Drug Discovery

Sharing new research on inverse vaccines, potential new breakthroughs in treating autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and celiac disease

Biomarkers, personalized medicine and gene therapies are fueling research breakthroughs. Discover new treatments targeting genetics and protein buildup to manage this devastating disease.

Different types of antisense oligonucleotide therapies, such as exosomes and nanoparticles, offering new hope in genetic medicine.

While no cure exists for PolyQ diseases like Huntington's, new breakthroughs, therapies, and research could change that.

We speak with Mauro Mileni, Ph.D., and Chris Roth, Ph.D., about how their company is leveraging specific technology to fill an innovative drug pipeline.

Immunotherapy is advancing with new approaches like CAR-T cell therapy, antibody-drug conjugates, and even checkpoint inhibitors.

Immuno-oncology has the potential to treat cancer without sacrificing the patient's wellbeing.

The pharma industry is tackling major drug discovery challenges in several new ways. Have they been successful?

In this article, we speak with Nicole Stobart, Jeff Wilson, and Mark Schmidt, about how CAS is using authority constructs to index biological molecules.

Iddo Friedberg, an expert in protein function prediction, shares how current prediction models are performing and what current bottlenecks remain.

Covalent inhibitors were once avoided due to negative side effects, but new drugs have changed the landscape.

More than 100 antibody-drug conjugates are in clinical trials. These therapeutics combine the targeting abilities of antibodies with the power of chemotherapy to change cancer treatment.

Since 2018, research interest in antibody-drug conjugates has increased exponentially, due to their potential in the fight against cancer.

We talk with Jefferson Parker of NullSet Informatics Solutions, about sequence analysis for drug discovery and the frontiers for AI in computational biology.

Induced-proximity target protein degradation (TPD) is a ground-breaking strategy in drug discovery that has emerged recently.

We chat with Ben Taft, Sr. Director of Chemistry at Via Nova Therapeutics, about SAR studies and the possible frontiers for bioactivity data.

The ACE2 protein is the critical target for COVID-19 and other viral infections, and this knowledge has led to new therapeutics.

Landscape view of emerging contributors, companies, and researchers in the emerging field of exosome research. This article overviews key players in diagnostics and therapeutic fields of exosome research with a deeper look into the current clinical pipeline.

The FDA can designate drug candidates as “breakthrough therapies” (breakthrough therapy designation or BTD) for certain drug candidates that demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapies on a clinically significant endpoint.

Exosomes could revolutionize drug delivery and diagnostics, but face isolation and purification challenges. This article explores recent trends in exosome research, focusing on their applications in drug delivery, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Discover how these unique particles are shaping the fut

Bioorthogonal chemistry is a set of methods that use the chemistry of non-native functional groups to analyze biology in living organisms.

Explore lipid nanoparticles: from origins to COVID vaccines and beyond. Discover emerging trends in publications and milestones. Uncover future applications in vaccines, drug delivery, and non-therapeutic fields like agro-chemistry, cosmetics, and food science. Learn how these particles are shaping

Learn more about cytokine storms and their role in both immunity and severe infection with COVID-19 and additional viral infections. This overviews emerging trends and insights on publications, milestones, and future applications to minimize the impact of cytokine adverse effects.

Expert panelists include Dr. Benjamin Ebert, the chair of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Institute, Dr. Phil Chamberlain, the co-founder, President, and CEO of Neomorph, and Janet Sasso, an information scientist specializing in Life Sciences at CAS.

When mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines are injected into a patient, tiny lipid vesicles transport mRNA molecules through the body fluids and merge with immune cells, called antigen-presenting cells (APCs).

Scientists are searching ways to stop the spread of COVID-19, and the ACE2 receptor is one of the most promising targets.

This blog details the recently published CAS indicator of drug innovation based on the structural novelty of new molecular entities (NMEs) which may better assess innovativeness of new drugs.

Find out how companies improve their prediction accuracy, obtain Breakthrough Technology Status and shorten the development and review time of new drugs by leveraging CAS advanced machine learning methods.

Bioorthogonal chemistry is a set of methods using the chemistry of non-native functional groups to explore and understand biology in living organisms.

