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SARS-CoV-2 viral peptide fragments cause serious inflammatory response

Drug Target Review

Third, since SARS-CoV-2 replicates faster than common cold coronaviruses, there are larger numbers of virus particles to fragment. Maybe the next pandemic respiratory virus will be an influenza virus rather than a coronavirus. Second, SARS-CoV-2 has many more of these high scoring fragments compared to common cold coronaviruses.

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Driving Toward Nanopores

Codon

But in 2008 , physicists at the University of Washington made a nanopore sequencer using a protein, called MspA, from Mycobacterium smegmatis, a bacterium first described in the 1880s. A full twelve bases of DNA fit inside of the protein at once, which made it exceedingly difficult to detect individual bases.

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Metabolism of macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

However, more de novo designed molecules in this “beyond the Rule of 5 chemical space” have emerged, with the first in this class, plerixafor , approved in oncology in 2008. Still, of the 34 macrocycles currently in clinical trials, only 18% are de novo designed. Ayushi Jain and Khalid Mumtaz, 2022. Avicenna J Med 12:154–156.

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Metabolism of de novo designed macrocyclic drugs

Metabolite Tales Blog

2] However, more de novo designed molecules in this “beyond the Rule of 5 chemical space” have emerged, with the first in this class, plerixafor , approved in oncology in 2008. Still, of the 34 macrocycles currently in clinical trials, only 18% are de novo designed. Ayushi Jain and Khalid Mumtaz, 2022. Avicenna J Med 12:154–156.

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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

1 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for in vivo gene delivery for the treatment of various human diseases. It has been well established that exposure to wild-type AAV results in priming of the immune system against the virus. Adeno-associated virus vector as a platform for gene therapy delivery.

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2021 Young Scientist Award winners announced

The Pharma Data

For their remarkable scientific contributions, doctoral student Julia Klaus, Zurich University VetSuisse Faculty, and Dr Yasmin Parr from the MRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, have received the 2021 ABCD Young Scientist Award. To foster young talent development in the feline health research community.

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s “Eruption” is Riveting, but with a Shaky Genetic Foundation

PLOS: DNA Science

When Crichton died of cancer in 2008, he left behind a staggering trove of research about an eruption of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. He had the top book, film, and TV series within the same week – twice. Crichton had an MD from Harvard Medical School, but he never practiced medicine. He was too busy creating. BUT WAIT!!!

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