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Turning science into business: Amplifying mRNA by targeting regRNAs

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Josh Mandel-Brehm , CEO of Massachusetts-based biotech CAMP4, to understand the role regulatory RNAs play in gene expression and how the founders overcame the challenge of launching a business based on brand new science. DS: You describe your therapeutics as RNA Amplifiers. How do they work?

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

XTalks

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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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

It is a comprehensive term which encompasses a large variety of therapy products including viral and bacterial vectors, plasmid DNA, human gene editing technology, and patient-specific cellular gene therapy. For example, it is beneficial to administer RNA treatments for some lung diseases directly to the disease site through inhalation.

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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The collaboration will combine the mRNA platform of Moderna with the gene editing technologies suite, including the base editing capabilities of Life Edit for the development of curative therapies to treat challenging genetic diseases.

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Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Preparation Kits Market: Current Scenario and Future Potential

Roots Analysis

Advancement in DNA sequencing technologies have resulted in noteworthy developments in various healthcare-related research fields, such as diagnostics and personalized medicine. As per our analysis, majority of the kits use purified RNA / DNA as the input sample. Diverse Landscape of NGS Library Preparation Kits.

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

XTalks

The RNA Revolution: From mRNA Vaccines to RNA Editing. The age of RNA is officially here, and it’s here to stay as more than a passing life science trend. RNA technology is not new nor has its potential been surprising. RNA in the Making. So why did this perceived RNA ‘revolution’ take so long?

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Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR Might Be Easier Than We Thought

XTalks

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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