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Drug Kinetics – News and Features

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Industry Insight

Bacteria-Based Technology Could Revolutionize Solid Tumor Treatment

At the BioTrinity 2025 conference, Technology Networks spoke with Dr. Pedro Correa de Sampaio, co-founder and CEO of Neobe, who are utilizing synthetic biology to engineer bacteria capable of breaking down the barriers within tumors.
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News

Gene-Targeting Drugs That Can Overcome the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed Chol-HDOs, which efficiently penetrate the brain, overcoming challenges associated with delivering gene-targeting drugs to brain tissue.
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News

Pfizer Drops Oral Weight Loss Drug After Drug-Induced Liver Injury Case

Pfizer has announced the decision to discontinue the development of danuglipron, an oral glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, which was being investigated for chronic weight management.
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News

Liver-Directed Drug Delivery System Improves Outcomes for Rare Eye Cancer

A clinical study has found that percutaneous hepatic perfusion using a melphalan hepatic delivery system may help patients with a rare eye cancer that has spread to their liver.
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News

This Wearable Device Monitors Health by Sensing the Gases Passing Through Your Skin

Researchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin, allowing for a new way to measure skin health, wound healing, hydration levels and more.
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News

Dual-Action Nanotherapy for Obesity Reprograms Fat Cells

Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle therapy that tackles obesity through two complementary mechanisms: converting energy-storing white fat into calorie-burning beige fat while simultaneously reducing obesity-related inflammation.
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News

Natural Antioxidant Slows Nerve Cell Damage in Cells From ALS Patients

In lab-grown nerve cells from ALS patients, a natural compound found in certain fruits and vegetables helped the cells produce more energy and eased stress in the protein-processing center of the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum.
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News

Novel Pain Relief Drug Could Offer Safer Alternative to Opioids

University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional pain medications such as opioids.
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News

Nanoparticles Deliver Anti-Inflammatory Medicine to the Brain

Oregon State University researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Article

Bridging the Gap: Creating More Physiologically Relevant Human Cell Models

Three-dimensional models allow researchers to better represent complex tissues and cell-cell interactions. This article explores the cell models currently used by researchers to understand disease and aid drug discovery.
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