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The future for quality control of mRNA medications
Japanese researchers combine cutting edge mass spectrometry with software analysis to elucidate mRNA structure.
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Understanding molecular mechanisms behind breast cancer
Oestrogen receptors play a crucial role in breast cancer. By making them therapeutic targets, oestrogen can be regulated with the aim to prevent breast cancer.
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Latest in lab automation
In this article Drug Target Review's Izzy Wood highlights three of the latest findings using lab automation techniques and technologies that aid scientists.
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Researchers discover small molecules that bind to SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins
The resulting compounds, which can bind to spike proteins from the original coronavirus, could serve as a starting point for developing broad-spectrum treatments for COVID-19.
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Ovarian cancer breakthrough: the potential of rhenium tricarbonyl (TRIP) as a promising anti-tumour drug
In this exclusive article, Drug Target Review’s Izzy Wood highlights ground-breaking ovarian cancer research, after speaking with Dr Benjamin Neuditschko, from the Institute Krems Bioanalytics at IMC Krems.
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What do cancer cells crave?
US researchers uncover the amino acid: arginine, that prompts genetic mutations in cancer cells.
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Experimental antidepressant could also treat alcohol use disorder
A US pre-clinical study investigating the antidepressant: MAP4343, discovered it reduced alcohol intake in a mouse model of alcoholism.
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Measles virus can develop mutations that cause fatal SSPE
Japanese researchers find a new mechanism for how the measles virus can cause a rare but fatal neurological disorder: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).
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Using integrative biophysical approaches to understand GPCR regulation by β-arrestins
30 January 2023 | By Thermo Fisher Scientific
Watch this webinar to learn how an integrated structural biology workflow can be used to get crucial structural insights on key protein targets that are of therapeutic interest.
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Unexpected neuronal molecule makes prostate cancer more aggressive
US researchers discover a potential therapeutic avenue through the molecule NgR2, against an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Novel therapeutic approach aims to prevent ARDS
UCLA researchers have found peptide blocks that cause the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS.
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Major lung cancer mechanism can be used to evade immune attack
US researchers found high levels of XBP1s in lung cancer cells, which plays a key part in regulating the local immune environment in lung tumours, and can be disabled to increase anti-cancer immunity
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New database maps proteins that could predict cancer
Swedish researchers unveiled a new cancer protein profile database compiled from artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Study identifies gene and proteins that could treat dry eye disease
Researchers found that proteins made by stem cells that regenerate the cornea could be new targets for treating dry eye disease.
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Could drinking green tea, red wine and beer prevent Alzheimer’s?
In this article, Drug Target Review’s Izzy Wood reviews some of the latest Alzheimer's disease research, highlighting the progress that has been made toward new, more unique therapeutic strategies against Alzheimer’s.
