news Role of gene in metastasis of brain cancer revealed 9 December 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Researchers have shown how increased YTHDF3 expression correlates with brain cancer metastases, making it a target for the condition.
article Exploring the intra-protein non-covalent interactions in the S1 domain of the SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike protein 11 September 2020 | By Oscar Bastidas PhD (University of Minnesota) The Spike (S) protein is a promising drug target in the quest to develop vaccines and antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 to treat and prevent COVID-19. Intra-protein interaction energy landscape mapping efforts have recently identified key interactions that may be crucial for the S protein’s ability to bind to receptor proteins on…
news Scientists home in on microRNA processing for cancer therapies 27 March 2019 | By Drug Target Review Research on the mda-7/IL-24 gene has shown that it helps to suppress a majority of cancer types, and now scientists are focusing on how the gene drives this process by influencing microRNAs...
news AFM-CRISPR technique used to map DNA mutations 21 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Nanomapping technology may transform the way disease-causing genetic mutations are diagnosed and discovered...