The paradox of data in precision medicine
The path to faster breakthroughs in precision medicine begins with overcoming the complexities of multi-modal data. Discover how innovative solutions are enabling more personalised treatments.
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The path to faster breakthroughs in precision medicine begins with overcoming the complexities of multi-modal data. Discover how innovative solutions are enabling more personalised treatments.
A promising new inhaled therapy is progressing in Phase 2 trials, presenting new opportunities for improving cystic fibrosis treatment.
The era of precision medicine demands more rigorous biomarker validation methods. While ELISA has long been the gold standard, advanced technologies such as LC-MS/MS and Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) offer superior precision, sensitivity and efficiency. Here, Prasad Lakshmanan Selvaraj, Director of Technical Review at Sannova, explains that by embracing these…
A new blood-brain barrier-crossing platform enables the delivery of therapeutic molecules to the brain, offering potential treatments for ALS and Alzheimer’s disease.
Driven by a passion for innovation and inclusivity, Dr Catherine Pickering, CEO of iOnctura, is on a mission to transform cancer treatment while championing diversity within the biotech industry.
Søren Bregenholt, Chief Executive Officer at Alligator Bioscience, elucidates how creating bispecific antibodies that target both tumour-specific antigens and CD40, a receptor on the immune system’s dendritic cells, is a new approach that aims to trick tumours into telling the immune system how best to attack.
Therapeutic antibodies play a key role in addressing unmet medical needs. Here, Dr Judy Chou, CEO, President and Board Member of AltruBio, Inc, explains how agonist antibodies show potential as a novel therapeutic approach in immunological diseases, helping to mediate interactions between circulating immune cells and influencing the intensity and…
The emergence of new antibody-based therapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates, alongside a continued drive towards alternatives to animal testing approaches, highlights the need for precise and sensitive tools enabling the identification and characterisation of the best drug candidates for clinical progression. Capable of keeping up with the evolving drug development…
The glaucoma drug methazolamide removed tau build-up and lessened signs of dementia in genetically-engineered zebrafish and mice.
Small molecules are essential for developing effective medicines, but their structural complexity and material behaviour present difficulties. In this article, Chris Brown, Senior Chemist, Onyx Scientific Ltd, discusses how the right technologies and approaches can enhance drug development and mitigate risk from initial phase to commercial launch.
Researchers have uncovered a how INPP4B, alongside PIKfyve and TRPML-1, drives pancreatic cancer metastasis.
Based on MRI scans from 732 prostate cancer patients, the AI model identified the edges of 85 percent of the most radiologically aggressive lesions.
Anirban Datta, Head of Discovery Biology at Verseon International Corporation, details how recent breakthroughs are bringing once-distant possibilities, such as testing drugs more efficiently and restoring lost organ function through implantation, closer to reality.
Disrupting F-actin in aged brains restored brain autophagy to youthful levels and reversed some cellular markers of brain ageing.
The findings offer a promising drug target to prevent progression to colon cancer by targeting abnormal cells early on.