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Researchers speed identification of DNA regions that regulate gene expression

Scienmag

Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology–identifying the genetic ‘switches’ that regulate gene expression. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St.

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CAMP4’s funding influx paves the way for tapping regulatory RNA to treat urea cycle disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

However, in patients with urea cycle disorders, genetic defects result in inadequate amounts of the enzymes needed to convert nitrogen into urea. Ultragenyx uses adeno-associated virus 8 (AAV8) gene therapy to induce stable OTC gene expression. Their platform identifies which regRNAs control the specific gene of interest.

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CRISPR Pioneer Goes Small to Transform Genetic Medicine with Epigenetic Engineering

BioSpace

Epic Bio aims to transform genetic medicine by developing a new class of drugs that target the epigenome to alter gene expression.

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Combining the Powers of Single Cell Sequencing and AI in Understanding Disease Biology and Drug Development

XTalks

Single cell RNA sequencing technology has been extensively applied to understand heterogeneity among tumor cells, within the tumor microenvironment and during cell development. Visium Spatial Gene Expression Solution. On Visium Gene Expression slides, there are areas called capture areas, which have a lawn of barcode on them.

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New drug inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Scienmag

Blocking gene expression in mitochondria in mice stops cancer cells from growing Credit: Hauke S. Hillen A newly developed compound starves cancer cells by attacking their “power plants” – the so-called mitochondria. The new compound prevents the genetic information within mitochondria from being read.

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Aardvark Therapeutics IPO Sets Sights on Satiating Hyperphagia and Extreme Hunger

XTalks

Current Share Price: PWS is a complex, genetically determined neurodevelopmental disorder that affects multiple organ systems. And hyperphagia is common not only to PWS but also to hypothalamic obesity, binge-eating disorder and certain rare genetic disorders like Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

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Gene Accessibility May Explain Why Alzheimer’s Gene, APOE4, is Less Dangerous for People of African Descent

Drug Discovery Today

Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that variations in chromatin accessibility, and thus gene expression, may explain why people of European descent with APOE4 gene variants have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than people of African descent with similar genetics.

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