
Allison Whitten
Assistant Editor at DDN
Assistant Editor @DrugDiscovNews. PhD @VanderbiltU. Past @AAASMassMedia @DiscoverMag @QuantaMagazine. Fan of @UMichFootball.
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1 week ago |
drugdiscoverynews.com | Allison Whitten
HIV is incurable because it hides in latently infected cells. Researchers are hoping to change that — and prevent new infections — with the use of antibodies. HIV is incurable because it hides in latently infected cells. Researchers are hoping to change that — and prevent new infections — with the use of antibodies. | 8 min readAllison Whitten, PhDRegister for free to listen to this articleOnce the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enters a cell, there is no going back.
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2 weeks ago |
drugdiscoverynews.com | Allison Whitten
The hallmark symptoms of Parkinson’s disease — shaky hands, muscle stiffness, slowed movements, and difficulty with balance — signify underlying irreversible damage to dopaminergic neurons in the brain. “Unfortunately, there is no cure for Parkinson's, and there are no disease-modifying therapies — meaning our treatments are only symptomatic,” said Suneil Kalia, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at the University of Toronto.
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1 month ago |
drugdiscoverynews.com | Allison Whitten
We asked industry leaders and academic researchers in the fields of hematology, pain, HIV, and neurology what they see as the major obstacles holding back the development of new drugs today. What do you see as the biggest barriers in drug development today?
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1 month ago |
drugdiscoverynews.com | Allison Whitten
After two decades working in leadership positions at big pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca and Novartis, immunologist and emergency physician Volkan Manga wanted to go in a new direction. He realized that as he watched some drugs pass through clinical trials and reach real patients, many more drugs with great potential sat by the wayside.
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2 months ago |
drugdiscoverynews.com | Allison Whitten |Stephanie DeMarco |Dika Ojiakor
Advances in GLP-1 research for diabetes and obesity, multiple sclerosis discoveries, and DNA editing are awarded in this year’s prestigious prize.
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