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Pfizer drops the blue pill, kicks off 2021 with new DNA logo

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Pharma companies are always talking about moving ‘beyond the pill’, and Pfizer’s new brand identity embodies that – it’s decades old pill-like logo has been replaced with a DNA double helix that it says reflects its commitment to breakthrough science. Encoded within a successful emblem is a company’s DNA – its history, its future.

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Top 30 New Medical Devices of 2024

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A doctor inserts the catheter through a small incision in a vein in the groin and guides it to the heart. The catheters tip is positioned at various locations within the heart, where the doctor uses a generator to deliver RF energy. The system comprises a delivery catheter and a self-expanding metal stent made of nitinol.

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AI in pharma: Can it be used in DTC?

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Measuring RNA, DNA quickly. There is nothing more frustrating for patients than trying to speak to someone at a doctor’s office only to go through a layered phone tree. Drug Discovery and Manufacturing: It helps in the initial screening of drug compounds to the predicted success rate based on biological factors.

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New CRISPR-Based Rapid COVID-19 Test Can Detect SARS-CoV-2 Variants

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A porous membrane was engineered to capture RNA on its surface. A CRISPR-based reaction generates a fluorescent signal in the presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in a saliva sample. When these probes are cut along with the target sequence, a fluorescent signal is produced, indicating that the target has been successfully cut.

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Personalized Blood Test Detecting ctDNA Can Help Predict Lung Cancer Relapse

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Cancerous cells and tumors release small fragments of DNA into the bloodstream called circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA). The researchers at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute published this data from the LUng cancer CIrculating tumour DNA (LUCID) study in the journal Annals of Oncology.

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Moderna and BioNTech – who are they?

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Their technology is based on synthetic messenger RNA – short for ribose nucleic acid – which is a short transcript of a longer DNA code. They are very good doctors, scientists and entrepreneurs. He told pharmaphorum: “They are very good doctors, scientists and entrepreneurs.

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Recurring brain tumor growth is halted with new drug

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Currently, after surgery, doctors examine a specimen of a tumor under a microscope and grade it one, two or three in its aggressiveness. The new study was conducted by doing DNA methylation profiling and RNA sequencing on 565 meningiomas. Choudhury A, Magill ST, Eaton CD et al. Nat Genet (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01061-8.

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