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Research group of Prof. Maria (Masha) Babak at City University of Hong Kong #anticancerdrugdiscovery #globalpublichealth #AI-assisteddrugdisovery thebabaklab.com

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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Hallmarks of cancer—Then and now, and beyond
Hanahan revisits the evolving framework of cancer hallmarks, synthesizing 25 years of conceptual refinement into a multidimensional view of tumor biology. This review highlights how aberrant capabilit...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In a new Cell review, Douglas Hanahan revisits one of the most influential frameworks in cancer biology. Link in the comments 👇 #HallmarksOfCancer #CancerResearch #Oncology #TumorMicroenvironment #CancerBiology #PrecisionMedicine
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The FDA has approved iberdomide (Zenbexus) in combination with daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj plus dexamethasone (IberDd) for adults with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We were happy to meet the new students as part of the Hong Kong Hospitality Program at CityU! 💙 It was a pleasure getting to know everyone and welcoming the new members of our community. Looking forward to everything ahead! ✨ #CityU #HongKongHospitalityProgram #StudentLife #HongKong #Welcome
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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A binding-to-release strategy for targeted anticancer drug delivery - Nature
A binding-to-release drug conjugate strategy enables targeted payload release without cellular internalization, improving tumour specificity, efficacy and expanding therapeutic targets beyond conventi...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A major limitation of many antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) and small molecule–drug conjugates (SMDCs) is their dependence on receptor-mediated endocytosis: the drug must enter the cell before releasing its payload. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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FDA grants accelerated approval to vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg in c
On August 6, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg (Tudriqev, Replimune, Inc.), a genetically modified oncolytic viral therapy, in combi...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The @fda.gov has approved Tudriqev (vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg) in combination with nivolumab for adults with unresectable advanced cutaneous melanoma whose disease progressed after prior PD-1–based therapy. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week came with a very special reason to celebrate! 🎂✨ We got together to wish our wonderful PI, Dr. Masha, a very Happy Birthday! 💙 Thank you for everything you bring to the lab, from your guidance and support to all the science and good moments we share together.
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Oncogene activation mechanism determines the limits of targeted protein degradation
Gudauskaitė et al. show that the mechanism driving oncogenic protein overexpression influences the effectiveness of targeted protein degradation. While stabilizing mutations do not limit protein deple...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new study in Cell Chemical Biology explored how the mechanism driving oncogene overexpression can determine the effectiveness of protein degraders such as PROTACs. Link in the comments 👇 #TargetedProteinDegradation #PROTAC #CancerResearch #DrugDiscovery #Oncology
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The @fda.gov has approved the first gene therapy for children with Sanfilippo syndrome type A. Link in the comments 👇 #ClinicalMondays #GeneTherapy #SanfilippoSyndrome #Pediatrics #OrphanDrug #FastTrack #BreakthroughTherapy
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#LabLife Sharing some experience from 2 days with LARU buddies Alisa Potapova and Kirill Kriukov. Just processed around 75 mice, collecting tumors and organs. A lot of analysis is still ahead, but at least this part is done! #LARU #Research #TeamScience #CancerResearch
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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FDA Approves First Therapy for Patients aged 8 years and older with Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an accelerated approval for Genglycos (pariglasgene brecaparvovec-opnr) as the first-ever treatment for adults and children 8 years of age and older ...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The @fda.gov has approved the first therapy for glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSDIa). Genglycos (pariglasgene brecaparvovec-opnr) received accelerated approval for patients aged 8 years and older. Link in the comments 👇 #ClinicalMondays #GeneTherapy #RareDisease #GSDIa #FDA
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#LabLife Dasha is sharing flow cytometry life hacks with Alisa and Mira🧪✨ #LabLife #FlowCytometry #Research #TeamScience
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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An operational perturbation proteomics-based virtual cell model - Nature
Temporal protein-abundance measurements from systematically perturbed breast cancer cell lines were generated to develop ProteinTalks, a virtual cell model that functions as an operational tool for di...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Researchers developed ProteinTalks, an AI-based virtual cell model that predicts how cancer cells respond to drugs by tracking changes in their proteins over time. Link in the comments 👇 #ScientificWednesdays #Proteomics #AI #DrugDiscovery #CancerResearch
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Merck and Moderna Announce Phase 3 INTerpath-001 Trial of Intismeran Autogene Plus KEYTRUDA® Met Endpoints of Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) and Distant Metastasis-Free Survival (DMFS) in Patients Wit...
Deliver the greatest possible impact to people through mRNA medicines.
