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News and Trends 28 Jun 2023

Small particles will deliver TB drugs to the lungs in the future

Treatment of the dangerous infectious disease tuberculosis faces the challenge of pathogens frequently being resistant to several common antibiotics. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have developed nanoparticles to deliver new antibiotics directly to the lungs in the future. Surfactants ensure that the highly fat-soluble antibiotics disperse very finely in water and […]

June 28, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Jun 2023

New platform cuts time engineering and selecting genome editors

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed a new way to break through the current limited throughput in optimizing precise genome editors at scale, engineer hundreds of base editor variants in parallel instead of current one-by-one testing, and informing users of the most suitable ones […]

June 28, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

Breakthrough treatment for skin infections?

A research team led by Kelvin Yeung from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has designed a new microneedle patch that provides an effective non-antibiotic approach for the treatment of skin infections. The design engineered with ultrasound-responsive zinc-based metal-organic framework (MOF) […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Jun 2023

Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

New study is increasing knowledge of why some women with the most lethal form of ovarian cancer respond much better to treatment than others. Researchers at Imperial College London in the U.K. have confirmed that the tumors of some women with high-grade serious ovarian cancer (HGSOC) contain a type of lymphoid tissue – known as […]

June 22, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Jun 2023

Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target

Entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into human tissues depends on the activity of a host gene that regulates production of a key viral receptor, according to a study published in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Madison Strine and Craig Wilen of Yale University, U.S., and colleagues. The finding provides important new information on […]

June 16, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

Researchers say open-source collaboration is ‘fundamental’

New Seqera Labs data have revealed that 72% of research scientists believe open-source collaboration and workflow management is now “fundamental” to the work they do. The data published by Seqera Labs, a provider of secure data orchestration software, brings together the views of 500 researchers and scientists who use open-source scientific workflow platforms for their […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

IOME Bio claims breakthrough in cancer research

IOME Bio, a French seed stage biotechnology company focused on overcoming tumor resistance to immune checkpoint inhibition, has published its foundational research by founders Arlene Sharpe and Dennis Kasper in Nature. The company said its work reveals unique insights into the critical importance of the RGMb/PD-L2 pathway in immunotherapy resistance and further strengthens the significance […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Jun 2023

New way of identifying proteins supports drug development

All living cells contain proteins with different functions, depending on the type of cell. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have discovered a way to identify proteins even without looking at their structure. They say their method is faster, easier and more reliable than previous methods. Currently, the general view is that each […]

June 15, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jun 2023

Bacterial resistance genes a ‘threat to human health’

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realized. A new study, from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, shows that bacteria in almost all environments carry resistance genes, with a risk of them spreading and aggravating the problem of bacterial […]

June 5, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

Scientists develop probe to push for new drug discoveries

A study by Loughborough University and the University of Oxford in the U.K. has led to the development of a small molecule probe that could deepen the understanding of a crucial cellular messenger and lead to the development of new therapeutic drugs. The research paper showcases the researchers’ innovative probe that binds to inositol pyrophosphate […]

June 2, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Jun 2023

New approach improves cancer treatment and minimizes side effects

Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have discovered a new approach to improve the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) – a novel form of cancer treatment utilizing immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) – while minimizing the associated side effects. They demonstrated that using ICIs to target tumor-positive lymph nodes generates a robust anti-tumor response against […]

June 2, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Jun 2023

Swiss researchers develop new class of antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria

Health professionals are in urgent need of new antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH), in Switzerland, and the company Spexis, have now modified the chemical structure of naturally occurring peptides to develop antimicrobial molecules that bind to novel targets in the bacteria’s metabolism. Each year, more than five million […]

June 1, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Small particles will deliver TB drugs to the lungs in the future

New platform cuts time engineering and selecting genome editors

Breakthrough treatment for skin infections?

Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target

Researchers say open-source collaboration is ‘fundamental’

IOME Bio claims breakthrough in cancer research

New way of identifying proteins supports drug development

Bacterial resistance genes a ‘threat to human health’

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New approach improves cancer treatment and minimizes side effects

Swiss researchers develop new class of antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria

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