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Condensate biology: advancing drug discovery for complex diseases

Drug Target Review

The company developed methods to identify disease-driving condensates, model them, and create systems for effective drug discovery targeting these condensates. The aim is to establish condensate biology as a fundamental branch of cell biology – “cell biology 2.0”

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#ScienceSaturday: March 2, 2024

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Read the Article Rare Roundup The Jackson Laboratory offers “Exploring Rare Disease Through Translational Research” MiniCourse Human health is incredibly complex; developing safe, effective treatments requires knowledge of molecular mechanisms, cell biology, and drug administration.

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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 11, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer. When I began my PhD I completely switched my focus, and I haven’t looked back,” said Manguso.

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Women in Stem with Ashley Hall

Drug Target Review

When I was studying cell biology, looking at how cells divide, I couldn’t fathom how math could possibly fit into that. My undergraduate studies focused on biochemistry and cell biology, so very much STEM-based, but my professors and mentors noticed my penchant for critical thinking which led me to consider law.

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Advanced 3D cell-based technologies

Drug Target Review

In addition, these models at the current state are better for short term tests, over a week or two and cannot be used for acquiring data from long term drug exposures. Miniature organs as test beds for new drugs Organoids are miniature human organs with clusters of cells derived from stem cells and mimic specific tissues.

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Q&A: How generative AI could help accelerate biomedical research

Broad Institute

We've been using those for a long while, for modeling various aspects of biology like genomic variation, experimental artifacts, single-cell biology, and other areas. Generative AI is something that has been brewing for a long time in the machine learning community, going back to the fundamental tenets of Bayesian statistics.

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How nucleolar stress accelerates aging in mice

Drug Target Review

Initial works from the lab concentrated on exploring the role of replicative stress in cancer and ageing, for which the group combined cell biology, mouse models and drug development projects. Among other discoveries, the group developed inhibitors of the ATR kinase and showed their potential for cancer therapy.

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