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ADCs: the next generation of targeted therapies 

Drug Discovery World

Mylotarg was ahead of its time in many ways: its novel structure of an antibody to target diseased cells, plus a cancer-killing payload attached via a special linker, is the blueprint for the antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that followed. Challenges for ADCs There are, of course, challenges for ADCs.

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Marvin Caruthers receives inaugural Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for DNA synthesis technology

Broad Institute

Related links Merkin Prize Inaugural Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to Dr. Marvin Caruthers for developing technology that efficiently synthesizes DNA The inaugural Richard N. Nominations for the 2024 Merkin Prize opened on September 6, 2023 and close on December 6, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET.

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Turning science into business: Amplifying mRNA by targeting regRNAs

Drug Discovery World

Recently, research published by Dr Richard (Rick) Young (Whitehead Institute) describes the key mechanism of how these regRNAs regulate gene expression. CAMP4 is exploiting these regulatory interactions to specifically control the expression of genes tied to disease. What diseases are you currently targeting?

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SARS-CoV-2: advancing the production of the ACE2 protein

Drug Target Review

To find a DNA fragment that contained the intact ACE2 gene, complete with its embedded regulatory information, they searched libraries of cloned DNA fragments generated as part of the Human Genome Project. 2020 March 30 [2024 January 22]; 581:215-220. This study was published in Virology. Reference 1 Fan S, Ge J, Lan J, et al.

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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. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al.

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The future outlook for mRNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Whilst research into mRNA has been ongoing for decade, interest has sparked in recent years and research has begun to expand into areas of vaccinology, infectious diseases and other indications. Its job is to carry coding information that is essential to the translation and processing of functional proteins.

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Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024

Alta Sciences

Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024 aasimakopoulos Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:52 Early-phase drug development is an ever-changing landscape, as emerging science leads to new promising areas of research for the treatment of human health issues.