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Key Trends in the Life Sciences to Look Forward to in 2022

XTalks

If the past year is anything to go by, then 2022 will also be a year marked by continued innovations in the life sciences. The development and widespread adoption of new technologies is key to revolutionizing the way we diagnose, prevent, treat and manage disease. The RNA Revolution: From mRNA Vaccines to RNA Editing.

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Generating Over a Billion Cells with CRISPR for Next Generation Cell Therapies

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This technology has powerful implications for therapeutic uses, such as replacing mutated or disease-causing genes or increasing the activity of cancer-fighting cells. Viral vectors have traditionally been used in gene editing where the shells of viruses carry the template DNA into cells, but this method has its disadvantages.

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Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR Might Be Easier Than We Thought

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Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells through epigenetic editing without altering the genetic sequence itself. Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR. pyogenes dCas9.

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Leading innovators in zinc-finger nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. They are the smallest type of programmable nuclease.

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Using CRISPR to Edit the Epigenome Might Be Easier Than We Thought

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Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells without editing the genetic sequence itself. These modifications regulate gene expression without altering the sequence or structure of DNA.

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Top 10 Fastest Growing Biotech Companies in 2023

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7) Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Compound annual growth rate: 90 percent Ultragenyx is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to delivering innovative products to patients suffering from severe rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. In the third quarter of 2023, the company’s revenue surged to $63.7

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Lyfgenia and Casgevy Become First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

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The CRISPR system is dubbed to be molecular “scissors” that can cut out parts of genes that are abnormal, deactivating or replacing them with new strands of normal DNA. This has tremendous potential for curing diseases that are caused by faulty/mutated genes.