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OncoWuXi Newsletter December 2022
WuXi AppTec in vitro Neuroscience Services
Neurological disorders, such as neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, chronic pain, psychiatric disorders, are one of today’s largest unmet medical needs. However, due to poor disease and target understanding, Neuroscience drug discovery can be very challenging. An open access research platform with dedicated neuroscience specialists and integrated services will be an ideal partner throughout your drug discovery …Read More >
OncoWuXi Newsletter November 2022
How Does It Work? | Aptamers
Nucleic acids have long been regarded as biological compounds for storing and transferring information. However, their functionalities are far more diverse than this – ranging from gene regulation to enzymatic catalysis. One type of unconventional nucleic acid is the aptamer. Aptamers are short, single stranded nucleic acids that fold into highly specific structures. They bind …Read More >
PD-1 Blockade Protein in 4th Generation Armored CAR-T Cells Enhances Cytotoxicity Effect with in vitro Re-challenge System
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells are genetically engineered T cells that express a surface receptor to recognize tumor-associated antigens (TAA). CAR-T cell therapy have demonstrated remarkable success with hematological malignancies. However, limited headway has been made towards solid tumor, due to various challenges, including recognition of tumor-specific antigen trafficking and penetration, localization and survival within …Read More >
Engineered Oncolytic Viruses Expressing Immunomodulatory Genes Enhances In Vitro Anti-Tumor Cellular Immune Responses
While chemo- and radio-therapy are considered the first-line of treatment for most cancers, its serious side effects have led to continuous innovation and discovery of new anti-tumor treatments. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) possess a magnitude of mechanism of action to elicit anti-tumor immune response, including OVs innate cytotoxicity and enhanced anti-tumor immunity by inserting immunomodulatory genes. …Read More >
Pain Discovery Assays & In Vivo Models
WuXi AppTec offers a comprehensive platform to evaluate lead candidates targeting various types of pain, including inflammatory, neuropathic, and fibromyalgia-like pain and osteoarthritis. Our expertise and experience allow us to offer an extensive portfolio of services supporting drug discovery and development, from target discovery to translational research and clinical biomarker testing and beyond. Full-scale molecular …Read More >