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Join DDW for the SLAS2024 Ignite Theater ‘Innovation from lab to patient’

Drug Discovery World

Inspired by the overall event theme of ‘Innovation at Every Turn’, the DDW track will present leading research and case studies from experts in academia, government agencies and the industry on how technology is innovating from bench to bedside, lab to patient. It is sponsored by Integra Biosciences and Hamamatsu Corporation.

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A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene

Broad Institute

By Greta Friar, Whitehead Institute June 27, 2024 Images of a mouse brain show the effect of a technology called CHARM in turning off the expression of a gene in the brain. Previous research has shown that as little as 21 percent elimination of the protein can improve symptoms. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al.

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Raising Welfare for Lab Rodents

Codon

Xander Balwit offers concrete proposals for raising the welfare of animals used in biomedical research for our final article in Issue 03. These rats, known as AA or P-lines, serve as animal models of alcoholism, exhibiting high alcohol-seeking behavior, withdrawal symptoms, and a predisposition to co-abuse ethanol and nicotine.

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Rapid delivery of toxicological material

Drug Target Review

To achieve an aggressive timeline from DNA to investigational new drug (IND) application, drug developers have strengthened collaborations with contract development & manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) to expedite drug development. FDA no longer has to require animal testing for new drugs. References: 1 Wadman M.

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How Lume Whole Body Deodorant Was Inspired by a Genetic Disease

PLOS: DNA Science

.” But, tellingly, “Neither the law nor FDA regulations require specific tests to demonstrate the safety of individual products or ingredients.” The chemo trial preceded Lume by more than a decade, so you’d think the product name would have been better researched. What’s the stink test?

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