We are back from the excellent Gamma Delta T Therapies Summit in Boston. 📊 Our CEO Stefanos Theoharis presented the latest data from our innovative GDT platform, based on the differentiation of Vδ1 gamma delta T-cells from stem cells, followed by a round table discussion led by Laura García Pérez, our senior scientist leading this work. Some key takeaways: 1️⃣ Our work met with very positive feedback and was recognised as a positive step forward for the field, contributing several advantages. 2️⃣ The field continues to grow as pipelines mature and companies release positive data from the lab and the clinic. 3️⃣ The superior anti-tumoral efficacy of GDTs is continuously being demonstrated by different groups, due to the cells’ innate specificity against tumour antigens and stress signals. There is still work needed to better understand this effect and harness it for further patient benefit. 👋🏻 We are looking forward to continuing to contribute to the effort of delivering better patient outcomes, and establishing OneChain as an important player in the space. See you all next year! Our thanks to the conference organisers, and our partners, the CSIC, iBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica and Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute. The project funded by the European Union’s EIC Transition programme under Grant Agreement nº 101113067.
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Vice-President of the Spanish Biotechnology Companies Association (ASEBIO) 2020/2024. CEO and partner at A4cell
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Congratulations 🎉 to the entire team who generously share their method for generating three-dimensional, multilineage bone marrow organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). These 3D bone marrow organoids closely mirror native tissues 🧬, offering invaluable insights into hematopoietic diseases. These are significant advancements 🚀 in research and drug development for blood cancer and bone marrow diseases. 🔬 #iPSCResearch #Organoids #CancerResearch #MedicalInnovation #ResearchUpdate
Clinical Trial Manager @ STRONG, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford
✨ Ever wondered how to produce bone marrow organoids from iPSCs 🤓? Look no further 🙂 ! Following up from our Cancer Discovery paper last year which received lots of attention and excitement from researchers all over the world, we wrote a detailed protocol available now in Nature Protocols 🎉 : https://lnkd.in/enchewRx We provide further validation data using several iPSC lines as well as technical support on flow cytometry and imaging. We are all very happy to see this resource available and hope more labs will embrace the power of 3D models to support their work in physiological and pathological haematopoiesis. Thank you Abdullah Khan and Beth Psaila for the best mentoring and support every scientist can hope for, as well as all the amazing people involved (Antonio, Zoë, Yuqi, Jasmeet, Natalie and Julie) and to all our funders for making this work possible. #organoids #bonemarroworganoids #bonemarrow #3dmodels MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine University of Oxford
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🫂PHIRE at the 19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM)! Organised by the European Society for Molecular Imaging - ESMI, EMIM addresses the forefront of morphological, functional, and molecular imaging across all scales, encompassing mass spectrometry, microscopy, and non-invasive imaging in both preclinical and exploratory clinical contexts. It will also spotlight innovative approaches to image-guided therapies and theranostics. 📍Porto (Portugal) 🗓️ From 12th to 15th March PHIRE will present in the event with two different contributions. Dr. Massimo Alfano and Dr. Jithin Jose will delve into their research on the “AI-assisted Photoacoustic Spectral Unmixing Algorithm for Micro to Macro Resolution Bladder Tumour Imaging.” 🩺 👩⚕️Additionally, PHIRE’s team will present a paper addressing “Image-guided photothermal therapy for bladder cancer lesions expressing markers of bladder carcinoma in situ”, a core part of PHIRE’s mission to reduce the frequency of the bladder tumour relapse. Find all information here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d_JxVksn #EMIM24 #MolecularImaging #oncology #bladdercancer #fightingcancer #AItech #nanotechnology #OpenScience #nanomedicine #biotechnology #nanorods #bladdercancer #earlydetection #photoacoustic #EUbeatingcancer #EUCancerMission #clinicaltrials #CancerResearch
PHIRE at the 19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting!
