Newsletter | August 1, 2026

08.01.26 -- Drug Discovery Online Best Of July

JULY'S BEST FEATURED EDITORIAL

iBio Aims To Complement GLP-1s By Preserving Muscle During Weight Loss With Myostatin Antibody

iBio has started clinical trials with a long-acting myostatin/GDF11 antibody that can make weight loss healthier and more durable for patients taking GLP-1 agonists.

A New De Novo Protein Design Platform For GPCR Drug Discovery

Skape Bio and UW created an AI-driven platform to design miniproteins that modulate GPCRs in living cells, opening new paths for biologic drug discovery.

Why Cell And Gene Therapies Break After Early Success

The field has largely solved how to trigger biology, and yet, many programs still fail because what happens cannot be sustained, controlled, or directed over time.

JULY'S BEST INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Rapid Discovery Of CD200R1 Antagonist VHHs Via Single B Cell Technology

Here, we used single B cell antibody discovery to rapidly identify a diverse set of potent, high-affinity, neutralizing VHH from immunized llamas against CD200R1, an emerging checkpoint target.

A Novel Cell-Based Assay For Ubiquitin Drug Discovery

Learn about a novel cell-based assay that can advance ubiquitin ligase drug discovery. This high-throughput method simplifies assay development, saving time and resources.

Make Informed Decisions From Experimental Design To Data Interpretation

Take a look at how popular NMR prediction tools perform on complex natural products, revealing how algorithm choice, data depth, and modeling approaches impact ¹³C chemical shift accuracy.

JULY'S BEST SOLUTIONS

From Gene Editing To NGS-Based T Cell Characterization

A Human-Relevant Model Of The Liver Sinusoid

Automated Library Prep For Nanopore Human Whole Genome Sequencing