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The loss of retinal light-sensing photoreceptor cells is a leading cause of blindness and the number of individuals affected by retinal degenerative diseases is increasing with an ageing population. Currently, there are no treatments for these diseases and progress in finding new treatments is slow. This article explores the potential…
An area where stem cell biology and medicine are combining effectively is the establishment of new cell therapies. However, current therapies are limited to a narrow set of cell types that can be isolated or created and expanded in vitro. Dr Owen Rackham discusses how utilising computational approaches will further…
Amid the rush to develop an effective vaccine against COVID-19, antibody therapy has become a major strategy to ameliorate and treat cases of severe disease. Armed with the capacity to neutralise pathogens and orchestrate the immune system, promising antibody candidates for multiple viral indications, including HIV, continue to emerge. Technology…
Sheraz Gul explores current research developments to help treat and tackle the spread of COVID-19.
The heterogeneous pathogenesis of metabolic fatty liver diseases presents researchers with numerous challenges when trying to develop a treatment. This article explores the spectrum of these diseases and presents a novel in vitro platform for screening drug candidates.
The oncology market is saturated with new drugs that target the immune system, however, these only target part of the problem caused by cancer’s ability to hide from the immune system. Miguel Ferreira discusses why emerging three-drug combinations are poised to redefine the immuno-oncology treatment paradigm in advanced malignancies with…
Administering a novel complement protein blocker (B4Crry) alongside reperfusion therapy improved cognitive and motor recovery in a model of ischemic stroke.
Researchers reveal protospacer adjacent motif mutations (PAM sites) on the NRF2 gene of cancers could be used to guide CRISPR gene editing.
The novel peripheral serotonin antagonist, based on Parkinson’s drug pimavanserin, increased glucose tolerance and lean body mass in a murine model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Despite hundreds of off-the-shelf treatments, cancer remains the second leading cause of death globally.
T cell-based therapies have shown promise as new treatment options for various cancers.
The novel protocol allows proteins over 100 amino acids long to be synthesised in hours and include amino acids that do not occur in the human proteome.
Glycosylation is one of the most important post-translational modifications when developing new biologics. It has a considerable impact on product performance and variability and is therefore a critical quality attribute (CQA), influencing product safety and efficacy.
The stem cells in-depth focus includes articles on using computational approaches to expand the applications of stem cell therapies and how organoids could be used to speed up the drug discovery process with a focus on retinal disease.
The articles in this in-depth focus discuss the difficulties in deciding what information to capture when imaging three-dimensional (3D) cell models and the use of non-invasive imaging techniques to discover small molecule drugs to control protein translation.
