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

Broad Institute

A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene By Corie Lok June 27, 2024 Breadcrumb Home A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene Whitehead and Broad scientists have developed a gene-silencing tool that could pave the way for a new class of genetic approaches to treat certain diseases.

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These microscopic tunnels are a goldmine for new medicines

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A growing cohort of biotechs, from Biohaven to Neurocrine to Jazz, hope research on ion channels will bring them new drugs and big business — much like it has done for Vertex.

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The elucidation of species-specific receptor pharmacology: a case study using subtype selective para- and meta-carborane estrogen receptor agonists [Endocrine and Diabetes]

ASPET

Estrogen receptors are essential pharmacological targets for treating hormonal disorders and estrogen-dependent malignancies. Selective activation of estrogen receptor (ER) β is hypothesized to provide therapeutic benefit with reduced risk of unwanted estrogenic side-effects associated with ERα activity. However, activating ERβ without activating α is challenging due to the high sequence and structural homology between the receptor subtypes.

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Hero, Villain, or Victim? Stories that Sabotage

Perficient: Drug Development

In 1968, psychiatrist Stephen Karpman modeled what he called the Drama Triangle. With this, he illustrated dysfunctional mindsets that can derail social interactions. The three roles defined in this model are the rescuer (hero), persecutor (villain), and victim. This is another view of the lies we tell ourselves. Since the dawn of history, we’ve loved stories.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Quantification of Cinpanemab (BIIB054) Binding to {alpha}-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Phase 1 Single Ascending Dose Samples [Neuropharmacology]

ASPET

Through its pathological and genetic association to Parkinson's Disease (PD), α-synuclein (α-syn) remains a favorable therapeutic target that is being investigated using various modalities, including many passive immunotherapy approaches clinically targeting different forms of α-syn and epitopes. Whereas published studies from some immunotherapy trials have demonstrated engagement in plasma, none have shown direct drug-antigen interactions in the disease-relevant compartment, the

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Migraine Prevention Med, Quilipta, Might Stop 'Rebound' Headaches, Too

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- It's a nasty cycle: Chronic migraine sufferers who use too much pain medication sometimes get smacked with rebound headaches. But new research suggests that a medication commonly used to prevent migraines may also help.

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We date, marry people who are attractive as we are, new analysis finds

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Men and women were good at judging their own attractiveness, and tended to partner up with people who were similarly attractive.

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Evaluating the Abuse Potential of Lenabasum, a Selective CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist [Behavioral Pharmacology]

ASPET

Background: Endocannabinoids, which are present throughout the central nervous system (CNS), can activate CB1 and CB2 receptors. CB1 and CB2 agonists exhibit broad anti-inflammatory properties, suggesting their potential to treat inflammatory diseases. However, careful evaluation of abuse potential is necessary. Methods: This study evaluated the abuse potential of lenabasum, a selective CB2 receptor agonist in participants (n=56) endorsing recreational cannabis use.

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Climate change and sea level rise pose an acute challenge for cities with combined sewer systems

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the design of their combined sewer systems and in part due to sea level rise, these cities could be facing a growing public health crisis as climate change also drives more extreme precipitation. The group recently published research that modeled the potential extent of the problem in a section of the coastal city of Camden, New Jersey, and the effectivene

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NOSH-aspirin (NBS-1120) inhibits estrogen receptor negative breast cancer in vitro and in vivo by modulating redox-sensitive signaling pathways [Chemotherapy, Antibiotics, and Gene Therapy]

ASPET

Estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancers are known to be aggressive and unresponsive to anti-estrogen therapy, and triple negative breast cancers are associated with poor prognosis and metastasis. Thus, new targeted therapies are needed. FOXM1 is abundantly expressed in human cancers and implicated in protecting tumor cells from oxidative stress by reducing the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS).

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Common plastics could passively cool and heat buildings with the seasons

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

By restricting radiant heat flows between buildings and their environment to specific wavelengths, coatings engineered from common materials can achieve energy savings and thermal comfort that goes beyond what traditional building envelopes can achieve.

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CRISPR to Reveal How “Water Bears” (Tardigrades) Survive Extreme Environments

PLOS: DNA Science

Tardigrades are among the weirdest of animals. Also known as “water bears” or “moss piglets,” the 1,300 recognized species are the only members of phylum Tardigrada, a term that means “slow stepper” for their somewhat waddling gait. German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze first described the tardigrades in 1773.

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Light-controlled artificial maple seeds could monitor the environment even in hard-to-reach locations

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be used for real-time environmental monitoring or delivery of small samples even in inaccessible terrain such as deserts, mountains or cliffs, or the open sea. This technology could be a game changer for fields such as search-and-rescue, endangered species studies, or infrastructure monitoring.

