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Immunotherapy partnership advances space medicine research

Drug Discovery World

US company Vaxxinity and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have announced plans to work together to advance space medicine research. The research, funded by a grant from the State of Florida, aims to develop Vaxxinity’s active immunotherapies to prevent and mitigate muscle and bone wasting.

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News from AACR 2024: Sunday’s highlights

Drug Discovery World

The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting launched on Sunday 7 April in San Diego with an Opening Plenary Session showcasing cutting-edge technological advances opening new frontiers in cancer science.

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Novel inhibitor overcomes drug resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer

Drug Discovery World

Professor Jae Hong Seo, Korea University, who led the research, said: “We have highlighted the pivotal role of HSP90, an oncogenic protein, in fuelling tumour growth by activating key receptor tyrosine kinases, including HER2. By selectively targeting HSP90, HVH-2930 downregulated HER2 signalling, crucial in breast cancer progression.

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Artificial Intelligence innovation: Leading companies in in-silico drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Innovation S-curve for artificial Intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry In-silico drug discovery is a key innovation area in artificial Intelligence Drug research starts with the discovery stage that involves in vivo and in vitro models to shortlist lead drug compounds.

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Are organ-chips the future of preclinical research?

Drug Discovery World

Organ-chips combine cell culture with microfluidics to emulate the biological forces of different organ tissues and/or disease states, allowing pharmaceutical researchers to determine a drug candidates’ efficacy and toxicity ahead of clinical trials. Could organ-chips replace other research methods? Not yet, according to Ewart.

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NuChem Sciences becomes part of the Sygnature Group

Drug Discovery World

Sygnature Discovery has announced the acquisition of Canada-based contract research organisation NuChem Sciences. Founded in 2011, the company delivers discovery solutions across medicinal, synthetic, scale-up, process and computational chemistry, as well as DMPK, in vitro biology and in vivo pharmacology.

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IRBM and Merck extend peptide therapeutics collaboration

Drug Discovery World

Italian contract research organisation IRBM has signed a new agreement with Merck & Co Inc (MSD outside the USA and Canada) to continue their collaboration in the peptide therapeutics area. We look forward to continuing our productive collaboration with our colleagues at IRBM in this compelling area of research.”

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