Precision Medicine

An advance for precision medicine

10 April 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Discovery allows scientists to index thousands of cells simultaneously, a 40-fold increase from the current method...

Mitra Biotech

3-D tissue model of developing heart could help drug safety testing

20 March 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers have combined biomaterials-based cell patterning and stem cell technology to make a 3D tissue model that could mimic early stage human heart development...

Under the microscope: Choosing the best microplate reader

19 March 2018 | By Mark Wigglesworth (Director High-Throughput Screening - AstraZeneca)

Efficient microplate readers play an important role in effective hit molecule discovery. Mark Wigglesworth, of AstraZeneca, explains what he looks for in this technology.

Pancreatic stem cells have potential to regenerate beta cells

1 March 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Findings pave way for regenerative cell therapies in type 1 diabetes patients...

Metabolomics heralded as encouraging tool for personalised treatment of cancer

16 February 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers in Spain provide specific examples of metabolomics applications in the field of clinical pharmacology and precision medicine, focusing on the therapeutic management of cancer.

PSMA PET/CT imaging provides precision radiation therapy for prostate cancer

2 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

A nuclear medicine scan may locate prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy early after disease recurrence and could help guide salvage radiotherapy...

Raman imaging technique shows Alzheimer’s disease progress in the brain

24 January 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Using Raman optical technology, scientists can now produce images of brain tissue that is affected by Alzheimer’s disease...

Immune cells dictate tumour progression

15 January 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Analysing individuals' genotypes and immunotypes could yield customised treatments for prostate cancer...

Pre-diabetes discovery marks step towards precision medicine

20 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have identified three specific molecules that accurately indicate insulin resistance - a major predictor of diabetes...

Therapy proves effective in subgroup of COPD patients

12 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

An antibody treatment has been found to reduce the rate of flare-ups by nearly 20 percent in patients with a subgroup of treatment-resistant COPD...