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2seventy slims down with sale of hemophilia assets to Novo

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Novo will pay $38 million in cash under the deal, which will also see 2seventy employees working on the program transfer to the Danish drugmaker.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thought

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Slush -- water-soaked snow -- makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models. The findings could have profound implications for ice shelf stability and sea level rise.

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Migraine Prevention Med Might Stop 'Rebound' Headaches, Too

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- It's a nasty cycle: Chronic migraine sufferers who use too much pain medication sometimes get smacked with rebound headaches.But new research suggests that a medication commonly used to prevent migraines may also help.

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Why the harsh Snowball Earth kick-started our earliest multicellular ancestors

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Why did multicellularity arise? Solving that mystery may help pinpoint life on other planets and explain the vast diversity and complexity seen on Earth today, from sea sponges to redwoods to human society. A new article shows how specific physical conditions -- especially ocean viscosity and resource deprivation -- during the global glaciation period known as Snowball Earth could have driven eukaryotes to turn multicellular.

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Ignorance Could Be Fueling Rising Spread of STDs, Poll Finds

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- Many sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the United States, and a nationwide poll indicates that ignorance about how they're transmitted could be fueling their spread.About a third of Americans (34%) falsely.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Bird flu stays stable on milking equipment for at least one hour

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

H5N1 virus in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.

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Best Practices for Drug Patent Portfolio Management

Drug Patent Watch

Introduction Patent portfolios are critical assets for pharmaceutical companies, providing market exclusivity and protecting revenue streams for drug products. Effective management of drug patent portfolios requires strategic planning, ongoing evaluation, and adaptation to the evolving pharmaceutical landscape. This article explores key best practices for optimizing drug patent portfolios to maximize value and maintain competitive advantage.

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New twists on tornadoes: Earth scientist studies why U.S. has so many tornadoes

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. Working at the intersection of climate science and meteorology and using modeling, scientists are looking at the big picture of what causes severe storms and tornadoes -- and what dictates where they occur.

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Acupuncture Can Ease Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- Acupuncture can help breast cancer patients deal with the hot flashes that often accompany hormone therapy, a new clinical trial says.Nearly 2 in 3 women who got acupuncture during hormone therapy reported fewer and less.

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Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when sea levels rose and cut the mountainous island off from the mainland. A new genomic analysis reveals that the isolated mammoths, who lived on the island for the subsequent 6,000 years, originated from at most 8 individuals but grew to 200--300 individuals within 20 generations.

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Only 1 in 4 People Who Need Meds to Fight Opioid Addiction Get Them

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- Just 25% of people battling opioid use disorder are getting medications aimed at helping them quit and potentially avoid an overdose, new data shows. Boosting access to proper treatment might save countless lives. "In.

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New mathematical model sheds light on the absence of breastfeeding in male mammals

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Mathematicians ave put forward a hypothesis which suggests that the reason male mammals don't breastfeed might be driven by the rich community of microbes that lives in breast milk and which plays an important part in establishing the gut microbiome of the infant.

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Drug Repurposing: A New Life for Old Drugs

DrugBank

Drug repurposing is an approach that, while not new, has become popular in the last decade. Currently, about one-third of recent drug approvals and 25% of the pharmaceutical industry's annual revenue is coming from repurposed drugs.This trend is being championed industry-wide, by public organizations and nonprofits, with numerous small companies diving in and academic publications on the subject showing great popularity.

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Prehistoric 'Pompeii' discovered: Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas of Morocco and are being referred to by scientists as 'Pompeii' trilobites due to their remarkable preservation in ash.

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Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

addgene Blog

When it comes to labeling cells for flow cytometric analysis , the most common method is a cell surface label, where fluorophore-conjugated antibodies directly bind to epitopes of interest that are found in the extracellular space. The targeted epitopes can be motifs within transmembrane proteins, such as receptors, or post-translational modifications on those proteins, like glycosylation patterns.

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Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists shed light on an unexpected partnership: A marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean. This symbiosis likely plays a key role for global marine nitrogen fixation and productivity, and thus uptake of carbon dioxide. The newly-discovered bacterial symbiont is closely related to the nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia which live in partnership with many crop plants and may also open up new avenues for engineering nitrogen-fixin

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CDC Strengthens RSV Vaccine Advice for Those Over 75

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 -- In new vaccination guidance issued Wednesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that all Americans aged 75 and older get an RSV vaccine before fall arrives.However, those a bit younger -- ages 60 to 74 -- should only.

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The density difference of sub-Neptunes finally deciphered

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of Earth and Neptune. Calculating their density poses a problem for scientists: depending on the method used to measure their mass, two populations are highlighted, the dense and the less dense. Is this due to an observational bias or the physical existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes?

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AbbVie expands its IBD prospects with $250M Celsius deal

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The pharma’s acquisition of Celsius is the latest in a string of deals by major drugmakers hunting anti-inflammatory medicines.

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Wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale temporarily affect other carnivores, humans have influence as well

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. And even in the least-visited national park, humans had a more significant impact on carnivores' lives.