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New study sheds light on drug-resistance mechanism
MIT chemists have discovered a possible way to design drugs that could fight against drug resistance.
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Drug Discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
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Study shows possible way to regenerate bones using messenger RNA
Researchers at Mayo Clinic, US found that messenger RNA could be used at low doses to regenerate bones without side effects.
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Episode 6 – mAbs and SARS-CoV-2 with Dr Carter Mitchell & Dr Sharath Madasu, Kemp Proteins
Listen to this podcast to discover why mAbs are key in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 and how the pandemic has shaped their development pipeline.
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Game-changing model to identify drugs that may slow AMD
Researchers have identified potential age-related macular degeneration drugs using a novel stem-cell based research tool.
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Five SARS-CoV-2 antiviral candidates revealed in drug screening study
Using virtual screening, researchers have discovered several natural compounds that could inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main protease.
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Sanofi and Exscientia establish strategic research collaboration
Sanofi and Exscientia will develop up to 15 novel drug candidates by leveraging the latter's AI discovery and optimisation platform.
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Ingenious AI method for improved target identification
A research team based at Skoltech in Russia has developed an artificial intelligence-driven solution for highly accurate detection of efficacious binding sites to expedite drug discovery.
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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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Virtual method enables screening of billions of chemical compounds
A new platform, named Virtual Synthon Hierarchical Enumeration Screening, has been developed by researchers to efficiently discover drugs.
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Scientists discover compound to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria
Taking a novel approach to antibiotic discovery, researchers at Rockefeller University have hit upon a promising solution to the problem of superbugs – a pervasive threat in hospitals the world over.
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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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Flow cytometry in drug discovery and development
With a range of tools available to scientists in the field of therapeutic discovery and development, flow cytometry presents an advantageous method to sort cells based on subtle differences. To find out more, Drug Target Review’s Victoria Rees spoke with Dr Peter O’Toole, Head of Imaging and Cytometry and Dr…
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Team identifies lead compound to potentially treat schistosomiasis
Researchers have found a quinoxaline-core containing, non-genotoxic lead compound that could treat schistosomiasis following optimisation.
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Drug Target Review Flow Cytometry ebook 2021
This ebook includes articles on flow cytometry in drug discovery and how it is applied to leishmaniasis research. Also included is a piece on how flow cytometry is being used to support the translational research of immuno-oncology therapies.