The methylome in DLBCL is a tumor landscape to be mined for novel early detection biomarkers,
therapeutic drug targets, and additional understanding of carcinogenesis.
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Ballroom B, West Building Invited Session: From GWAS and Mendelian genes to
therapeutic drug targets Moderators: Margaret G. Ehm, GlaxoSmithKline; and Nancy J. Cox, Vanderbilt University
«And while the tumor model we're now studying doesn't present targets for new drugs, if we can discover the mechanism controlling that model, it may yield
therapeutic drug targets.»
Therefore, this complex is a highly promising
therapeutic drug target against diabetes, obesity, Wolff - Parkinson - White Syndrome, cancer, and aging.
Not exact matches
And what that means, says Joe Panetta, CEO of the biotech association Biocom, is that those same startups will be able to develop diagnostic tools and
therapeutic drugs that
target those specific mutations.
A multinational research team comprising scientists, engineers and
drug developers have joined forces to develop a viable dengue
therapeutic that
targets all dengue serotypes1.
New
drug - delivery particles could release
therapeutic molecules in the body only after they reached their
targeted diseased tissues.
Richard Hargreaves, executive director of imaging at Merck Research Laboratories, says, «Nuclear imaging using radiotracers gives the opportunity to put your arms around proof - of - concept very early in a
drug discovery and development program by focusing the selection of doses to study on those proven to deliver enough
drug to the
target therapeutic sites.»
We can then identify the right
targets for
therapeutic drugs,» he adds.
From accelerating the identification and validation of novel
therapeutic targets, to creating better animal models of human diseases in a shorter time frame, to reducing the number of failed products, Crispr looks set to shave millions off R&D costs and boost
drug discovery, she says.
«The number of protein functions that are currently
targeted by
drugs is incredibly small compared to the total number of protein interactions that could be
targeted for
therapeutic benefit,» says Geoffrey Wahl, a professor in Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory.
Structure - based
drug design, in which the physical structure of a
targeted protein is used to help identify compounds that will interact with it, has already been used to generate
therapeutic agents for a number of infectious and metabolic diseases.
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.
University of Calgary researchers including Luchman, Weiss and Dr. Greg Cairncross — director of SACRI, and leader of the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) «
Therapeutic Targeting of Glioblastoma research program at the university — are now working with cancer researchers Dr. Warren Mason (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto) and Dr. Lesley Seymour (Director of the NCIC Clinical Trials Group's Investigational New
Drug Program), and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, to plan a clinical trial testing a similar, but newer, drug related to AZD8055 (called AZD2014), in combination with TMZ, in patients with glioblast
Drug Program), and
drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, to plan a clinical trial testing a similar, but newer, drug related to AZD8055 (called AZD2014), in combination with TMZ, in patients with glioblast
drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, to plan a clinical trial testing a similar, but newer,
drug related to AZD8055 (called AZD2014), in combination with TMZ, in patients with glioblast
drug related to AZD8055 (called AZD2014), in combination with TMZ, in patients with glioblastoma.
The researchers had assumed that the tea compound would enhance the activity of the
drug Velcade, but it apparently bonded to the
therapeutic molecule keeping it from binding to its true
target.
The authors urge utmost caution in the dosage of
drugs targeting BACE1 in order to achieve a
therapeutic window that balances both safety and efficacy.
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.
«We have identified a novel
therapeutic target for the treatment of severe influenza that is effective under conditions where known antiviral
drugs fail to protect from death.»
The computational protocol, which was validated by assembling physical peptides in the chemistry lab and comparing them to the computer models, may one day enable
drug developers to craft novel,
therapeutic peptides that precisely
target specific disease - causing molecules within the body.
«This is a hint at how the brain works,» Wang said, «and although we're a long way off, something to inhibit this D1 receptor might be a possible
therapeutic target for a
drug to help people resist the urge to drink after a stroke.»
The result is a new dual -
targeting drug candidate — or, as Griffin describes, «one
drug addressing multiple
therapeutic indications» — that could treat both diabetes and bone disease.
«This breakthrough could lead to more effective therapies for women with this very common subtype of breast cancer and be the
therapeutic target that the
drug companies have been waiting for.»
«The induced pluripotent stem cells we used in this study proved to be extremely useful in disease modelling, and they could offer an excellent platform for
drug discovery and testing new
therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease in the future,» says Early Stage Researcher Minna Oksanen, the lead author of the study.
