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Avacta selects chemotherapy drug candidate for pre-clinical development
Avacta Group announced that the chemotherapy candidate AVA3996 will be developed with a view to a first-in-human clinical trial beginning in 2023.
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Janssen licenses its pan-influenza antibody to Leyden Labs
Janssen's monoclonal antibody CR9114, for the potential treatment of influenza, has been exclusively licensed by Leyden Labs for development and commercialisation.
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Successful liver model developed for research into UCD
Urea cycle disorders affect the liver’s ability to excrete urea from the body. To test potential therapeutics requires an accurate model – a hurdle that has now been successfully navigated thanks to a team of researchers in Switzerland.
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Sino Biological establishes new location in Houston, Texas
Sino Biological has announced that its new location in Houston, Texas, is now open, expanding the company geographically.
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Episode 5 – Small molecule screening with Dr Sheraz Gul, Fraunhofer Institute & Dr John Fuller, Beckman Coulter
In this latest episode, we discuss how small molecule discovery can be automated and how this process saves researchers time and money.
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Altasciences acquires Sinclair Research and continues to expand pre-clinical platform
Altasciences has announced its acquisition of Sinclair Research, a pre-clinical CRO, to expand its services across the US.
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Novel method for chemo capture – up to three times more effective
A team of researchers in the US has devised a new means of removing excess chemotherapy drugs from a patient’s bloodstream, with potential for wider clinical and materials science applications.
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Transformational machine learning approach could accelerate drug design
In this Q&A, Professor Ross King from the University of Cambridge, UK, discusses how a new machine learning approach could aid drug discovery and development. The method learns from multiple problems and improves performance while it learns.
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Product hub: Power your bioanalytical workflows
Learn about how Thermo Scientific™ Watson LIMS™ software can help manage bioanalytical studies, working to industry and regulatory standards for small and large molecule testing.
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Treating cancer patients with cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome
In this article, Patrick Kendall, Scientific Advisor for Artelo Biosciences, outlines why future treatment of cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome may lie with drugs in development offering a mechanistic approach.
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Antibodies that can neutralise SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant identified
A study has revealed four classes of antibodies that can neutralise Omicron by targeting one of four areas of the spike protein present in SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Under the microscope: Keying into UK biosciences – GenScript Biotech operations lands in Oxford
With operations in over 100 countries worldwide, GenScript Biotech, an industry leader in biotechnology reagent services, has established a new UK office in the Oxford area to better connect with the UK biosciences sector.
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T-cell immunotherapies and flow cytometry
Dr Alasdair Gunn and Natalie Bath from Adaptimmune explain how flow cytometry provides a useful tool for the development of immuno-oncology therapies. They also explore how they use this method for translational research of the company’s SPEAR T-cell products.
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Thriving biotech: three stocks building momentum
In this article, Dmytro Spilka explores three promising biotechs that have seen growth in the last year and why they may continue to garner interest.
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Episode 4 – LIMS systems with Tyler Pascoe & Matt Gruver, Thermo Fisher Scientific
In this podcast, join Tyler Pascoe and Matt Gruver from Thermo Fisher Scientific as they explore the new Watson LIMS software.