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RNA processing in health and disease: challenges and opportunities of the field

Drug Target Review

In this article Drug Target Review’s Izzy Wood spoke to Sam Hasson, Director of Target Biology at Rgenta Therapeutics, a biotech firm in Massachusetts, US, that aims to develop small molecule therapeutics to target RNA processing.

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Advancements in hit identification for membrane protein drug discovery

Drug Target Review

GPCRs are critical targets for drug development due to their involvement in numerous disease pathologies, with many medications working by either activating or inhibiting these receptors. 2 Considering 2530 percent of marketed drugs work by binding to GPCRs, 3 it is vital that these challenges are overcome through innovation and research.

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New image-based cellular profiling tool peers deeply into metabolic biology

Broad Institute

Common genetic variants associated with cardiometabolic disease can produce phenotype changes of such small effect that they can be difficult to characterize. The researchers also looked at the tool’s ability to detect changes in cellular phenotypes after exposure to drugs and small molecule compounds.

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Target-directed cancer: protein-ligand interactions  

Drug Target Review

Could you provide an overview of your research on target directed cancer drug discovery, particularly your focus on protein lagging interactions. I work in the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery (CCDD) at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, which is an academic drug discovery centre. Acta Cryst. Acta Cryst. 2013) 56, 2059-2073.

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Six Factors for Biotech Companies to Consider When Choosing Next-Generation Contract GMP/CMC Laboratories

PPD

With the depth of knowledge to support all types of pharmaceutical products across all phases of development, we provide services ranging from end-to-end assay development to platform expansion, designed with the client’s timeline and budget in mind. Stay ahead of the curve with a great GMP/CMC contract laboratory partner.

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Sygnature Discovery’s hit finding expertise in high demand as cardiac biotech customer, River BioMedics, receives an additional €2M seed investment

Sygnature Discovery

Sygnature Discovery is delighted to announce that its customer, River BioMedics , has raised an additional €2M in seed funding to continue its life-saving cardiovascular drug research. The biotech’s aim is to develop medicines that treat the underlying cause of heart failure rather than merely treating the symptoms.

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AI At The Frontier: Empowering Early Career Professionals In Drug Discovery

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Miguel Gancedo Rodrigo Miguel Gancedo Rodrigo Research Investigator, Isomorphic Labs My name is Miguel, and I’m from Murcia, Spain. Rising from Research Scientist to Senior Scientist, I supported early-stage DD efforts within their Protein Science group, based in Cambridge, UK.