news Engineered peptide protects ferrets against SARS-CoV-2 transmission, study shows 18 February 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) A peptide administered to ferrets protected them from SARS-CoV-2 viral transmission when housed with infected ferrets.
news Synthetic llama antibodies used to rescue mutated proteins 8 December 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Engineered deubiquitinases combines a synthetic nanobody that recognises a protein that can rescue proteins tagged for destruction.
news Investigational drug kills pancreatic cells in mice by cutting off cysteine supply 3 April 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Researchers have demonstrated that cysteinase, a new drug compound, can starve pancreatic cells of cysteine supply, causing ferroptosis.
news Experimental compound could be used to treat pancreatic cancer 9 August 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Using a compound called PTC596 in combination with other drugs, researchers effectively treated pancreatic cancer in mice.