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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Despite recent advances in gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) , automated red blood cell exchange (aRBCX) remains a cornerstone therapy that plays a vital yet underutilised role in managing complications and enhancing quality of life for millions living with this devastating condition worldwide.

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Condensate biology: advancing drug discovery for complex diseases

Drug Target Review

Dewpoint Therapeutics, a platform drug discovery company founded in 2018, has been at the forefront of this exciting field. Dewpoint’s breakthrough was the realisation that certain condensates are associated with human diseases. Klein notes the importance of Dewpoint’s disease-agnostic approach.

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A scientist devotes her career to tackling inequity in genomics

Broad Institute

Credit: Allison Colorado, Broad Communications Arriving in the Bay Area after a childhood in increasingly diverse surroundings, Martin became acutely aware of health disparities and the profound differences in disease prevalence among different populations. I wanted to know how I could have any impact on studying genetic diversity.”

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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

The Pharma Data

Fogelman, 27, underwent a double lung transplant last year to treat a rare lung disease and returned this fall to work in the same hospital where she received her life-changing surgery. It’s a rare disease that causes inflammation that can lead to irreversible lung scarring. WEDNESDAY, Dec. © 2020 HealthDay.

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

MR : We started by focusing on T-cell lymphoma because it is an orphan disease with very limited effective therapies, but, importantly, we think that CD5 deletion enhances any type of CAR T cell treatment. How might the CD5 knockout approach impact the treatment of other types of cancers beyond T-cell lymphoma?

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How to Get Drugs Into the Brain

Drug Hunter

Obtaining adequate drug exposure in the brain is key to treating CNS diseases effectively. Prodrugs Remain in “Proof-of-Concept” Stages Prodrug strategies for CNS deliver have also been applied with varying success , with the most famous example being L-Dopa for Parkinson’s disease. Figure 18.

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FDA Approves Pfizer Med for Rare Form of Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

The Pharma Data

For the full year of 2019, Xalkoria brought in $530 million, an increase of 1% from 2018. “We Xalkoria received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA in May 2018 for ALK-positive ALCL. It is facing sales pressure from Takeda’s Alunbrig (brigatinib) and Novartis’ Zykadia (ceritinib). Most Read Today.