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Reflections from Advanced Therapies Week 2023 

Drug Discovery World

Over the three days of Advanced Therapies Week (ATW) 2023 in Miami, Florida, US, from 18 to 20 January, DDW’s Megan Thomas heard from attendees about what they were most looking forward to learning from the event, as well as why they think the potential of cell and gene therapies outweighs the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve it.

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This week in drug discovery (27-31 May) 

Drug Discovery World

The selected news highlights this week report breakthrough findings from early phase research and development, mainly preclinical studies and Phase I clinical trials, including a drug that can prevent sepsis deaths, a microbiome based immuno-oncology candidate, and a plant-based therapy for diarrhoea.

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Junk DNA: How the dark genome is changing RNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Over the next two decades, it is quite possible that most new drugs approved could be based on some form of RNA, whether it be through its delivery or targeting the molecule itself. Through many years of research, we now realise that the dark matter produces a type of RNA molecule, which we now call long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA).

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Top five breakthroughs in advancing breast cancer therapies

Drug Discovery World

While advances in treatment over the last few years have resulted in good overall survival rates for patients with non-metastatic disease (90% five-year survival rate in the US 1 ), outcomes are still poor in certain cancers that do not respond to standard therapies. 3D bioprinted breast cancer tumours.

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SLAS2024: Day One Highlights

Drug Discovery World

Opening keynote Following a change to the schedule, Juliet Williams of Kymera Therapeutics launched the event with a popular keynote talk ‘Solving Big Problems with Small Molecule Degraders’.

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A backpack full of multiple sclerosis therapy

The Pharma Data

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating autoimmune disease that destroys the protective myelin covering around nerves, disrupting communication between the brain and body, and causing patients’ ability to move and function to progressively decline. million individuals that currently have to live with the disease.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases. billion in funding. Northern Ireland “Northern Ireland is a medtech super-hub,” says Saleko.

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