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#ScienceSaturday: March 2, 2024

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Wendy Chung discusses advances from the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK) Project, which enrolled 275,000 participants with and without autism, between 2016 and 2022. This has created a platform to learn about autism-associated genes, identify risk factors for subgroups, and better inform new interventions.

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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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A T cell receptor immunotherapy against a novel target

Drug Target Review

Can you explain the mechanism of action by which ImmTAC molecules selectively target and kill cancer cells? She has deep knowledge in Immunology and T cell biology, and 13 years of experience in Research (seven of them in biotech at Immunocore), including pipeline programme leadership.

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Avoiding detection – the cancer cells evading the body’s natural defence

Drug Discovery World

Senior author Marcia Haigis, Professor of cell biology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School has been working in this area for 15 years. With further research, the team at Harvard Medical School hope that more targeted therapies can be developed to treat cancers whose growth is fuelled by this metabolite. Haigis asks.

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The start-up disrupting the field of women’s reproductive health

Drug Discovery World

DDW Volume 24 – Issue 3, Summer 2023 Biography: Alok Javali gained his PhD from the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. He joined Nicolas Rvron’s lab in 2020, where he co-invented human blastoids; the model of early human embryos derived solely from stem cells.

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Biomarkers: A Novel Approach to Understanding Dementia

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Accelerating Capabilities for Dementia Biomarker Discovery To achieve that goal, the Dementia Platform’s focus involves studying the disease from many points of view – from lifestyle, age, and cognitive function, to genetics, cell biology, and phenotypic screening. 2022 [cited 6 January 2022]. Mrc.ukri.org.

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How to advance AAV-based gene therapies

Drug Discovery World

in Cell Biology and Biochemistry from University College London and was a post-doctoral fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Food & Drug Administration (2022) FDA Approves First Gene Therapy to Treat Adults with Hemophilia B. She received a Ph.D. References 1: U.S. Accessed 26 Jul 23.

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