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New hydrogel stem cell treatment could repair injured brain tissue

28 February 2023 | By Ria Kakkad (Drug Target Review)

The new ‘hybrid’ hydrogel allowed researchers to safely deliver stem cells to the site of a brain injury in mice.

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Tool to track SARS-CoV-2 mutations could inform drug development

11 September 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A new tool called COVID-3D that monitors SARS-CoV-2 genome mutations could aid drug and vaccine development, its creators say.

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Engineered protein could be used to treat type 2 diabetes

3 September 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

An engineered form of the SMOC1 protein has shown success as a type 2 diabetes treatment in animal models, say researchers.

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Adding RPL6 protein to vaccine prevents malaria in mice, find researchers

18 May 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have shown that adding the RPL6 protein to malaria vaccines was successful at protecting mice against the condition.

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Process that immune cells use to detect infections and cancers discovered

10 January 2020 | By Rachael Harper (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have discovered how gamma-delta T cells become activated which could lead to the development of new and improved immunotherapy treatments.

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Strep A vaccine target identified for global use

30 May 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Researchers use high-throughput DNA sequencing technology to identify a potential vaccine target for Strep A.