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Penny Staton
Improving non-alcoholic steatohepatitis care – is the finishing line in sight?
Posted 19 days ago
An intense race is going on right now in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) research. A number of significant players within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors are competing to develop the first major therapeutic advance in treatment for this neglected condition. But should we consider it more of a relay race? Could improved diagnosis, disease assessment and even combination therapy be the key to victory over this increasingly prevalent disease?
Marshall Pearce
Left ventricular assist devices – A viable therapeutic option for heart failure?
Posted 4 months ago
Alongside a pharmacological strategy to aid myocardial recovery, LVADs may prove to have a significant role to play in the ever-growing problem of heart failure. Although LVADs are not new onto the scene, the advance of technology – smaller, more efficient devices with better reliability and potentially transcutaneous power transfer – means we may be on the cusp of seeing many more deployed to tackle heart failure.
Marshall Pearce
Cancer immunotherapies
Posted 5 months ago
It was the winner of the 1908 Nobel prize for medicine, Paul Ehrlich, who is first credited with discussing the concept of a “magic bullet”, able to target specific cells without damaging healthy tissue. With the advent of immunotherapy, as well as antibody-drug conjugates, we are beginning to realise this vision.
Marshall Pearce
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)
Posted 6 months ago
Over the past couple of decades, there have been advances in a class of drugs which for a long time was purely theoretical: antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The concept underlying ADCs is elegant – what if it were possible to ‘target’ particular groups of cells with a cytotoxic agent, rather than exposing every cell of the body to it?
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