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Merck and Moderna have announced positive top-line results from the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial of intismeran autogene (V940) + pembrolizumab in patients with resected high-risk melanoma. Link in the comments 👇 #ClinicalMondays #Melanoma #CancerVaccine #mRNA #Immunotherapy
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#LabLife Welcome Mira and Lucy! 🧪✨ 🦠 Mira joins us as a new Research Assistant, with an interest in microbiome-cancer interactions. 🔬 Lucy joins us as our Lab Manager and is interested in forensic pathology. So happy to have you both on the team! 💙
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Pan-tumor spatial transcriptomics reveals conserved properties of tumor organization
Behera et al. characterize spatial biology patterns across 262 solid tumors and 18 tumor types, using spatial transcriptomics and multiplexed immunofluorescence. They find pan-tumor, hierarchically or...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A new @cellpress.bsky.social study analyzed 262 solid tumors across 18 tumor types using spatial transcriptomics and identified conserved, hierarchically organized regions of the tumor microenvironment, termed “spatial groups.” Link in the comments 👇 #CancerResearch
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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FDA approves zidesamtinib for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer
On July 22, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration approved zidesamtinib (Jideytro, Nuvalent, Inc.) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who ...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
On July 22, the @FDA approved zidesamtinib (Jideytro) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have already received at least one ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Link in the comments 👇 #LungCancer #NSCLC #ROS1
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A new @nature.com study from the Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI) presents a large, deeply characterized collection of next-generation patient-derived cancer models. Link in the comments 👇 #CancerResearch #Organoids #CancerModels
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The @fda.gov has approved lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto) in combination with androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) therapy for adults with PSMA-positive metastatic androgen pathway modulation-naïve or-sensitive prostate cancer (mAPMN/S). Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) often face a hard limit: when cancer cells downregulate a target like HER2 or exhibit heterogeneous expression, the treatment stops working. A recent @nature.com study introduces a modular in vivo click chemistry approach to bypass this hurdle Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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FDA Approves New Engineered Viral Immunotherapy for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Advanced Melanoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Tudriqev (vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg), a genetically modified oncolytic viral therapy for the treatment of advanced, ref...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The @fda.gov has approved Tudriqev in combination with nivolumab for adults with unresectable or metastatic cutaneous melanoma that progressed following prior anti-PD-1 therapy. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#LabLife Our wonderful interns have completed their internship! 🎓✨ Thank you for your hard work, curiosity, and great energy. We are so proud of you and wish you lots of success in everything ahead! We’ll miss having you in the lab. 💙 #LabLife #Internship #Research #TeamScience
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The tumor microenvironment is not just a mixture of cancer, immune, and stromal cells. Their spatial organization can influence tumor progression and treatment response, but mapping it usually requires complex and expensive technologies. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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2025 FDA approvals
The US FDA approved 46 new drugs in 2025, despite a tumultuous year at the regulatory agency.
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Despite a turbulent year at the FDA, 46 new therapeutic agents received CDER approval in 2025, keeping the annual number well above the historical average of 36 approvals per year since 1993. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#LabLife Happy Birthday to Nikita Kuznetsov! 🎉 You're a true deep thinker who brings a reflective perspective to our team ❤️and we really appreciate how you help everyone analyse their ideas and propose new experiments using your deep chemistry knowledge 💊
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Dendritic cell circadian clocks shape memory CD8+ T cell differentiation
Circadian timing of antigen exposure programs CD8+ T cell memory and tunes antiviral immunity.
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A new @science.org study shows that the time of antigen exposure influences how dendritic cells program CD8⁺ T-cell memory through their intrinsic circadian clock, with important implications for vaccination and immunotherapy. Link in the comments 👇
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Ten-Year Outcomes after CAR T-Cell Therapy for B-Cell Lymphomas | NEJM
Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a standard treatment for relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Long-term results and curative potential remain uncertain. ...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can a single CAR T-cell infusion lead to decade-long remission in B-cell lymphoma? A new @nejm.org study reports some of the longest follow-up data available for anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy. Link in the comments 👇 #Oncology #CARTcell #CellTherapy
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Huge congratulations to Dr. Andy on graduating with his PhD! 🎓 We wish you the absolute best in your next chapter, Dr. Andy!
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Prior therapy defines mutation profiles in childhood cancer at relapse - Nature
Chemotherapy, particularly with platinum-based drugs, is associated with substantial, rapidly detectable mutagenesis in childhood cancers, tripling private signatures and doubling mutation burden, hig...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A recent Nature study reveals that prior chemotherapy and radiation do not simply kill cancer cells — they leave distinct, measurable mutational scars that actively shape tumor evolution at relapse. Link in the comments 👇 #ChildhoodCancer #NatureResearch #CancerGenomics
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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First-in-human testing of a mutant KRAS vaccine for pancreatic cancer interception in high-risk cohorts
Abstract. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) arises from precursor lesions over a decade-plus, offering a window for interception in high-risk individuals, but current surveillance detects a mino...
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The Babak Lab @thebabaklab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Can pancreatic cancer be intercepted before it develops? Most pancreatic cancers begin with KRAS mutations, often years before an invasive tumor appears. Link in the comments 👇 #PancreaticCancer #KRAS #CancerVaccines #CancerPrevention #Immunotherapy #ClinicalTrials
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