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Thrilled to share an exciting update from our NIH-funded research! Our interdisciplinary approach is paving the way for groundbreaking glaucoma therapy. Our team seamlessly combines stem cell differentiation, high-throughput drug screening, cutting-edge cell biology techniques, and animal models in our quest to discover a novel drug for glaucoma therapy. The promising news? Our newly identified drug is showcasing significant axon regeneration in the optic nerve of treated mice post optic nerve crush (ONC) injury. The growth of axons is vividly demonstrated through immunohistochemistry targeting the growth-associated protein 43 (GAP43). In glaucoma, where retinal ganglion cell axons degenerate in the optic nerve, connecting our eyes to the brain for vision, this discovery offers a potential pharmacological agent to promote optic nerve regeneration. Here's the kicker: The compound is already FDA approved for diagnostic purposes, marking a crucial step forward. Next on our agenda? Human studies! Stay tuned for more details on compound identity, mechanisms of action, additional animal data on vision protection, as we gear up for publication. 📚✨ #GlaucomaTherapy #MedicalInnovation #ResearchBreakthrough #VisionaryDiscoveries #nih National Eye Institute (NEI)
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Biosensors for early cancer diagnosis - Danube Private University's Laboratory for Life Sciences Technologies latest research publication PhD Researcher Katharina Schmidt and Dr. Jakub Dostalek PhD from Danube Private University Austria (DPU)'s Life Sciences Research Group (LiST) have published a research paper on the development of a biosensor for early cancer diagnosis entitled: "Sandwich Immuno-RCA Assay with Single Molecule Counting Readout: The Importance of Biointerface Design". The research publication shows the importance of the interplay between charges of biomolecules and the biointerface to suppress unspecific binding leading to possible false positive results. Single molecule imaging of the target analyte was achieved by an enzymatic based amplification method for fluorescence enhancement, allowing the counting of bright spots thus ensuring a better performance than averaged signal output based biosensors. The detection was also successfully shown in serum samples paving the way for clinical applications. The work was performed in collaboration with the FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences. For more information about the DPU's Life Sciences Research Group please visit https://lnkd.in/dG9mhA_K #lifesciences #research #medicine #highereducation #biosensors #biomarkers #bioninterfacedesign #clinicalapplications #cancerdiagnosis #oncologyresearch #medicaldiagnostics #bioanalyticaltools #austria #niederösterreich #danubeprivateuniversity
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#OnTheBeamlines: Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) are an emerging class of nanoparticles that have unique optical properties such as strong light absorption, photostability, and biocompatibility. Combining CPNs with lipids could expand their use into biomedical applications because it reduces toxicity and helps modulate drug release. Researchers from the University of Windsor (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science) used our Brockhouse beamline to explore whether lipid-based CPNs – LCNPs – can be used to treat glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. Simon Rondeau-Gagne says the Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) technique that’s possible on Brockhouse is a powerful tool to learn more about the size distribution, internal structure, and stability of these new compound materials. The knowledge the UWindsor team gains can help accelerate biomedical application of LCNPs, ultimately improving patient outcomes. “We're excited by the possibility of making a difference in cancer research and designing new and improved tools for diagnosis and treatment,” says Rondeau-Gagne. Image: This series of images shows conjugated polymer nanoparticles crossing the blood-brain barrier in zebrafish. Crossing the blood-brain barrier is a key mechanism for delivering medication to the brain. This proof of principle in zebrafish is a positive step toward one day achieving the same humans. #health #medicalresearch #cancer #glioblastoma #nanoparticles
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#OnTheBeamlines: Conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) are an emerging class of nanoparticles that have unique optical properties such as strong light absorption, photostability, and biocompatibility. Combining CPNs with lipids could expand their use into biomedical applications because it reduces toxicity and helps modulate drug release. Researchers from the University of Windsor (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science) used our Brockhouse beamline to explore whether lipid-based CPNs – LCNPs – can be used to treat glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. Simon Rondeau-Gagne says the Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) technique that’s possible on Brockhouse is a powerful tool to learn more about the size distribution, internal structure, and stability of these new compound materials. The knowledge the UWindsor team gains can help accelerate biomedical application of LCNPs, ultimately improving patient outcomes. “We're excited by the possibility of making a difference in cancer research and designing new and improved tools for diagnosis and treatment,” says Rondeau-Gagne. Image: This series of images shows conjugated polymer nanoparticles crossing the blood-brain barrier in zebrafish. Crossing the blood-brain barrier is a key mechanism for delivering medication to the brain. This proof of principle in zebrafish is a positive step toward one day achieving the same humans. #health #medicalresearch #cancer #glioblastoma #nanoparticles
