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

Broad Institute

Neurons were classified by software as either positive for prion protein expression (yellow) before treatment with CHARM (left panel), or negative (purple) after treatment (right panel). Therapy search Vallabh, along with her husband Eric Minikel, leads a lab at Broad focused on developing drugs to prevent and treat prion diseases.

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Exendin?4: A potential therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The figure depicts the neuroprotective role of exendin-4 in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Due to the complex pathological processes underlying neurodegeneration, at present, there is no viable therapy available for neurodegenerative disorders.

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New therapy that targets and destroys tau tangles is a promising future Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Drug Discovery Today

Scientists have developed new potential therapies that selectively remove aggregated tau proteins, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, and improve symptoms of neurodegeneration in mice.

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New targeted therapies show promise in lung cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

These types differ in their etiology, natural history, and present distinct challenges in disease management. 2 Unmet needs in lung cancer treatment Recent decades have seen significant advancements in lung cancer treatment, especially with the introduction of targeted therapies and immunotherapies, which have notably improved survival rates.

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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

Almost every one of us will know someone with a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. It is less common to know someone with a rare genetic disease; but while individually rare, collectively they have an enormous impact. Most of these conditions are genetic in origin and the majority have no effective treatment.

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Huntington’s disease and potential therapies

Drug Target Review

This Q&A explores how pre-clinical research is being used to identify potential therapies for Huntington’s disease, a devastating condition that currently lacks disease- modifying treatments. What makes the potential therapeutic for Huntington’s disease unique compared to other treatments?

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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

What are the main challenges currently faced in the treatment of chronic liver diseases, and how does Resolution Therapeutics aim to address these challenges? Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years.

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