Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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Scienmag

MARCH 21, 2022

Wilmington, DE, (MARCH 21, 2022) – A new study from scientists at ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute is advancing the safety and efficacy of using CRISPR gene editing in patient treatments by demonstrating how to identify and evaluate the broad-based biological impact of gene editing on targeted tissues, where the edits are designed to fully disable (..)

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new CRISPR startup — backed by some big names in venture capital — is planning to develop gene-editing treatments that can insert a genetic sequence of any length, at any location in the DNA strand, according to industry insiders and documents.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The ability to edit the genome by altering the DNA sequence inside a living cell is powerful for research and holds enormous promise for the treatment of diseases. However, existing genome editing technologies frequently result in unwanted mutations or can fail to introduce any changes at all.

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Scienmag

JULY 18, 2022

HOUSTON – (July 18, 2022) – Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways in human cells.

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STAT News

MARCH 9, 2023

LONDON — Scientists at this year’s genome editing summit spent Tuesday showing the world just how far CRISPR -based medicines for treating human diseases have come in a decade. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Current scientific techniques are not yet safe or effective enough to be used to create gene-edited babies, an international committee says. The world’s first gene-edited babies were born in China in November 2018. Why is gene-editing babies controversial? The committee was set up in response.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 13, 2022

Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment. Other CRISPR-based therapies generate a DSB at a precise location, after which cellular processes carry out the editing function.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Within the emerging innovation stage, cell therapy for ocular disorders, coronavirus vaccine components, and DNA polymerase compositions are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. Editas Medicine is one of the most important players concerning innovation surrounding CRISPR nucleases.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have won this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry in recognition of their work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9. The technique introduces a break in a specific place within DNA that triggers a self-repair mechanism. million) Nobel Prize award. “In

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A man with muscular dystrophy who was first in line to receive an experimental gene editing therapy tailor made to treat the cause of his rare form of the disease has died. The clinical trial was to be the first time anyone got a gene editing therapy for muscular dystrophy.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Dr Jennifer Harbottle, senior scientist in the R&D Base Editing team of PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery business, looks at progress made in the realms of biotechnology and next-generation diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics, including the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in developing and refining cell therapies.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Once someone is infected with HIV it stays with them for life thanks to the retrovirus’s ability to inject its DNA code into the host. Excision is co-founded by Kamel Khalili, chair of Temple University’s neuroscience department and director of the institution’s Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Centre at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2021

CRISPR Therapeutics is to receive a hefty $900m payment from Vertex after the companies amended a collaboration to develop, manufacture and market a gene editing therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Using a new variant to repair DNA will improve both safety and effectiveness of the much-touted CRISPR-Cas9 tool in genetic research, Michigan Medicine researchers say. Eugene Chen, M.D., […].

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Roots Analysis

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Presently, there are several companies and universities, which are exploring the potential of different gene editing technologies beyond CRISPR for basic research, and the development of gene editing solutions. Genome Editing is a way of making changes in the DNA.

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XTalks

JANUARY 26, 2024

Innovations in Cancer Therapy CRISPR/Cas9, a groundbreaking gene-editing technology, has demonstrated significant potential in oncology, offering new avenues for cancer treatment. CRISPR/Cas9 offers a pathway to potentially overcome this, by modifying genes that are responsible for drug resistance in cancer cells.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CRISPR Gene Editing Therapeutics CRISPR/Cas-9 technology makes lists like this almost every year, and for good reason. Given its ability to precisely edit genes, there is tremendous promise for the revolutionary technology to offer cures for genetic disorders and to treat various diseases.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Scientists in Israel have used the CRISPR Cas-9 gene editing system to destroy cancerous cells in mice without damaging other cells. The product is the most advanced gene-editing approach in development for transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT) and severe sickle cell disease. Photo courtesy of Science Advances.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 7, 2023

Bayer strengthens gene therapy portfolio with lipid nanoparticle technology from Acuitas Therapeutics Bayer AG is joining forces with Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc., In addition to mRNA, Acuitas LNP can be used to deliver a range of different nucleic acid therapeutics including small interfering RNA (siRNA), antisense oligonucleotides and DNA.

