My short term goals for my postdoc are to identify novel diagnostic and prognostic markers, as well
as novel therapeutic targets, leading to several high impact first authored publications.
Floryne Buishand, 30, from the Netherlands, is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Cancer Institute / NIH, Bethesda, USA, studies genomic changes associated with endocrine cancers with the ultimate goal of identifying novel diagnostic and prognostic markers, as well
as novel therapeutic targets.
New studies from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania are providing fresh clues on potentially effective combinations with CAR T therapy in brain cancer as well
as a novel therapeutic target in head and neck cancer, and also providing greater understanding of the mechanisms of resistance in pancreatic cancer.
Not exact matches
The concept of using the immune system
as a
therapeutic is not new, but our ability to use the immune system to
target things we're interested in is
novel.
The publication, «Androgens Regulate Prostate Cancer Cell Growth via an AMPK - PGC - 1α - Mediated Metabolic Switch,» featured online in Oncogene, illuminates a known metabolic pathway
as a potential
novel therapeutic target.
The work published in Cancer Cell complements previous research efforts from the CNIO Melanoma Group, which could lead to the development of
novel drugs that selectively
target the mechanism of cell autodigestion
as a potential
therapeutic strategy.
A better understanding of the function of neuromodulators, such
as COX - 2 and TIA - 1, may help identify
novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of epilepsy.»
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Targeting such pathways,
as for instance the Wnt pathway presented in this study, may result in the creation of
novel therapeutic approaches for frontotemporal dementia.»
This microRNA — miR -124-3p — is thus a potential
therapeutic target for
novel drug development, and it can serve
as a putative biomarker for MDD pathogenesis.
«Our findings have important translational value since they establish this protein enzyme
as a
novel and viable
therapeutic target with real disease - modifying potential for AD,» Praticò said.
Non-exclusive licenses are available for research and sale of products and services across multiple fields including: research tools, kits, reagents; discovery of
novel targets for
therapeutic intervention; cell lines for discovery and screening of
novel drug candidates; GMP production of healthcare products; production of industrial materials such
as enzymes, biofuels and chemicals; and synthetic biology.
AMP T2D focuses on type 2 diabetes genetics, seeking to use and supplement the substantial amount of human genetic data available from people with type 2 diabetes, or at risk of developing it, to identify and validate
novel molecules and pathways
as targets for
therapeutic development.
My Honours project focused on genetically validating the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) protein
as a
therapeutic target by using a
novel transgenetic mouse model in which a short hairpin RNA directed against STAT3 can reversibly be induced by the administration of doxycycline.
We are looking at the role of complement proteins in inflammatory diseases such
as atherosclerosis, to identify
novel therapeutic targets.
These findings establish Frizzled family receptors
as disease - relevant receptors for toxin B in the colonic epithelium and provide
novel therapeutic targets for treating C. difficile infections.
The goal is to produce a comprehensive «encyclopedia «of gene function, that will help identify causative factors of human diseases
as well
as novel targets for
therapeutic intervention.
Novel therapeutic strategies include inhibitors that
target HIF - 1α directly (10) or downstream
targets such
as VEGF.
This study identified 1,317 distinct genes found to be knocked out in humans; many of these genes (e.g., APOC3, PLA2G7, LPA) are being pursued
as therapeutic targets, whereas many others are
novel genes of unknown function.
Dalby KN, Tekedereli I, Lopez - Berestein G, et al:
Targeting the prodeath and prosurvival functions of autophagy
as novel therapeutic strategies in cancer.