Andrew is a freelance science journalist. He was also an intern at Drug Discovery News in 2023. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022 and has written for Integrative and Comparative Biology and the Journal of Experimental Biology. As an intern at DDN, he wrote about everything from microbes in the digestive tract to anatomical structures in the inner ear. When not writing, Andrew enjoys running and hiking in nature.
Articles by Andrew Saintsing, PhD
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New software and hardware tools that collect data while a person types can detect fine motor impairment — a possible sign of neurodegeneration.
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Insilico’s Phase 2a trial of an AI-designed therapy marks a milestone in data-driven drug development.
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An injection of an antisense oligonucleotide in utero improved outcomes for mice with the neurogenetic disease.
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With new insight into IgE biology, a new, two-pronged strategy for eliminating the pathogenic immune cells that lead to allergies emerges.
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Learn about the latest advances in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment, including a new drug that targets beta-amyloid to help prevent blindness and vision loss.
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A novel immunotherapy targets the liver to promote tolerance to allergens in mice, promising durable allergy relief without the risk of severe reactions.
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Scientists probed how tick proteins influenced host immunity, paving the way for mRNA vaccines to block Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
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Placental extracellular vesicles from maternal blood plasma identified women who would go on to develop complications later in their pregnancy.
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Immune cells carried an antioxidant to a mouse’s cardiac muscle cells, which had been damaged by a heart attack.
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Tamoxifen and a Mediterranean diet promoted bacterial communities that suppress breast tumor growth.
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People and mice with ALS-linked mutations show altered sleep patterns early in life. Modifying sleep hormone levels normalized sleep cycles in mice.
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The protein APLP1 strongly associates with brain-derived EVs. A blood test could one day isolate these molecular packets to diagnose neurological disorders.
