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AI designs new antibiotics to take on drug-resistant superbugs
Penn engineers have built an AI model that creates new antibiotics – and early tests show some work as well as existing approved drugs.
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From injections to pills: oral peptides set to transform drug development
Oral peptide-based drugs are set to revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry, overcoming the long-standing challenge of poor bioavailability. Santosh Kulkarni reveals how new breakthroughs in drug discovery and delivery offer the potential for more convenient, effective treatments for a range of conditions – without the need for injections.
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AI-driven Alzheimer’s therapies show promise in early studies
Porosome Therapeutics have announced new advancements in Alzheimer’s treatment – presenting therapies that restore neuronal function, reduce Tau protein levels and reverse disease pathology in human brain organoids.
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From lab to clinic: the rise of Radio-DARPins in oncology
As radioligand therapy continues to show promise, its application in solid tumours remains limited by long-standing biological challenges. In this interview, Julien Torgue, CSO at Orano Med, discusses a new collaborative platform – Radio-DARPins – and how it could help overcome key barriers to clinical progress.
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Turning AI into a biological design engine
DenovAI has unveiled a powerful AI-driven protein design platform capable of creating new, functional synthetic proteins from scratch - marking a big step forward for drug discovery.
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Promising psoriasis treatment reduces symptoms without steroids
A team of scientists from the University of Birmingham has discovered a powerful new treatment for psoriasis. The treatment uses a tripeptide that has shown steroid-level effectiveness in reducing symptoms, offering fresh hope for the long-term management of this chronic skin condition.
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Gylden’s gold platform trains T cells to kill viruses
What if vaccines could train your immune system to eliminate infections at the source? Find out how Gylden Pharma’s gold nanoparticle platform delivers targeted T cell immunity - providing a precise and durable defence against complex infectious diseases.
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CeSPIACE: New peptide drug blocks COVID-19 variants
Scientists have developed CeSPIACE, a peptide drug that offers broad protection against COVID-19 variants, including Omicron XBB.1.5. Find out how it targets a stable part of the virus’s spike protein, making it resistant to mutations.
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AI designs peptides for ‘undruggable’ diseases
A new AI-powered approach is tackling the challenge of 'undruggable' diseases by designing peptides that can bind to and destroy previously untreatable proteins.
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Non-invasive eye drops provide new solution for dry AMD patients
A new peptide-based eye drop treatment for dry AMD offers a non-invasive, effective alternative to injectable therapies, enhancing patient convenience and care.
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Engineers target neurons with modified lipid nanoparticles
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have engineered lipid nanoparticles to target neurons, advancing mRNA treatments for brain diseases.
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Promising development of new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease
In lab and fruit fly studies, the new peptide inhibitor effectively acted on both major aggregation-promoting hotspots of Tau proteins.
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Elucidating the aggregation rules for short peptides
The findings could aid the design of more stable drugs and improve the understanding of diseases linked to peptide aggregation.
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The promise of vectors targeting the LDL receptor
In this Q&A, Pascaline Lécorché, Head of Chemical Biology at Vect-Horus, outlines the potential of RNA interference therapeutics and the challenges of their use in vivo. There are several strategies to overcome these, and why peptide-based vectors targeting the LDL receptor are a promising approach.
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Utilising engineered peptides for immunotherapy
In this Q&A, Dr DaeYong Lee discusses how a new method for building up natural immune response could lead to new immunotherapy drugs with safer toxicity profiles.
