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Five recent cell and gene therapy discoveries
This article highlights five of the latest findings using cell and gene therapy techniques that could be used in the development or design of new therapies.
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Drug Target Review Cell and Gene Therapy Supplement 2022
This supplement focuses on how cell and gene therapy can target diseases such as cancer and reduce elevated lipoprotein(a).
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Scientists discover multiple pathways of the 5HT2a receptor activated by psychedelics
The new LSD-like compounds activated the 5HT2a receptor, a receptor stimulated by serotonin, without causing hallucinations.
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RASA2 gene make T cells more resilient
New study finds that using CRISPR to block RASA2 gene makes T cells more resilient against cancer.
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Protein decoy hinders progress of lung cancer growth in mice
Researchers have slowed the spread of a type of non-small cell lung cancer in mice by neutralising a protein that would otherwise cause tumour growth.
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New CRISPR technique could alter the way we look at brain diseases
Researchers may have fundamentally altered the way scientists study brain diseases with new CRISPR technology.
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Drug sponge could minimise effects of cancer therapy
A drug 'sponge' could be the future method of soaking up excess drugs within the body after cancer treatments such as chemotherapy to prevent side effects...
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Drug targets for Dengue, Zika and Ebola viruses
US researchers have identified possible drug targets for Dengue, Zika and Ebola viruses…
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Targeting the growth signals of ‘undruggable’ cancers
Dr Bivona and his team showed that the growth of multiple cancers slowed by suppressing the signalling pathway using an experimental compound...
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BNIP1 identified as a risk gene for ALS
Broad data analysis points to genetic similarities between Lou Gehrig's Disease and a form of dementia...
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Key psychiatric drug target comes into focus
Researchers have reported a major step forward towards designing more powerful psychiatric drugs with fewer side effects...
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Faulty immune cells may play role in alopecia and baldness
The new study suggests that defects in Tregs could be responsible for alopecia areata, a common autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss, and could potentially play a role in other forms of baldness, including male pattern baldness
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Identifying targets in MYC-driven triple-negative breast cancer
12 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Dr Andrei Goga of UC San Francisco has taken a multi-faceted approach to identifying new therapeutic targets in MYC-driven triple-negative breast cancers...
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New method inhibits the growth of TB causing bacteria
5 April 2016 | By Victoria White
A research team investigated the impact of compounds related to cholesterol on the TB causing bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis...
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Why neural stem cells may be vulnerable to Zika
30 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Neural stem cells that express AXL, only present during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy, may be linked to how Zika is able to produce cases of microcephaly...