October 2018 Volume 14, Issue 10

Volume 14, Issue 10 | October 2018

October 2018

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Discovery

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A new answer for amoeba treatment

Skaggs researchers from UCSD repurpose approved drugs to treat fatal brain infection
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Say yes to YRSACT

Scripps scientists find new lead to combat low platelet counts
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Infectious disease research reaches across borders

New collaboration announced between Boehringer Ingelheim and Tsinghua University
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Getting together

A roundup of recent discovery-related deals and agreements
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AI, drug discovery and rare disease

Pharma executive Kate Hilyard joins Healx to drive integration effort forward

Research & Development

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Transcription factors and TransSyn

Multicenter European team reveals computational method for predicting how to convert subpopulations of cells
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All in the epigenetics

Team finds epigenetic reason for drug resistance in deadly melanoma and identifies potential ways to counteract it
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Bispecific boon

Aptevo will use Genedata platform to streamline cancer immunotherapy R&D
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More than just skin

Otezla post-hoc sub-analyses showed meaningful improvements in metrics beyond skin clearance
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Welcome to the real world

PAREXEL and Datavant partner to enhance drug development and commercialization

Special Reports

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Special Report on Cell Biology: Well CHOsen?

Ever more complicated biologics push technical boundaries

Editor's Focus

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Editor’s focus: The struggle against schizophrenia

Therapeutics for mental illness have always been tricky, but schizophrenia seems a bit more intractable than most

Commentary

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New recruits for 2019

Opportunities for Ph.D. students entering the workforce go beyond just academia
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Guest Commentary: Bringing precision medicine to the evaluation and treatment of mental illness

What we do know about the genetics, neurobiology and behavioral science of mental illness can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment

Feature

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Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Show Preview: Taking notice of the neurological

SfN annual meeting gets ready for networking, the most recent neurological research and the newest neuroscience
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Focus Feature on Breast Cancer

Beginning with a story about Salk researchers finding a ‘master control switch' for aggressive breast cancer, we give you a quick roundup of recent breast cancer news in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Preclinical

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Possibility grows for pan-Ebola vaccine

Scripps team discovers potential target mechanisms that could enable the treatment of multiple strains of Ebolavirus
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More coverage on Coversin

Akari reports on the effects of its bimodal Coversin in inflammatory indications
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FR104 offers control of graft-versus-host disease

OSE Immunotherapeutics’ study of the CD28 antagonist was published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Peering into the preclinical realm

A roundup of recent preclinical data presentations and journal publications

Clinical Trials

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Effective option for the skin

Clinical trial shows monoclonal antibody drug effective against pruritus
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Dupixent delivers strong Phase 3 results

Patients saw improvements in skin clearing and quality of life
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Out of the starting gate

A roundup of clinical trial startups and initial breakthroughs

Diagnostics

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Diagenode snaps up NXT-Dx

The transaction expands Diagenode’s epigenetics and epigenomics offerings
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‘A clear benefit’

Agena, PerkinElmer partnership emphasizes quality, speed and sensitivity in liquid biopsy
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It’s all in the volume measurement

Data show Daxor’s BVA-100 is superior to formula-based estimates of blood volume in assessing heart failure patients
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A ‘breakthrough biomarker’ for rheumatoid arthritis

Novel test now available to aid in detection and management of debilitating condition

Contract Services

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Partnering for efficiency

Companies collaborate on cloud-based IT validation software for life sciences
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Building better models

CrownBio licenses translational breast cancer models of resistance and metastasis
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Extending the value

CRO announces $7.8M extension agreement for OmniComm’s TrialOne

Business & Government Policy

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Boehringer Ingelheim acquires all ViraTherapeutics shares

The German company seeks to develop next-generation viral-based immuno-oncology therapies
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BIA Separations expands

New lab processing facility will support integrated optimization of upstream and downstream process development
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On the cutting edge

A roundup of instrumentation, software and other tools and technology news
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VistaGen acquires worldwide license of phase 3-ready CNS drug

Candidate from Pherin Pharmaceuticals is meant for as-needed treatment of social anxiety disorder
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