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Time for change: non-human primates in drug research

Drug Target Review

3-5 These layers of regulation, while essential for animal welfare, make NHP-based studies complex, expensive and time-consuming. However, the last decade has seen a gradual reduction in their use, driven by tightening animal welfare regulations and scientific advances. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

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Levers for Biological Progress

Codon

Today, we are largely unable to predict the outcomes of even “simple” biological questions, such as, “If I take this gene from an Arabidopsis plant, and insert it into Escherichia coli , will the cell express the gene and make functional protein?” ” Nobody really knows without trying it out in the laboratory.

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Condensate biology: advancing drug discovery for complex diseases

Drug Target Review

The aim is to establish condensate biology as a fundamental branch of cell biology – “cell biology 2.0” The underlying biology and processes upon which the company was founded have broad applicability across various human disease areas. Klein notes the importance of Dewpoint’s disease-agnostic approach.

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Advanced 3D cell-based technologies

Drug Target Review

This major shift to the orthodox tradition of using animal experiments in drug testing dates back the Aristotle’s time and cemented 80 years ago with initial federal mandate of drug safety regulation of 1938. From 3D cell culture to organs-on-chips. Trends in Cell Biology. 2010;328(5986):1662-8. 2011;21(12):745-54.

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A Ray of Molecular Beauty from Cryo-EM

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

That includes those involved in regulating our appetites and our moods, via a class of G proteins known as inhibitory G proteins (G i ). They share a common architecture and bind a relatively limited number of intracellular signaling proteins called G proteins. 2011 Jul 19;477(7366):549-55.

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Neurobiology & Organismal Biology

Broad Institute

Our pilot study will span: 1) high-resolution EM (electron microscopy) of synaptic excitatory-inhibitory (E-I) balance and nearby glial cells; 2) functional electrophysiological signatures of altered E-I balance by sex in ACC brain slices; 3) molecular correlates of these impairments that can be targeted for recovery of function.

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Codon Digest: Injected Gene Editors

Codon

A giant dataset about the rat brain, and how neurons connect to each other, was collected and pooled together from 20 different research laboratories. An open-source FACS automation system for high-throughput cell biology. Cell Systems. “Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage.”

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