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Metrion Biosciences appoints Lee Patterson as CEO
Metrion Biosciences is set to accelerate its global expansion and enhance its leadership in ion channel drug discovery services.
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Assays
An assay is an analytical procedure in laboratory medicine, pharmacology and molecular biology for measuring the activity of a target entity.
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Beyond ELISA: the future of biomarker validation
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…
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The essential role of recombinant phage display antibody libraries
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…
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The future of cell analysis: a comprehensive guide
Sartorius have published its second edition High-Throughput Screening (HTS) by Cytometry handbook.
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New platform will accelerate single-cell analysis workflow
Sphere Fluidics have developed the Cyto-Mine® Chroma platform, which provides multiplexing and greater assay flexibility, reducing timelines and cost.
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Part two: the impact of poor data quality
In this four-part series, Dr Raminderpal Singh will discuss the challenges surrounding limited data quality, and some pragmatic solutions. In this second article, he discusses the problems that occur when using data of poor quality.
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Rapid functional cell-based activity profiling of multi-receptor targeted anti-obesity therapies
25 July 2024 | By Eurofins Discovery
Eurofins Discovery’s Luke Oostdyk, PhD, will highlight anti-obesity target combination therapies and cell-based assays ideal for testing functional activity, specificity, potency and signalling mechanisms of desired therapies against multiple disease-relevant targets.
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Developing a globally-applicable HIV cure
A new assay has been developed which enables the detailing of intact proviral genomes of under-studied HIV strains.
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The value of GPCR cell-based assays in drug discovery
20 June 2024 | By Eurofins DiscoverX
Join this webinar to discover how GPCR functional, cell-based assays determine off-target effects, reveal safety issues, and define drug mechanism of action to ultimately evaluate the therapeutic potential of candidate molecules.
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Improving treatment responses to solid tumours with trispecific TCEs
Following Zymeworks’ presentation at AACR 2024, in this Q&A, Dr Nina Weisser explains how the next generation trispecific T cell engager platform with integrated CD28 costimulation is engineered to tackle solid tumours.
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Overcoming the limitations of current drug discovery approaches
In this Q&A, Simon Kerry, CEO of Curve Therapeutics, shares the company’s recent milestones, insights into the innovative Microcycle platform, and how Curve plans to remain on the cutting edge of drug discovery.
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Poster: Assays for DDX3, DDX5, DDX17, RIG-I, and MDA5
A panel of HTS assays was developed using the Transcreener platform to accelerate the development of selective helicase inhibitors.
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Poster: Assays for PRMT5, MLL4, METTL3/14, & NSP14
AptaFluor SAH: A Homogenous, Universal Assay for Histone, RNA, & DNA Methyltransferases. Case Study for PRMT5, MLL4, METTL3/14, & NSP14
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Assay design for Alzheimer’s disease: key considerations and emerging trends
In this Q&A, we speak to Dr Emma Murphy, Head of Biology at the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute. Among her many insights, she discusses how the challenges in developing reproducible assays can be addressed, as well as strategies used to translate promising findings into clinically relevant tools…
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Ion Channel Drug Discovery – Recent Advances in Novel Non-Opioid Pain Research
28 February 2024 | By Eurofins DiscoverX
Watch this webinar to learn about recently published research toward the advancement of non-opioid analgesics targeting the Nav1.8 ion channel, a validated pain target primarily found in peripheral nociceptors.