Biopharma Insights

Synonymous Mutations Can Affect Protein Folding And Impair Cellular Fitness

Synonymous codon substitutions affect the mRNA coding sequence, but the encoded amino acid sequence remains unchanged. Therefore, ostensibly these substitutions …

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COVID-19 Forcing You To Go Digital? You’re Missing A Trick

Moments of crisis always mean change. In these times, it’s tempting to reach for quotes from leaders who successfully navigated through turbulent …

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Coronavirus - My Secret Hope

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in animals and humans. They were discovered as a cause …

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New Study Shows Remdesivir Prevents Coronavirus MERS-CoV Infection In Monkeys

In a new study, researchers from the National Institutes of Health reported that the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir (also known as …

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How Pharma Reacts To Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak

UPDATE April 04. 2020. The number of confirmed cases of COVID19 approaches 1M globally. Since too many drug repurposing programs …

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Structural Basis of Poxvirus Transcription Revealed

In order for viruses to proliferate, they usually need to be supported by infected cells. In many cases, the molecules …

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The Evolution Of Pharmaceutical R&D Model

There is a plethora of analytics reports, including ones by Deloitte, DKV Global, and Ernst and Young, all pointing out …

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Next-Generation Sequencing Is The Next Big Thing In Pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenomics seeks to understand underlying genetic markers that influence treatment responses and modification of therapies to increase efficacy treatment success …

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Hunting Dark Genes For Druggable Targets

About one in three human proteins is understudied. Even when quantifying data is available from multiple sources, "dark" genes and proteins …

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Pharma Companies Join Forces to Train AI for Drug Discovery Using Blockchain

The newly organized research project “MELLODDY” (Machine Learning Ledger Orchestration for Drug Discovery), involving ten large pharma companies and seven …

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"Hot" Research Areas in Drug Discovery - 2019

Things like gene editing, stem cells, immunotherapies and new types of biologics are now mega-trends in the pharmaceutical industry, widely …

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New Liposome Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia

New research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, presents the first clinical results with CAL02 in patients suffering from severe …

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