The Pharma Data

MARCH 21, 2022

Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule. Scientists now for the first time understand the enzyme-driven process that activates the molecule. The marine bacterium involved, called Salinispora tropica, makes salinosporamide to avoid being eaten by its predators.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

Scientists discover small RNA that regulates bacterial infection People with weakened immune systems are at constant risk of infection. The mRNAs encode the proteins that do all the work in a cell, so by measuring a bacterium’s mRNA level, one can infer the bacterium’s behavior.

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XTalks

JANUARY 20, 2021

Through laboratory and clinical studies, the scientists discovered that blockade of histamine could help alleviate IBS symptoms. The mice were fed the protein again after the infection had been cleared, to see whether the infection had sensitized the immune system.

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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

Johnson & Johnson’s Top 5 Best-Selling Drugs of 2022: 1) Stelara (ustekinumab) Stelara is an immunosuppressant biologic therapy that blocks the IL-12 and IL-23 proteins that play a role in plaque psoriasis and Crohn’s disease. The monoclonal antibody targets CD20, a protein found on the surface of B lymphocytes (B cells).

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

After being identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei in China, medical officials and scientists got to work to isolate and identify the novel virus that they observed to be causing a new respiratory illness. Most antibody drugs and vaccines have been developed to target parts of the spike protein.

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