Drug Targets – News and Features
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Drug Repurposing Strategies, Challenges and Successes
In this article, we explore the evolution of drug repurposing from a serendipitous occurrence to a more formalized endeavor involving advanced computational approaches and bioengineered test beds, considering its advantages, challenges and successes.
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Streamlined Drug Discovery Approach Proposed by Researchers
New research points to a streamlined approach to drug discovery that allows drug makers to determine the viability of a fragment-based design earlier in the process.
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New Cell Culture Model Identifies Potential ALS Drug Target
Using the new cell culture model "iNets", University of Zurich researchers identified a missing link between aberrant TDP-43 behavior and neuronal cell death: a toxic accumulation of NPTX2, a protein that is usually secreted through the synapses.
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Well-Studied Immune Protein Carries an “Overlooked” Sequence
CSHL scientists have revealed that the well-studied immune protein IκBζ moonlights as a POU activator. The finding offers new insight into the immune system’s versatility.
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Acidic Insights into ATP Synthase Function
A collaborative effort resulted in a promising study toward a better understanding of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase.
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Using AI To Get Medicines to Patients Faster
To find out more about AI in pharma, Technology Networks spoke with Roger Palframan, head of US Research and digital for Early Solutions at UCB.
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Sourcing Chemistry From Inside Humans
In this interview, Dr. Jason Park, co-founder and CEO of Empress Therapeutics, tells us more about the Chemilogics platform and the benefits this approach to drug discovery can offer.
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Researchers Discover How Breast Tumor Cells Can Avoid Common Cancer Therapy
An interdisciplinary team of researchers investigated how cell cycle flexibility allows tumor cells to escape the effect of anti-cancer drugs that target cell division.
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Scientists Code ChatGPT To Design New Drug Compounds
Generative AI like ChatGPT can do more than help write emails — it can also design new drugs to treat disease, reports a new study that shows how AI can generate unique molecular structures as potential drugs.
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Potential Alzheimer’s Drug Discovered
A potential new drug to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with the so-called Alzheimer’s gene has been discovered by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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