Drug Targets – News and Features
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.4 Million for Validation of Nine Promising Therapeutic Targets for Parkinson's Disease
The annual MJFF program will provide intellectual and financial resources to help push potential PD drug targets forward toward clinical trials.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Licenses Drug Targets from Autoimmune Collaboration with BioFocus DPI
Boehringer Ingelheim has exercised its right to license two drug targets that results in a milestone payment for BioFocus DPI.
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Georgetown University Using Dymension 2D Gel Analysis Software to Help Detect Drug Targets
Syngene’s image analysis software is being used by scientists at GUMC to assess molecular mechanisms of novel pro-drugs on breast cancer cells.
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Pfizer Inks Global License to Genomatix Software and Databases
Pfizer scientists will use Genomatix software and data content to study the molecular basis their potential drug targets.
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Scientists Predict new Uses for Existing Drugs from Their Side Effects
Researchers developed a computational method that compares how similar the side effects of different drugs are and predicts how likely the drugs act on the same target molecule.
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Bayer HealthCare and Maxygen Announce Hematology Agreement
The $120 million transaction includes license to Maxygen’s novel biotechnology research platform.
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Cenix BioScience Takes on Second RNAi-Based Target Validation Project for CellCentric
The new project follows the success of the parties’ initial pilot together, wherein candidate drug targets chosen by CellCentric for their high therapeutic anti-cancer potential.
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Compugen Announces Discovery of Biomarkers for Early Pre-Clinical Detection of Drug-Induced Kidney Toxicity
Data demonstrate that the biomarker signature may enable a much earlier prediction of drug-induced kidney toxicity during pre-clinical trials.
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Blocking a Single Protein Proves Toxic to Myeloma Cells in Laboratory Studies
Researchers found that multiple myeloma cells rely on the activity of a single protein for the activation of a wide range of genes responsible for cell survival and spread.
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ARTEL and IonGate Join Forces to Advance Drug Discovery Research in North America
IonGate will leverage ARTEL’s expertise to increase the exposure and use of its discovery systems and assay development services in North America.
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