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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

One approach is to look beyond the traditional drug molecule. Researchers are experimenting with biologics—larger biological molecules that can do things small molecules can't, like targeting larger, more complex structures on cell surfaces or even inside cells.

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Phages could help to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Drug Target Review

Researchers from the Laboratory of Bacteriology at The Rockefeller University have now found that bacteria sense phages by a defensive response named CBASS (cyclic oligonucleotide-based antiphage signalling system) which detects viral RNA. In bacteria , cGAS-like cyclases are central parts of the CBASS immune response.

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Gilead Strengthens Early Pipeline in Oncology and Inflammation Through the Acquisition of XinThera

The Pharma Data

Through the acquisition, Gilead gains rights to a portfolio of small molecule inhibitors targeting PARP1 for oncology and MK2 for inflammatory diseases that could enter clinical trials later this year. Executive Vice President, Research, Gilead Sciences. The company was founded in 2021 by Stephen Kaldor, Ph.D., Qing Dong, Ph.D.,

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

These regimens frequently include one or two small molecule inhibitors and immuno-oncology (IO) therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies and T-cell engagers. To bring us closer to curing cancer, a combination of effective drugs with non-overlapping mechanisms of action is required.

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A Look Back

Dark Matter Blog

As soon as I learned about DNA and RNA, I wanted to be a molecular biologist. Last stops at RNA My last roles in biotech were where my original passion began: DNA and RNA. My last stop at Arrakis Therapeutics is with a company targeting RNA with small molecules. I wanted to use molecular biology to create drugs.

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Build It & They Will Come: Momentum Building For CBL-B Inhibition

LifeSciVC

Learning from Past Failures to Drive Toward a More Durable Immune Response Following the initial clinical successes of blocking inhibitory receptors, like CTLA4 and PD1, many in the immuno-oncology field explored the potential to further enhance anti-tumor immunity by simultaneously enhancing co-stimulatory pathways.

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Eight announcements to expect at AACR 2023   

Drug Discovery World

As such, Codagenix has previously demonstrated that CodaLytic, a codon-modified influenza virus, can kickstart the cancer immunity cycle at various steps in several mouse models with differing baseline immune contextures.

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