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World’s largest catalogue of ocean DNA could boost drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Scientists at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia used the KAUST Metagenomic Analysis Platform (KMAP) to analyse massive amounts of sequencing data to release Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0.

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Who will get the call from Stockholm? It’s time for STAT’s 2022 Nobel Prize predictions

STAT News

The shortlist includes researchers who elucidated how cells make energy, those who discovered the chemical chatter of bacteria, many of the brilliant minds who shepherded us into the “ era of the genome ,” and most prominently, the pioneers behind the mRNA Covid vaccines. Read the rest…

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WHO launches global network to detect and prevent infectious disease threats

The Pharma Data

WHO launches global network to detect and prevent infectious disease threats WHO and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics. COVID-19 highlighted the critical role pathogen genomics plays in responding to pandemic threats.

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Anti-tumor agent from the intestine

The Pharma Data

We are talking about the microbiome – the vast collection of bacteria in the human gut. The microbiome has been the focus of research for 20 years – ever since a new technique made it possible to analyse these bacteria quickly and precisely: high-throughput sequencing. The immune system is mentioned particularly frequently.

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How digital innovation is helping therapeutics to get to market faster

Drug Discovery World

Verge Genomics’ potential amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment VRG50635 is one of the first drugs to enter clinical trials that was entirely discovered and developed using an AI-enabled platform 6. In June 2023, lab automation company Opentrons launched its Flex robots for scientists using generative AI. Obulytix is not alone.

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Exa-Cel CRISPR Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Deemed Safe by FDA Advisory Panel

XTalks

CRISPR works as genetic scissors to edit parts of the genome. The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system was first discovered to be endogenous in bacteria. The companies used data from the 1,000 Genomes Project but from that, only 61 datasets made the cut to encompass the ideal patient population. “I

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

XTalks

The Human Genome Project recently marked 20 years since the publication of the first full sets of human genomic sequences, an endeavor that spanned well over a decade. Today, new next-generation sequencing technologies allow for the sequencing of complex genomes within just a day or two. Rosalind Franklin.

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