LifeSciVC

MARCH 1, 2023

Learning from Past Failures to Drive Toward a More Durable Immune Response Following the initial clinical successes of blocking inhibitory receptors, like CTLA4 and PD1, many in the immuno-oncology field explored the potential to further enhance anti-tumor immunity by simultaneously enhancing co-stimulatory pathways.

Small Molecule

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

(Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study (TNX-C002), to examine the immune responses to COVID-19 in healthy volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 or were asymptomatic. 1 Noyce RS, et al.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Notably, we never modify the DNA of these cells, which avoids some of the safety concerns that have been reported with certain gene-editing technologies. From these cells we apply proprietary methods to manufacture pure populations of only the cell types which we wish to use in patients.

Therapies

PLOS: DNA Science

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Gleevec is a small molecule that interferes with entry of an enzyme – a tyrosine kinase – that enables growth signals to enter specific cells and trigger division. A name ending in “nib” means a small molecule that inhibits an enzyme called a kinase, and is short for “inhibit.”

Treatment

DrugBank

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Targeting Novel Bacterial Pathways Traditional antibiotics often target essential bacterial processes such as cell wall synthesis or DNA replication. Immunomodulatory therapies, which enhance the host immune response to infections, are also being investigated as adjunctive treatments.

Therapies

Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Yeast die for two reasons: Either their nucleolus (where the DNA is kept) degrades and dies, or their mitochondria whimpers out and they stop making energy. The vaccine printer can make lots of different types of vaccines, including protein, DNA, and mRNA ones, but I’m sure this is all quite expensive right now. From Zhang et al.

Vaccine

Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Yeast die for two reasons: Either their nucleolus (where the DNA is kept) degrades and dies, or their mitochondria whimpers out and they stop making energy. The vaccine printer can make lots of different types of vaccines, including protein, DNA, and mRNA ones, but I’m sure this is all quite expensive right now. From Zhang et al.

Vaccine

The Pharma Data

AUGUST 3, 2021

announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses. Loxo Oncology at Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Inc.

Production

Codon

AUGUST 27, 2024

Allison Berke makes the case for real-time DNA sequencing and AI tools to detect pathogens before they spread widely. Reading DNA The first step in detecting a novel pathogen is recognizing it as an anomaly amidst a noisy background of other material. After copying the DNA to form a big pool, each piece is sequenced.

DNA

Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

2 In response, DNA-damaging agents that could target the entire cell cycle received renewed attention as ADC payloads. Groundbreaking strategies like proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules (PROTACs) are also being explored. 4 But the horizon of ADCs is expanding even further, with the design of complex payloads.

Small Molecule

Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Innovations in payload substances, such as topoisomerase inhibitors (topo-1i), and next-generation DNA- damaging agents to replace older, more toxic agents. Engineering sites on the antibody to enable specific and consistent attachment of the cytotoxic drug to achieve an optimal drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR).

Therapies

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

It is a selective modulator of neuropilin-2 that downregulates the innate and adaptive immune response in inflammatory diseases. Avacopan is an oral small molecule selective inhibitor of the complement C5a receptor Cf1R1. BT-001 is a best-in-class oncolytic Vaccinia virus generated using Transgene’s Invir.IO

Clinical Trials

Codon

DECEMBER 12, 2024

DNA and RNA molecules are also built from exclusively right-handed nucleic acids. Glucose is a chiral molecule because its structure allows for two distinct configurations, or enantiomers, which cannot be superimposed on each other. The mirrored enzyme seamlessly transcribed 2,900 bases of mirrored DNA into mirrored RNA.

RNA

Codon

APRIL 16, 2023

Skin microbes can trigger strong immune responses. These microbes were engineered to express tumor antigens that could “elicit T cells that were licensed by the commensal immune program but specific for a tumor,” including both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, according to the study. coli DNA using a Retro-Cascorder.

Engineering

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech announced additional data on neutralizing antibody and T-cell responses from their Phase I/II trial of their COVID-19 vaccine conducted in Germany. Auxora is a potent and selective small molecule CRAC channel inhibitor that prevents CRAC channel overactivation.

Vaccine

Codon

MARCH 26, 2023

Link A DNA tumor virus globally reprograms host 3D genome architecture to achieve immortal growth. Link *Design of Four Small-Molecule-Inducible Systems in the Yeast Chromosome, Applied to Optimize Terpene Biosynthesis. Link DNA storage in thermoresponsive microcapsules for repeated random multiplexed data access.

DNA

Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Discovering and optimising potent therapeutics that direct the immune response against these targets. This requires a deep understanding of how the key components of the immune system – antibodies and TCRs – recognise and interact with their targets on cancer cells.

Immune Response