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Transforming cancer treatment for greatest impact

Drug Target Review

Cancer is a disease driven by variable genetic mutations. Could you provide insights into the driving factors behind exploring novel treatments for cancer types? Could you provide further details on how this phenomenon could impact broader treatment outcomes? What aspects prompted this research direction?

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Rare autoantibody diseases: an innovative targeted pathway

Drug Target Review

Approximately three percent of the global population — 240 million people — experience autoantibody diseases, which occur when one’s own body attacks critical organs and tissues. This can create an abnormal immune response that attacks the cells of our bodies and contributes to the development of autoantibody diseases.

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The genetic modifier approach: identifying the right target for rare diseases

Drug Target Review

Most rare diseases are caused by a single gene defect, but severity can vary considerably among patients. Modifier genes can help explain that variability and can alter or even prevent disease onset and progression, making them appealing therapeutic targets. However, the identification of these genes is challenging.

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FDA Advisory Committee Review of 2021

Eye on FDA

One meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee is set for February 10 to discuss a new application for the proposed treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC. But before heading into 2022, it is perhaps time to take stock of AdComms and what they did or did not do during 2021. Fewer Meetings.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. ADCs have the potential to redress the poor balance between safety and efficacy seen with traditional cancer treatment options.

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Possible adulticidal drugs for Onchocerca volvulus

Drug Target Review

The findings supported the possibility put forward by Cotton et al (2016) concerning the chance of repurposing these drugs for adulticidal treatment. The available treatment for that is minor surgery -to remove the nodules. Need for adulticidal drugs More than 99 percent of countries worldwide has been affected by this disease.

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ScienceSaturday: March 16, 2024

KIF1A

Dylan Verden of KIF1A.ORG summarizes newly published KIF1A-related research and highlights progress in rare disease research and therapeutic development. Like hereditary spastic paraplegia, CMT is an umbrella disorder, associated with mutations in over 140 genes, but many diagnosed patients do not know their disease-causing mutation.

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