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🔊 Weekly round-up! 💡 Changing the paradigm of drug discovery processes with AI We had the privilege of speaking to Cellarity’s CEO, Fabrice Chouraqui, about how the company is leveraging AI to completely revolutionise the drug discovery process and unlock treatments for a vast array of diseases, even in the absence of known targets. 💻 Part one: what can scientists do with LLMs today? In the first of a three-part series, Dr Raminderpal Singh explores what LLMs are, how early stage biotechs can take advantage of them, and what challenges they present. 💊Novel inhibitor developed to combat HER2-positive breast cancer Researchers at Korea University have developed an inhibitor named HVH-2930, which effectively induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells without initiating the heat shock response. 🧫Elucidating the loss of mobility caused by LGMD2B Biomedical engineers at Duke University grew complex, functional 3D muscle tissue from stem cells to study limb girdle muscular dystrophies 2B (LGMD2B). This enabled the biological mechanisms underlying the loss of mobility caused by LGMD2B to be elucidated. Click on the links in the comments to read more! 👇 #drugdiscovery #lifescience #drugtargets
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A new study led by senior author Nobel-Winning Scientist Carol Greider suggests that there are yet undiscovered mechanisms for telomere length regulation, offering hope for developing new approaches to cancer and certain degenerative diseases.🧬👩🔬🔬 The PhD work of first author Kayarash Karimian, the research challenges what is currently known about telomere length patterns while acting as a proof-of-concept study for using scalable Nanopore-based techniques to measure telomeres with nucleotide-level resolution. The paper was published in Science Magazine. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eJA43xy9 Contributors: ・The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ・Oxford Nanopore Technologies ・University of California, Santa Cruz #Telomeres #Genetics #NanoporeSequencing #DNA #HumanGenetics
Excited to share my PhD work out in Science Magazine today. Telomere length profoundly impacts human health. Short telomeres result in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) while cancers must lengthen telomeres for sustaining continued cell division. Yet, the lack of accurate and easily accessible methods to measure telomere length at scale has prevented its broad use in clinic or drug discovery settings. We developed a scalable Nanopore based method that measures telomeres on all chromosome arms with nucleotide resolution and found some surprising results! Established models for telomere length have predicted that all telomeres are created equal and are uniformly regulated in the same manner. Here we show that this is not the case. Rather, specific chromosome arms in humans had the shortest and longest telomere lengths and the rank order was conserved across nearly 150 different individuals. We also established that humans are born with ~8 kb of telomere sequences while being able to separate out individuals with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (the most common manifestation of telomere related disease) from healthy adults based on telomere length, showing the potential utility of Telomere Profiling in clinical settings. This work would not have been possible without the support of so many individuals and collaborators. Special thanks to my mentor Carol Greider and our funders, especially the Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship Fund and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's MBG department without which this work would not have been possible. I hope this small contribution can help expand our understanding of telomere biology and advance new drug discovery efforts for patients in the future. Oxford Nanopore Technologies, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Cancer Institute (NCI) https://lnkd.in/ekB3gvyZ
Human telomere length is chromosome end–specific and conserved across individuals
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Assistant professor and Group leader at Center for Molecular Medicine, UMC, Utrecht
The aggressive behavior of cancer isn't just about cells; the "extracellular matrix" (ECM) is a key player too. The signals in the ECM, both chemical and physical, play a significant role in how tumors form, spread, and resist treatment. Discover more in the recent review by Sleeboom (Jelle Sleeboom) and van Tienderen (Gilles van Tienderen, PhD) et al., just published in Science Translational Medicine. https://lnkd.in/dy9GchuV DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg3840 In this collaborative work between research groups from #erasmusmc Rotterdam (Monique Verstegen, Luc van der Laan) #TUdelft #UniversityTübingen (Katja Schenke-Layland) #UMCUtrecht (Antoine A. Khalil), we explore the changes in the environment around tumors and the interactions between the ECM, cancer cells, and surrounding cells. We also discuss why current treatments targeting specific ECM interactions might be failing to stop tumor progression. #Erasmusmc #TUdelft #UniversityTübingen #UMCU_CMM #umcutrecht #CMM #cancerresearch #ECM #Invasion #Resistance #Metastasis.#MechanoControl #Kwf #kwf_nl #KWFKankerbestrijding
The extracellular matrix as hallmark of cancer and metastasis: From biomechanics to therapeutic targets
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