechanism in embryos compared to iPSCs
Inflammatory biomarkers as a herbal anti-arthritic drug discovery tool
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is joint-related, immune-based inflammatory disarray that affects almost 1% of the world’s population. The most evidenced pathogenesis is T-cell activation, which leads to clusters of differentiation (CD) in the T-cells and concurrently increases various inflammatory biomarkers.
Phenotypic and target-based screening: complementary or competing?
The screening of drug targets against compound libraries is now a mature and validated approach to identifying the chemical starting points of drugs...
Using clinical drug resistance to kill cancer cells
Drug resistance is a significant therapeutic problem, from infectious diseases to cancer. Given a large enough population of genetically varying target cells, the emergence of drug resistance is not surprising and is even unavoidable...
Development by design methodology: the key to successful manufacturing of patient-specific cell therapies
Recognised as the next wave of medicine, cell therapies have made significant strides over the last several years. But such advancements can present unique challenges, especially as more products move out of the clinic and toward commercialisation. And unlike typical pharmaceuticals, cell therapies rely heavily on the manufacturing process to…
David F Fischer on target screening
Drug Target Review editor Steve Bremer asks David F Fischer for his views on target discovery and validation in drug discovery. David F Fischer, PhD, is Executive Director Biology at Charles River...
Using venoms to uncover new targets in drug discovery
A range of drugs used in modern medicine are derived from animal venoms, and Steve Trim from Venomtech discusses how natural selection has made venoms particularly useful tools for uncovering new targets in drug discovery...
New drug targets identified to defend against chlamydia infections using CRISPR and stem cells
Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived macrophages (iPSDMs) provide a cell-based model system to study chlamydia infection in the laboratory. Amy Yeung from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute explains how she used this model in combination with CRISPR-Cas 9 technology to explore the potential of the two genes, IRF5 and IL10RA,…
Intracellular target validation in cellular systems … using peptides!
Paul Grant from Venomtech suggests that because animal venoms contain proteins and peptides that disrupt cell membrane integrity, they offer a new approach to drug discovery...