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The impact of AlphaFold on protein structure prediction has been transformative.

In a rural area of Britain, a team of 100 scientists and engineers first used low-cost technologies to develop mobile phones and the aviation industry. Later, these technologies were used to research robot arms, which can be specially used for minimally invasive surgery.

Approval for new FIC depression drug on the horizon!

On November 4, 2022, the U.S. FDA has approved the marketing of mivituximab soratansine (Elahere), a cutting-edge antibody-coupled drug targeting folate receptor alpha (FRα), for the treatment of adult patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who have received one to three systemic treatment regimens and are folate receptor alpha (FRα)-positive and platinum-resistant.

A new generation of oral selective estrogen receptor degrader, elastostat, has shown promise in clinical studies over standard second-line treatments such as fulvestrant for the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Biopharmaceutical company Airway has announced that the first patient will be administered AT-100 (rhSP-D) in a phase 1b randomised trial to prevent the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in very preterm infants. The novel prophylactic AT-100 reduces the incidence and severity of the severe respiratory disease BPD and may improve the prognosis of very preterm infants.

The US FDA has approved a new leukaemia drug, Olutasidenib, which has been shown to be effective and has a controlled safety profile, resulting in the complete disappearance of cancer cells in 35% of patients enrolled, with efficacy lasting up to 25.9 months.

Recently, Nassim Annabi, an assistant professor of Northeastern University in the United States, and other researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia jointly developed an advanced surgical glue MeTro. When using, the glue directly enters the wound and is solidified and sealed within 60 seconds. Naxim said, "The advantage of MeTro formula is that once it touches the organ, it will appear as gel instantly and will not slip."

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HBM1020 is the world's first anti-B7H7 monoclonal antibody to be formally approved for clinical phase.