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Beam Therapeutics has taken over a startup whose technology could proffer the biotech’s genetic medicines to more tissues in the body, widening the potential to approach more diseases. The gene-editing technologies, which have reached the clinic, CRISPR, zinc finger nucleases, and TALENs, make their edits by nicking DNA at the target site.

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Cloudbyz

MARCH 6, 2024

Unlike traditional small molecule drugs, which are chemically synthesized, biologics are produced through complex biotechnological processes, often involving recombinant DNA technology. The rise of biologics represents a watershed moment in the history of medicine, ushering in a new era of precision, efficacy, and personalized care.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Results show the protocol demonstrated a 30Gb+ yield of long DNA reads raw data of an E. The FMv8 protocol introduces a needle-aspirate-based, cell-resuspension step prior to cell lysis that boosts DNA recovery. Elsewhere around the globe: RevoluGen – U.K.-based Horizon Discovery Group – U.K.-based in Mainland China.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle describe this finding in the journal Cell Reports. “The beauty of this approach is we can safely upregulate specific genes to affect cell activity without permanently changing the genome and cause unintended mistakes,” Levy said.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The other study, from German researchers led by Dr. Selim Corbacioglu from the University of Regensburg, relies on CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to switch off BCL11A. The CRISPR gene editing method won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and uses chemicals to open up and directly edit DNA sequences, Hsu said.

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Delveinsight

MARCH 2, 2021

Evotec and Chinook Therapeutics have collaborated to develop and discover precision medicine therapies for patients with chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The duo plans to jointly identify, characterize and validate novel mechanisms and discover and develop precision medicines.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It’ll support AstraZeneca’s focus on specialised and perfection drugs and foster the discovery and development of coming generation rectifiers, including nucleotide- grounded, gene-editing and cell curatives. region in the US, and Gothenburg in Sweden.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The gene-editing tool CRISPR edits DNA using specialized strands of guide RNA and endogenous cellular mechanisms of RNA interference. RNA-based treatments include RNA interference (RNAi) with double-stranded RNA molecules, or small interfering RNA (siRNA) involving single-stranded antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).

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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

With each passing year, pharmaceutical companies around the globe strive to deliver cutting-edge medicines, therapies and vaccines that impact the lives of millions. In this in-depth article, we embark on a captivating journey to uncover the top 30 pharma and biotech companies that have been instrumental in shaping the future of medicine.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Our basic approach is akin to transplant medicine, in which specific cell types are used to replace the ones which have been lost to disease, not unlike a bone marrow transplant. Notably, we never modify the DNA of these cells, which avoids some of the safety concerns that have been reported with certain gene-editing technologies.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For example, British scientist Rosalind Franklin gained recognition for her work after her death, which is not unheard of, but with it came the revelation that her work, which helped demonstrate the double helical structure of DNA, went largely uncredited by famed DNA duo James Watson and Francis Crick.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

From rare disease drug approvals to treatments involving immunotherapies and gene therapies and awarding of a Nobel Prize to the inventors of the gene-editing tool CRISPR, 2020 was a year of great activity and productivity despite the backdrop of the pandemic. CRISPR Gene Editing Inventors Win Nobel Prize.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

Enzymatic DNA production company Touchlight have augmented its DNA production capabilities with a newly announced expansion to its London facilities. Tripling its production capacity, Touchlight can now manufacture 8kg plasmid DNA, a key component for mRNA gene therapies and vaccines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

He says these issues must be urgently addressed over the next few years as advancing medical knowledge and the role of genomics in treating disease ushers in a new era of precision medicine and new potential to address diseases that affect certain populations. The technology platforms are almost the same.

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