The Biocast

Creating cells for cell therapies WITHOUT using stem cells?

Cambridge based company Mogrify plan to use big data to discover, optimise and commercialise transdifferentiations- generating cells from adult cells without reverting them to a pluripotent state. But will they be able to play catch up with stem cell therapies have already made it to clinical trials? ----------------- Follow me on LinkedIn: http://tiny.cc/hoggbz Facebook: http://tiny.cc/diggbz Twitter: http://tiny.cc/6iggbz Instagram: http://tiny.cc/bkggbz Content by Maaria Ginai (C) 2019

Could ECSTASY become a legal treatment for PTSD?

Clinical trials have reached phase III for a treatment that has cured PTSD in previous studies. The catch? It uses a drug that has been restricted since the 80's.    Follow me on:    LinkedIn: http://tiny.cc/hoggbz [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fhoggbz&redir_token=qNOkSBQoldDNEyQ2Z-hEjz3S8-h8MTU2OTQyMDM3MEAxNTY5MzMzOTcw&event=video_description&v=2W4vuMHCj7w]    Facebook: http://tiny.cc/diggbz [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fdiggbz&redir_token=qNOkSBQoldDNEyQ2Z-hEjz3S8-h8MTU2OTQyMDM3MEAxNTY5MzMzOTcw&event=video_description&v=2W4vuMHCj7w] Twitter: http://tiny.cc/6iggbz [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2F6iggbz&redir_token=qNOkSBQoldDNEyQ2Z-hEjz3S8-h8MTU2OTQyMDM3MEAxNTY5MzMzOTcw&event=video_description&v=2W4vuMHCj7w] Instagram: http://tiny.cc/bkggbz [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fbkggbz&redir_token=qNOkSBQoldDNEyQ2Z-hEjz3S8-h8MTU2OTQyMDM3MEAxNTY5MzMzOTcw&event=video_description&v=2W4vuMHCj7w] Content by Maaria Ginai (C) 2019

Backlash around the FDA's guidance on Bispecific Antibodies

The FDA wrote published its draft guidance on the development of bispecific antibodies in April. And boy, the industry wasn’t happy about it! Follow me on: Youtube: youtube.com/haveyoueverwondered [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fhaveyoueverwondered&token=ea825b-1-1566393724457] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mginai/ [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmginai%2F&token=6f8005-1-1566393724457] Facebook: facebook.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fhyewscience&token=73d379-1-1566393724457] Twitter: twitter.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhyewscience&token=c72582-1-1566393724457] Instagram: instagram.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhyewscience&token=effd8-1-1566393724457] Content by Maaria Ginai (C) 2019

Machine learning and drug discovery converge

More and more biotech and pharmaceutical companies including big names like Eli Lily, AstraZeneca, Janssen, Charles River and Bayer are investing in AI and machine learning for drug discovery. But there are those who say we need to be cautious when using these approaches for synthesising complex molecules. And yes, I got Enamine’s name wrong, apparently I can’t read. Sorry! Follow me on: Youtube: youtube.com/haveyoueverwondered [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fhaveyoueverwondered&token=2825c-1-1566393509747] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mginai/ [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmginai%2F&token=878005-1-1566393509747] Facebook: facebook.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fhyewscience&token=73d979-1-1566393509747] Twitter: twitter.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhyewscience&token=c73d82-1-1566393509747] Instagram: instagram.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhyewscience&token=f0158-1-1566393509747] Content by Maaria Ginai (C) 2019

Cystic Fibrosis still doesn't have a treatment in the UK

Three years after getting approval for their Cystic Fibrosis drug in the UK, Vertex still can’t agree with NICE on a pricing strategy. And now Jeremy Corbyn has weighed in on the feud calling Vertex ‘greedy’ and claiming Orkambi is a people funded drug. Follow me on: Youtube: youtube.com/haveyoueverwondered [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fhaveyoueverwondered&token=6a827f-1-1566393371859] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mginai/ [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmginai%2F&token=ef8028-1-1566393371859] Facebook: facebook.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fhyewscience&token=59b379-1-1566393371860] Twitter: twitter.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhyewscience&token=5ea582-1-1566393371860] Instagram: instagram.com/hyewscience [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhyewscience&token=877d8-1-1566393371860] Content by Maaria Ginai (C) 2019