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Scientists design a two-legged robot powered by muscle tissue

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a two-legged biohybrid robot by combining muscle tissues and artificial materials. This method allows the robot to walk and pivot.

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FDA Warns of Rare Secondary Cancer Risk With CAR-T Therapies

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (Healthday News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told drugmakers to add a boxed warning to a type of cancer treatment called CAR-T therapy, saying the treatment itself may sometimes cause a secondary.

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Karuna, Cerevel might be just the start of psychiatry drug M&A

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

New details of the proposed acquisitions show there were multiple interested buyers, which, according to some analysts, could set the stage for more dealmaking.

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CDD Vault Update (January 2024)

Collaborative Drug

Import File Parser We're excited to announce a significant update to the CDD Vault Import Data wizard. This update introduces a flexible parser to accommodate a wider range of data file formats beyond the traditional tabular ("long and skinny") layout. Now, you can easily import data files organized in various formats, including those resembling a Plate layout.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Achieving sustainable urban growth on a global scale

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An international group of leading scientists call for an urgent change in the governance of urban expansion as the world's cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates.

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FDA orders new cancer warnings for CAR-T therapies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A black box warning for secondary T cell malignancies should be added to the labeling of all six approved CAR-T therapies, the agency said.

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Meet CDD at SLAS 2024 in Boston, MA: Booth #1168

Collaborative Drug

Date: February 3rd to 7th 2024 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Boston, MA, Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) is excited to announce our participation in SLAS 2024 International Conference & Exhibition , from February 3rd to 7th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Join us at Booth #1168 for an immersive experience in one of the most dynamic gatherings in our industry.

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A long-lasting neural probe

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a soft implantable device with dozens of sensors that can record single-neuron activity in the brain stably for months.

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Odd Vision Troubles Could Be Early Alzheimer's Sign

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 -- Strange visual disturbances occur early in about 10% of Alzheimer's cases, and when this happens it almost always signals the impending arrival of the disease, a new study finds.The condition is called posterior cortical.

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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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EMA recommends earlier use of Bristol Myers cell therapy for multiple myeloma

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The opinion would allow Abecma to be prescribed after two standard therapies and is the latest sign of CAR-T’s growing use in earlier cancer treatment.

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Global Reactivity Profiling of the Catalytic Lysine in Human Kinome for Covalent Inhibitor Development

Covalent Modifiers

Guanghui Tang , Wei Wang , Chengjun Zhu , Huisi Huang , Peng Chen , Xuan Wang , Manyi Xu , Jie Sun , Chong-Jing Zhang , Qicai Xiao , Liqian Gao , Zhi-Min Zhang , Shao Q. Yao , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024 , e202316394. [link] Advances in targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs) have been made by using lysine-reactive chemistries. Few aminophiles possessing balanced reactivity/stability for the development of cell-active TCIs are however available.

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Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars builds excitement for Perseverance rover's samples

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Ground-penetrating radar on board NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has confirmed that the Jezero Crater, formed by an ancient meteor impact just north of the Martian equator, once harbored a vast lake and river delta. Over eons, sediment deposition and erosion within the crater shaped the geologic formations visible on the surface today. The discovery of lake sediments reinforces the hope that traces of life might be found in soil and rock samples collected by Perseverance.

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Allergy Alert: What Could New Guidelines on Anaphylaxis Mean for You?

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 -- If you or someone close to you suffers from severe allergic reactions, you have probably heard there are new recommendations out that offer guidance on the diagnosis, management and treatment of anaphylaxis.The latest.

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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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Lilly gene therapy finding puts focus on hearing loss treatment pipeline

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

An 11-year-old boy born deaf can hear after receiving Lilly's genetic medicine. Others, including biotechs in China and Regeneron in the U.S., are taking aim at the same drug target.

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Novel Benzofuran Derivatives Induce Monoamine Release and Substitute for the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine [Behavioral Pharmacology]

ASPET

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has shown efficacy as a medication adjunct for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, MDMA is also used in non-medical contexts that pose risk for cardiovascular and neurological complications. It is well established that MDMA exerts its effects by stimulating transporter-mediated release of the monoamines, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), norepinephrine, and dopamine.

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Tiny ant species disrupts lion's hunting behavior

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Data gathered through years of observation reveal an innocuous-seeming ant is disrupting an ecosystem in East Africa, illustrating the complex web of interactions among ants, trees, lions, zebras and buffaloes.

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Depression Can Strike Patients With Heart Failure, But Two Therapies Help

Drugs.com

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 -- Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment -- antidepressants and an approach called behavioral activation.

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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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Gilead ADC medicine misses goal in closely watched lung cancer study

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Trodelvy didn’t outperform chemotherapy in a large study of people with a common lung tumor, a setback that sent company shares down by double digits.

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Expanding the ligandable proteome by paralog hopping with covalent probes

Covalent Modifiers

Yuanjin Zhang , Zhonglin Liu , Marsha Hirschi , Oleg Brodsky , Eric Johnson , Sang Joon Won , Asako Nagata , Matthew D Petroski , Jaimeen D Majmudar , Sherry Niessen , Todd VanArsdale , Adam M Gilbert , Matthew M Hayward , Al E Stewart , Andrew R Nager , Bruno Melillo , Benjamin F Cravatt bioRxiv 2024.01.18.576274; doi: [link] More than half of the ~20,000 protein-encoding human genes have at least one paralog.

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The underground network: Decoding the dynamics of plant-fungal symbiosis

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The intricate dance of nature often unfolds in mysterious ways, hidden from the naked eye. At the heart of this enigmatic tango lies a vital partnership: the symbiosis between plants and a type of fungi known as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. New groundbreaking research delves into this partnership, revealing key insights that deepen our understanding of plant-AM fungi interactions and could lead to advances in sustainable agriculture.

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FDA Issues Another Warning on Tianeptine Products, Which Can Cause Seizures and Death

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 -- Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as "gas station heroin.

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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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CG Oncology prices larger-than-expected $380M IPO in hopeful sign for biotech

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The sector’s first IPO of 2024 could be positive signal for the handful of other companies that have recently laid out plans for initial public offerings.

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Silicon-Containing Thiol-Specific Bioconjugating Reagent

Covalent Modifiers

Zhenguo Zhang, Lanyang Li, Hailun Xu, Chi-Lik Ken Lee, Zhenhua Jia, and Teck-Peng Loh Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (3), 1776-1782 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12050 A new bioconjugation reagent containing silicon has been developed for the selective reaction with thiols. The inclusion of silicon significantly improves chemoselectivity and suppresses retro processes, thereby exceeding the capabilities of traditional reagents.

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Coal-based product could replace sand in concrete

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A new study found that graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product, through flash Joule heating could serve not only as a reinforcing additive in cement but also as a replacement for sand in concrete.

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Putting the Lid Down Won't Cut Germ Spread From a Toilet Flush

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- It’s been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl.But a new study refutes that, showing that tiny viral.

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Cancer drugmaker ArriVent follows on CG’s heels with $175M IPO

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company is developing an oral alternative to J&J’s lung cancer medicine Rybrevant, and adds to a trend of late-stage drugmakers finding investor demand on Wall Street.

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