Historical toxicology data is often underused. Find out how Virtual Control Groups and AI could help researchers strengthen safety assessment while making better use of existing data.
How can human biology data improve target selection? Learn how one discovery programme identified a potential new treatment for opioid use disorder.
In part II of his conversation with Dr Nick Lynch, founder of Curlew Research, Raminderpal Singh asks the uncomfortable questions that we may not yet be equipped to answer – or ready to face.
Ovarian cancer has long proved difficult to treat. Could the answer lie within the disease itself? Discover how synthetic iMSCs could reprogramme the tumour microenvironment and restore anti-tumour immunity.
What if the vast amounts of data generated by molecular dynamics simulations could be routinely shared and reused? A new €10 million European initiative aims to do just that, helping researchers gain a deeper understanding of protein behaviour and drug-target interactions.
An experimental oral antiviral has demonstrated the ability to prevent both airborne and contact-based transmission of a measles surrogate virus in ferrets, offering a potential new tool to complement vaccination during outbreaks.
An international study combining single-cell genomics, spatial transcriptomics and artificial intelligence has identified large-scale changes in three-dimensional genome organisation in Alzheimer’s-affected brain cells, establishing chromatin architecture as a previously overlooked component of the disease’s molecular pathology and a potential framework for future therapeutic targeting.
Insilico Medicine has nominated ISM9528, an orally available, brain-penetrant non-opioid candidate targeting a previously unrecognised pain mechanism, as its 31st AI-generated preclinical compound since 2021, with efficacy exceeding morphine in some preclinical models.
One receptor can protect antibodies from degradation, extend their half-life and become a drug target itself. Explore the science behind FcRn and how researchers measure its function.
Static cultures can miss critical immune–tumour interactions. Learn how the Mera™ flow-based human tissue model better captures T-cell activity to strengthen preclinical immunotherapy research.
Non-animal methods are already used throughout early drug discovery, yet animal testing continues to dominate regulatory safety assessment. Recent initiatives suggest change is coming, but significant scientific and practical challenges remain.