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War On Cancer 2018: targeted therapies in oncology
War On Cancer 2018 discussed how cancer treatments have evolved over the last few decades, and looked at the future of cancer therapies...
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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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Muscular paralysis progression could be reduced using tamoxifen
Currently used for breast cancer, tamoxifen could be useful in preventing the progression of myotubular myopathy, a severe genetic disease...
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PCSK9 inhibitors to treat high cholesterol
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol could be treated by using synthetic DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies to inhibit PCSK9...
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Inhibiting inflammation by blocking release of TNF alpha
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet collaborated with other researchers to develop a compound that prevents inflammation by blocking release of TNF alpha...
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Drug candidate offers hope of vocal improvement for ADNP syndrome
Scientists have uncovered a promising drug candidate that appears to normalise the vocal communication mechanism deficiencies experienced in genetic disorder ADNP.
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Application note: Cellular dopamine and intracellular calcium signaling using the next generation HTS microplate reader
This application note highlights the direct optic bottom reading performance of the BMG LABTECH microplate readers in two different cell-based fluorescence intensity assays from Invitrogen.
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Precision neuroengineering reproduces brain-like functions in vitro
Using precision engineering, researchers form Japan and Spain have collaborated to show brain-like functions in vitro to advance medical research...
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Vaccinia virus hijacks cellular movements to spread
To spread throughout the body, the vaccinia virus mimics the infected cells' own proteins enabling the cell to move around and spread...
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RIP1 kinase as a therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
RIP1 has been shown to suppress the action of macrophages against the immune system and could be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer...
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Magnetically controlled thrombolytic passed preclinical trials
ITMO University scientists have used nanoparticles and magnetic waves to localise drug delivery in animal models, resulting in no side effects...
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High throughput screening for deep mining of antibody repertoires, Dr. Stefan Moese, Novartis, Switzerland
9 November 2018 | By Beckman Coulter
In this webinar you learn about a high throughput screening approach for mining of antibody repertoires in the context of biologics drug discovery.
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Anti-inflammatory bacterial protein discovered in zebrafish
An anti-inflammatory bacterial protein discovered in zebrafish could lead to the discovery of anti-inflammatory proteins within humans...
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P2K system could resolve bottlenecks in drug research
Researchers have developed a new system that could significantly speed up the discovery of new drugs and reduce the need for costly and time-consuming laboratory tests...
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Harmonising drug-target binding data analytics on a single platform
6 November 2018 | By PerkinElmer
This webinar outlined the fundamentals of a design process where an experimental analytics data workflow is being integrated into a more seamlessly interactive platform...
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Parasitic worm study predicts potential drug targets and drugs
The largest ever parasitic worm study has revealed nearly 1 million new genes, and has identified potential drug targets and drugs...