Machine learning creates opportunity for new personalized therapies
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a computational platform that can predict new and specific metabolic targets in ovarian cancer, suggesting opportunities to develop personalized therapies for patients that are informed by the genetic makeup of their tumors. The study appeared in Nature Metabolism.
Similar medications cost more for humans compared to pets
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In a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota researchers compared the prices of 120 medications commonly used in humans and pets. The authors found the price of human medications was generally higher than the price of pet medications with the same ingredients at common human-equivalent doses.
National CDC-funded study confirms that mRNA vaccines protect against serious COVID-19 during pregnancy
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The first large, real-world study of the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy found these vaccines, especially two initial doses followed by a booster, are effective in protecting against serious disease in expectant mothers whether the shots are administered before or during pregnancy.
2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms Conference
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5 - 6 October 2022, London, United Kingdom.
SAE Media Group are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Conference. An event that focuses on cleanroom technology in the pharmaceutical industry, the conference will serve to bridge that gap between the two areas while simultaneously providing a unique selling point.
SAE Media Group are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Conference. An event that focuses on cleanroom technology in the pharmaceutical industry, the conference will serve to bridge that gap between the two areas while simultaneously providing a unique selling point.
Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission in mice
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The way that tumor cells enable their uncontrolled growth is also a weakness that can be harnessed to treat cancer, researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana University have shown.
Their machine-learning algorithm can identify backup genes that only tumor cells are using so that drugs can target cancer precisely.
Bird's enzyme points toward novel therapies
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Thank the rare crested ibis for a clue that could someday help our bodies make better drugs.
The species of bird is the only one known to naturally produce an enzyme able to generate a noncanonical amino acid; that is, one not among the 20 necessary to encode most proteins.
WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients
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The antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are not recommended for patients with COVID-19, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ.
These drugs work by binding to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, neutralising the virus's ability to infect cells.
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