Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have made significant advancements in treating oncological diseases, with therapies like CAR-T cell treatments transforming cancer care. However, cell-based therapies are intended to leverage those healthy cells via transplant to regenerate damaged tissue.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. The team found that deleting the gene Ptpn2 made tumors sensitive to PD-1 therapy, and they published their findings in Nature in 2017.

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

“Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics.” ” — Harold Morowitz 🔥 Ten Amazing Things (that happened this week…) A CAR-T therapy was tested in 27 children with neuroblastomas. The CAR-T cells were detectable in 26 out of 27 children after 30 months. Nature Chemical Biology.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 24, 2023

Neutralising GDF-15 with CatalYm’s anti-GDF-15 antibody visugromab was shown to reverse its inhibitory effects and to re-sensitise tumours to anti-PD-1 treatment, achieving commensurate survival benefit of anti-GDF-15-anti-PD-1 combination therapy in vivo. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. in North America) in late 2017.

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Treatment Therapies Clinical Development Cell Biology 98

Drug Target Review

APRIL 9, 2024

In a previous study, we showed that these peptides decorate all cellular RNAs and thus impair the binding of RNA-binding proteins to RNA. 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.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 23, 2024

Shortly after finishing my studies, I landed my first job in industry working on cell biology research for several disease indications. Now we’re focusing on delivering oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with immunology conditions.

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Small Molecule Targeted Protein Degradation Science Disease 116

Codon

APRIL 2, 2023

Read A new DNA polymerase variant, called RT-KTq I614Y, can directly detect RNA modifications, including pseudouridine (Ψ) and queuosine (Q). By combining this new variant with standard sequencing methods, it’s possible to identify RNA modifications in a really simple way. Communications Biology. Gene Therapy.

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