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Guselkumab and the Expanding Utility of Zebrafish Models in Ulcerative Colitis Research
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease marked by persistent inflammation of the colon, mucosal ulceration which leads to disrupting the quality of life. Traditional therapies often introduced new risks including bradycardia, macular edema and other metabolic complications highlighting the need for new targeted interventions. Guselkumab, is a monoclonal antibody which was designed to block interleukin-22 (IL-22) driven inflammatory signaling, provides

Keerthana Rajendran
Dec 18, 20251 min read


A Case Study on Sotorasib and Zebrafish Oncology Models in KRAS-Driven NSCLC
Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most challenging cancers to treat, especially the KRAS G12C mutation which historically known as undruggable target. In this case, Sotorasib has changed this by showing inhibition against the KRAS G12C mutant protein and making it to stay in an inactive GDP-bound state. This action shuts down downstream MAPK signaling which helps in slowing tumor cell proliferation and activation of apoptosis. Preclinical development of sotoras

Keerthana Rajendran
Nov 27, 20251 min read


A Case Study on Resmetirom and Zebrafish Models in MASH Drug Discovery
Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) has a long history of therapeutic challenge due hepatic fat accumulation, inflammation and progressive fibrosis. Traditional drug candidates introduced many new problems such as hypoglycemia, LDL elevation and complex drug–drug interactions lead to limiting long term safety use. Resmetirom, a selective thyroid hormone receptor beta (THR-β) agonist has directly enhanced liver specific lipid metabolism without causing any

Keerthana Rajendran
Nov 25, 20251 min read


A Case Study on Lemborexant and Zebrafish Sleep Models in Insomnia Research
Insomnia affects millions worldwide, often starts from an over expressive orexin system that keeps the brain in a prolonged wake up cycle. Lemborexant, a dual orexin receptor antagonist, reduces this hyper expression by blocking OX1R and OX2R receptors and promoting natural sleep with reduced sedation. Older therapies potentially caused drowsiness, narcolepsy episodes and some metabolic issues linked to CYP3A4. Clinical sleep trials widely measured EEG and EMG to map brain ac

Keerthana Rajendran
Nov 18, 20251 min read


ADC Conjugate Ratio to Therapeutic Efficacy in zebrafish
Antibody therapies need evaluation of safety efficacy in physiological models to gain maximum translation benefit. Towards such, ADCs...

Benin Joseph
Jul 22, 20251 min read


SYNGAP1 Screening Modalities in Zebrafish
SYNGAP1, a synaptic Ras GTPase activating protein deficiency is associated with severe intellectual disability in humans. Zebrafish...

Dr.Bibhas Kar
Feb 5, 20252 min read


An Improved Method for Quantifying Brain Penetrating Drugs in Zebrafish Models
A number of new drugs for neurodegenerative and inflammatory disease focus on target sites primarily within the brain. With human ED50 at...

Dr. Suriya Kayathri
Jul 18, 20242 min read


Do Exceptional Insecticides Exist?
Neuroactive Insecticide Bioactivity Testing

Keerthana Rajendran
Jun 28, 20241 min read


What Precedes ALS?
There is a need to understand fundamental mechanisms that leads to dysregulation trigger; which eventually leads up to neurodegeneration....

Kalaichitra
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Gene Editing without the worry of Liver Edema – Zebrafish Reproducibility Assay
Gene editing primarily focus on threshold of edited protein as an Index of success rate. However in almost all cases, gene editing is met...

Kalaichitra
Nov 29, 20231 min read


mRNA Therapeutics Development solutions with Zebrafish
mRNA therapeutic applications are growing, however at the clinical stage, they are facing a similar failure rate as of small molecules !...

Kalaichitra
Oct 10, 20232 min read


A Clinical Biomarker Assay for ALS Drug Screening in zebrafish model
Key Hallmarks of the Assay: Cortical readings from zebrafish ALS models are generated with the similar sensitivity and readouts as in...

Kalaichitra
Aug 29, 20231 min read


A thorough solution for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovery with Zebrafish
Current Clinical Challenges: In progressive Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) candidates are designed to target inflammatory mediators -...

Kalaichitra
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Fibrotic Scarring Screening - Zebrafish Phenotype Assay
Fish swim against water current to spawn, feed and to stay within a particular habitat. This natural motion against water current is...

Benin Joseph
Jun 21, 20231 min read


Lessons from NASH RWE that Pre-Clinical Programs should incorporate
Real word Data points to directions away from monotherapies. From lessons learned, the risk of severe side effects of ppar agonism, such...

Benin Joseph
Jun 4, 20232 min read


Stargardt Macular Degeneration ABCA4-/- Zebrafish Model
Stargardt Disease Pathology Stargardt disease is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the ABCA4 gene. ABCA4 are...

Kalaichitra
Dec 8, 20222 min read


Spinal Muscular Atrophy SMN-/- Zebrafish Model
Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Disease Pathology Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic condition where the ubiquitously made protein...

Benin Joseph
Dec 8, 20223 min read


Anxiety Model of Zebrafish & Behavioral Screening Assays
Anxiety Disorder Pathology Anxiety is a neuropsychiatry condition, that mainly affects emotion. Neurotransmitters and hormones such as...

Benin Joseph
Dec 8, 20222 min read


Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Zebrafish Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis - Disease Pathology Multiple sclerosis also called as T cell mediated autoimmune disease, is a condition where the...

Kalaichitra
Dec 8, 20223 min read


Type II Diabetes Zebrafish Model
Type II Diabetes - Disease Pathology Type II Diabetes is a condition that arises due to an environment of dysregulated glucose and fat...

Benin Joseph
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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