In contrast, Disney noted, a typical cancer
therapeutic targets and kills cells indiscriminately, often leading to side effects that can make these
drugs difficult for patients to tolerate.
«Together, our findings indicate that these molecular regulators, TRIP - Br2 and GATA3, could be viable
targets for small
drug molecules that could serve as potential
therapeutic agents against obesity,» Liew said.
Drugs that
target KORs have shown promise as
therapeutic candidates because of their efficacy for treating chronic itch and relieving pain.
In a new study, published online June 6 in Nature, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, together with colleagues at Keio University, the University of Nebraska and Ionis Pharmaceuticals describe an innovative new model that not only allowed them to track
drug resistance in vivo, but also revealed a new
therapeutic target, which early testing suggests could provide a strategy to arrest pancreatic cancer growth.
Professor Andrew Lotery, who led the Southampton contribution, hopes the findings may help improve the understanding of the biological processes that lead to AMD and identify new
therapeutic targets for potential
drug development.
«
Targeting this inflammatory pathway with
drugs or antibodies could be a new
therapeutic strategy to treat worm infections and the associated pathology,» said Meera Nair, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the UC Riverside School of Medicine, whose laboratory made the discovery.
«Given the
therapeutic potential of the nSMase
target, we're now working closely with Drs. Barbara Slusher, Camilo Rojas, Ajit Thomas and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins
Drug Discovery facility to identify potent inhibitors of the nSMase enzyme which can be developed for clinical use,» says Haughey.
Most
drugs exert their
therapeutic effect by binding to a
target protein molecule, thereby interfering with the normal function of the protein.
A $ 1.7 million
drug discovery effort to identify molecular and genetic risk factors and new
therapeutic targets for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease, based on data from the Religious Order Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project.
But, these squishy packages are hard
targets for potential
therapeutic and diagnostic applications that exploit nanomaterials, from quantum dots that light up specific tissues to nanocages carrying
drug payloads.
One problem with these
drugs, however, is that they often inhibit many different
targets, which can lead to side effects and complications in
therapeutic use.
«A better understanding of the brain region and cell type - specific binding
targets of Hnrnph1 will tell us more about the function of this gene and possibly identify new
therapeutic strategies for minimizing risk and treating psychostimulant addiction — a disorder for which there is currently no FDA - approved
drug,» explained corresponding author Camron Bryant, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics & Psychiatry at BUSM.
The team also discovered new pockets in the HNF - 4α protein that could be
targeted with
therapeutic drugs.
Dr. Qimin Zhan, Principal Investigator of this project and the Director of State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital, said, «For sure, the findings of this project provide novel insights into understanding of underlying mechanism for this malignant ESCC, and enable us to explore potential diagnostic biomarkers and
drug targets, and to develop useful clinical
therapeutic approaches.
In a new paper published this week in PNAS, researchers describe a potential new class of anti-cancer
drugs that inhibit two or more molecular
targets at once, maximizing
therapeutic efficiency and sa...
«This provides an important proof of principal that
drugs that
target the stem cells could be
therapeutic.»
In mouse models of cancer,
targeted therapeutic inhibition of translation disrupts this survival response, dramatically slowing tumor growth and potentially rendering
drug - resistant tumors vulnerable to other therapies.
«While the road to heparanase -
targeting clinical
drugs is long and fraught with risks, with this work we believe to have taken a major step in realising the
therapeutic potential of this promising clinical
target.»
Currently we are using this system for identification of novel
therapeutic targets and for screening and characterization of the effects of anti-diabetic
drugs.
«Our new structure of the serotonin receptor in the resting state has the potential to serve as a structural blueprint to drive
targeted drug design and better
therapeutic strategies.»
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therapeutic targets to overcome
drug resistance through studies that determine the mechanisms that lead cancer cells to become resistant to previously effective treatments.
Research teams are also developing ways to innovate the early
drug - discovery process, including pioneering methods to rapidly identify
drug targets and test them on laboratory models and finding and testing new
therapeutic possibilities for already FDA - approved
drugs.
The identification of genes that are synthetically lethal in β - catenin - activated cancer cells would provide new
targets for
therapeutic drug design.
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This enables
therapeutic antibody
drugs to bind with extreme precision — only their
target molecule should be an exact match.
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