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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

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. Understanding why these targets are resistant to current therapeutic strategies is crucial.

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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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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. Arrakis is the capstone of my career.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Data from Preclinical Studies of mRNA-based Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19

The Pharma Data

Immunization of non-human primates (rhesus macaques) with BNT162b2, a nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate that expresses the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, resulted in strong anti-viral effects against an infectious SARS-CoV-2 challenge. producing CD8+ T cell responses, which is thought to promote an anti-viral effect.

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Unleashing the power of AI in target discovery and resilience against disease

Drug Target Review

In simple terms, our immune system is divided into innate and adaptive responses – the innate being the first line of defence, and the adaptive responds to specific challenges by modifying the body’s immune response in a tailored fashion.

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Codon Digest: Vaccine Printer Go Brrrrr!

Codon

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Read An easier (and cheaper) way to do single-cell RNA sequencing? Synthetic Biology.

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Codon Digest: Vaccine Printer Go Brrrrr!

Codon

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Read An easier (and cheaper) way to do single-cell RNA sequencing? Synthetic Biology.

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