Blogs

Articles written by our own experts or selected members of the drug discovery community.





Blogs
15 June 2026
Preclinical evaluation of RNA nanotherapeutics – a case study of lipid nanoparticles

Opening new avenues for RNA therapeutics through a preclinical screening and optimisation platform. In this blog, Lead Scientist Dr Phil Auckland describes how applying this platform to a library of 4,500 lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations enabled the identification of novel candidates with desirable mechanistic properties and in vivo functionality. Furthermore, we show that integrating multiple in vitro readouts can enhance prediction and thereby improve translation.





Blogs
13 March 2026
What clinicians need from a preclinical radiopharmaceutical data package

Preclinical data are essential for decision‑making in radiopharmaceutical development, and all stakeholders require a robust evidence base. However, each stakeholder brings a slightly different lens to both designing studies and interpreting the resulting evidence.


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Blogs
29 January 2026
How robust preclinical data can de-risk radiopharmaceutical investment

This is the first in a series of radiopharmaceutical blogs from Dr Juliana Maynard. Juliana is an expert imaging scientist with over 20 years’ experience in nuclear medicine and translational imaging.


Blogs
19 December 2025
Better tools, better medicines: deploying CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering in drug discovery 

In this blog, Dr Phil Auckland details how MDC has established a reproducible CRISPR-Cas9 pipeline and generated new tools to better inform nanotherapeutic design


Blogs
19 December 2025
Rupturing endosomes are not created equal  

Nanotherapeutics often fail because of Endosomal entrapment. In this blog by Dr Phil Auckland, we explore how MDC are using real-time imaging to reveal why.


Blogs
24 September 2025
Human Models for Human Pain: iPSC-Derived Sensory Neurons for Medicines Discovery

Accelerating analgesic development through human-specific in vitro systems


Blogs
03 March 2025
Preclinical to Clinical: The Power of Using Multiple Models and Technologies for Neuroinflammation Drug Discovery

Preclinical to clinical, building a translational link between in vitro and in vivo models of neuroinflammation for drug discovery.






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