news Molecule found to boost immune cells leads to new cancer therapy target 29 May 2019 | By Drug Target Review A study has identified a molecule which boosts immune cell function and could be used in cancer therapies.
news Artificial chemical receptor developed to assist in T cell engineering 15 April 2019 | By Drug Target Review Engineered T cell immunotherapy (such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor T cell (TCR-T) therapy), could potentially be used as a therapeutic strategy for tumour treatment.
news Heating up tumours could make CAR T therapy more effective 28 March 2019 | By Drug Target Review When a heating technique called photothermal ablation was combined with the infusion of CAR T cells, it suppressed melanoma tumour growth for up to 20 days in mice...
news Pushing the immune system to eat cancer 23 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Researchers have found a way to activate macrophages that have been forced to help cancer grow and spread around the body...
news Frizzled receptors could be drug targets for treating major diseases 5 December 2018 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Frizzled receptors, from the GPCR family, could soon be a target to treat numerous diseases such as cancer, fibrosis and CVD...
news Imaging agents developed to better monitor growth of tumours 5 October 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Imaging agents developed to better monitor the growth of tumours and generate new therapies...
article Imaging In-Depth Focus 2017 11 September 2017 | By Drug Target Review This In-Depth Focus explores current uses and future development in mass spectrometry imaging for bringing new drugs to market...
news Tumours detected with sugar molecules 15 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Scientists have synthesised a complex sugar structure that specifically binds to the tumour protein Galectin-1...