This insight report explores innovative research and technologies that played crucial roles in Covid-19 vaccine development.

This insight report explores innovative research and technologies that played crucial roles in Covid-19 vaccine development.

It is estimated that one in five human cancers involve RAS mutations. Although once considered undruggable, this blog looks at recent advances in RAS inhibitors and emerging therapies.

The COVID pandemic revealed deficiencies in mask development and production. Innovation will be crucial in slowing the spread of new variants of the virus.

Targeted protein degradation is a novel and quickly expanding drug discovery strategy. It is a new way of utilizing disease-causing proteins to attack severe illnesses, which has the potential to be used among more serious illnesses, such as cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.

As COVID-19 cases rise again worldwide, the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is currently the dominant strain. This blog explores some key mutations that increase transmission, evade protective antibodies, and increase the rate of (re)infection.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have been growing exponentially over the last decade, but how has the field of Chemistry evolved with this emerging trend?

Lipid nanoparticles play critical roles in mRNA vaccines for treating COVID-19, but their use is not new. Read about past, present, and future opportunities.

The use of RNA in therapeutics has the potential to revolutionize medicine. This white paper highlights the emerging trends in the industry.

The last decade has seen a dramatic shift towards RNA-based medicine. Rapid success in developing lipid-RNA nanoparticles for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, along with several approved drugs, has propelled RNA to the forefront of pharmaceutical research and development. Explore this revolutionary trend.

This white paper details the CAS Biomedical Knowledge Graph and shows how it was used in drug discovery for COVID-19.

Learn about the important functions of intrinsically disordered proteins and the key role they play in COVID-19 therapy.

This blog lists and discusses the common ingredients (both in the household and scientific contexts) as well as the unique ingredients used in the Covid-19 vaccines currently in use in the United States, and also addresses the dosage levels proposed for children under five years of age.

Omicron's significant evolution from the original COVID-19 virus raises concerns about reinfection and vaccine evasion. This variant could potentially bypass existing immunity, threatening global pandemic recovery efforts. Explore the potential societal and economic impacts of this new challenge.

The methodology behind CAS knowledge graphs enhances potential drug identification for COVID-19 treatment and other diseases.

The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated researchers across the globe to find effective drugs and therapeutics for treating the disease.

In recent years, AI application to chemistry has rapidly grown. While there has been numerous publicity about AI used in this manner, there hasn’t been a lot of in-depth analysis on its use and development in the chemistry field.

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have emerged as promising vehicles to deliver a variety of therapeutics in the pharmaceutical industry. Liposomal drugs, based on an earlier version of LNPs, have already been approved and applied to medical practice.

This report reviews Covid-19 vaccine research, compares the underlying technologies, the use of adjuvants and delivery systems in their application, and provides a perspective on their future direction.

Artificial Intelligence may be hot right now, but the smart money is investing in data. See how CAS solutions can help.

To identify potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics, CAS scientists are building machine-learning predictive models to identify novel drug candidates for the viral targets 3 chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp).

Learn how machine learning procedures and CAS COVID-19 resources, including scientific insights, open access datasets and special reports are assisting in the research to fight against COVID-19.

In support of ongoing research efforts to identify additional drugs for COVID-19, a team of CAS scientists analyzed published scientific information and created a comprehensive report focusing on proteins involved in COVID-19 and potential corresponding drug candidates.

This report aids COVID-19 therapeutic research by summarizing protein targets and potential drug candidates. It includes bioassay and structure-activity relationship data from scientific and patent literature for COVID-19 and related viral infections. Explore key insights to support ongoing drug dev

A critical step in the race to develop treatments for COVID-19 is to gain a clear understanding of how the virus enters our cells. This insight will support development of targeted antiviral treatments focused on blocking that pathway.

To provide a better understanding and comparison of the diagnostic tests available in the fight against COVID-19, CAS has produced a report summarizing the basic principles of molecular and serological assays being used in diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2.

To support R&D on COVID-19, CAS has produced a special report to provide an overview of published scientific information with an emphasis on patents in the CAS content collection.