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Medical screening is a strategy used to identify the possible presence of an as-yet-undiagnosed disease in individuals without signs or symptoms.

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Targeting SARS-CoV-2 replication with inhibitors of lipid metabolism

30 September 2021 | By

One approach towards efficient drug targeting efforts for COVID-19 is to repurpose medicines developed for other diseases. Here, Professor Christopher Basler outlines a recent study, published in Cell Reports, where scientists from the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, US, in collaboration with industry partners, developed assays to…

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High-throughput 3D cell migration assays in organ-on-a-chip technologies

30 September 2021 | By , , ,

Organ-on-a-chip models can provide an alternative to cell cultures, animal models and traditional assays. In this article, Dr DĂ©sirĂ©e Goubert, Thomas Olivier, Luuk de Haan and Dr Lenie van den Broek explore the advantages of organ-on-a-chip technologies and how they can enable the in vitro study of three-dimensional (3D) cell migration in…

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Drug Target Review – Issue 3 2021

22 September 2021 | By

In this issue, find articles exploring why CRISPR is useful for high-throughput drug discovery, how targeting telomerase may lead to universal cancer vaccines and a new study to identify therapeutics that can be repurposed against COVID-19. Also included are features on neuroscience, organoids and antibodies.Â