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Fast-tracking the approach to drug discovery and development
Mundipharma EDO GmbH's Dr Thomas Mehrling talks through the benefits of streamlining the drug discovery and development process using the EDO model...
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Drug Delivery
Drug delivery refers to approaches for transporting a pharmaceutical compound in the body as needed to safely achieve its desired therapeutic effect.
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Janssen and GSK provide keynote addresses at Controlled Release Delivery 2017
Returning to Central London for the 14th year, SMi’s Controlled Release Delivery conference will take place on the 3rd & 4th of April 2017...
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Latest revision on FDA combination product guidance presented at Pre-Filled Syringes Boston Summit
FDA Present on Regulatory Considerations for Combination Products at Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast this Spring...
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E-coli used as a transport capsule for pneumococcal disease vaccine
1 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed an E. coli-based transport capsule designed to help next-generation vaccines do a more effective job than today's immunisations...
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Magnetically controlled drug effectively targets and dissolves blood clots
23 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have developed a magnetically controlled drug that can be condensed on a blood clot by means of a magnetic field...
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Nanoparticles used to deliver RNAi agents to thyroid cancer tumours
20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed an innovative nanoplatform that allows them to effectively deliver RNAi agents to the sites of cancer and suppress tumour growth...
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ChemoFilter – the sponge designed to soak up cancer drugs
7 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Berkeley Lab researchers are helping to develop and test materials for a new drug-capture system that could limit the harmful side effects of cancer drugs...
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Second skin polymer could be used to deliver drugs
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
With further development, the XPL could be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis...
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A safe way to deliver drugs to the placenta
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers from the University of Manchester have devised a method to selectively deliver drugs to a pregnant woman’s placenta without harming the foetus...
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Implantable film takes a direct hit at pancreatic cancer
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers from MIT and MGH have developed a small, implantable device that delivers chemotherapy drugs directly to pancreatic tumours...
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Implant turns the immune system against Alzheimer’s disease
17 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists have developed a capsule containing cells that have been genetically engineered to produce antibodies against the Abeta...
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DNA origami successfully used to kill leukaemia cells
24 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers at The Ohio State University are working on a new way to treat drug-resistant cancer that uses DNA origami packaging...
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TAxI holds promise as a carrier for spinal cord treatments
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The small peptide has been shown to be an effective at shuttling functional proteins into the spinal cord after a muscle injection...
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The practicalities of targeted cell delivery: senior scientists gather in London to explore the latest in RNA Therapeutics
8 February 2016 | By SMi Group
SMi will open its doors to host RNA Therapeutics 2016 in just 1 week on 15th and 16th February in Central London...
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Empty Hepatitis E virus shells used to carry vaccines
4 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers showed that virus-like particles carrying LXY-30 could home in on breast cancer cells both in a laboratory dish and in a mouse model...