pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2023

2022 was a banner year for genomics. In March, the collaborative T2T consortium published the first complete telomere-to-telomere sequence of the human genome, filling in the last 8% of the 3 billion base pairs that make up our DNA.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Researchers who believe genomics can transform human health love to recount success stories. They’ll tell you about the 3-month-old boy whose heart was failing until researchers pinpointed what was ailing him.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Here he gives us a deeper look at how genomic medicine is evolving and the barriers that are preventing it from reaching its full potential. I saw this, in particular, with the finishing of the human genome,” says Charlie. “At In reality, finishing the human genome was the first step of what is a long journey.”.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A new research paper was published in Aging, titled "Metformin use history and genome-wide DNA methylation profile: potential molecular mechanism for aging and longevity."

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Scienmag

MARCH 22, 2021

Credit: WEHI, Australia Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses from early, treatable stages through to fatal end-stage disease.

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STAT News

AUGUST 11, 2022

The company would begin sequencing and analyzing the DNA of 150,000 people from Mexico City, thanks to a research collaboration with the University of Oxford. As the only Mexican geneticist at Regeneron, Gonzaga saw this as a unique opportunity.

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STAT News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A Swedish scientist won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday for his groundbreaking research into the evolutionary history of humankind. Pääbo unlocked scientists’ understanding of how genes from these extinct relatives have been passed down to present-day humans.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Verge Genomics has joined a select group of biotechs who have taken a drug discovered and developed using artificial intelligence into human testing. The post Verge Genomics takes AI-sourced drug for ALS into clinic appeared first on.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Research offers new lead for cancer drug discovery Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. — An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53, a natural anti-cancer protein, known as the “guardian of the genome” for its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancerous cells.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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STAT News

MARCH 3, 2023

Next week, hundreds of scientists from around the world will convene in London for an international summit on genome editing. That technology, which enables scientists to easily excise, alter, or replace specific sections of DNA, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Expanding upon the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, researchers at MIT have designed a new technique called PASTE gene editing that can cut out defective genes and replace them with new genes in a safer and more efficient way. The MIT research team turned to a family of enzymes called integrases to meet their goal.

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STAT News

AUGUST 17, 2022

When the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History opened its genomics exhibit in 2013, the field was just celebrating the 10th anniversary of the completed Human Genome Project. Sequencing that first genome cost over $500 million. The genomes since cost $10,000. The development of CRISPR-Cas9 landed a Nobel Prize.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 4, 2023

Prostate cancer tumors harboring BRCA1/2 mutations are exceptionally sensitive to PARP inhibitors, while genomic alterations in other DNA damage response (DDR) genes are less responsive.

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Scienmag

JUNE 13, 2022

For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 14, 2023

Basic human traits such as eye and hair colour are determined by our DNA. metres of supercoiled DNA contained within its nucleus. If you were to uncoil all the DNA in your body into a single continuous strand it would be 54 trillion metres in length, enough to stretch from the Earth to the Sun and back 180 times.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

These findings were published in Cell Genomics and detail how researchers identified large-scale DNA changes, known as structural variants, by analyzing thousands of DNA samples. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer's dementia.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

LONDON — England is launching a pilot program sequencing the genomes of up to 100,000 newborns to see if such a strategy can speed up the detection of genetic illnesses. The Newborn Genomes Programme will scan DNA for mutations that can cause some 200 conditions.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA. It edits genes by precisely cutting DNA, then allowing natural DNA repair processes to take over. The system comprises the Cas9 enzyme and a guide RNA.

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XTalks

MAY 23, 2024

One of the more intriguing developments in cancer research in recent years is the growing understanding of clonal hematopoiesis, a phenomenon where blood cells expand from a single clone due to genetic mutations. Clonal hematopoiesis increases in prevalence with age and can precede hematologic malignancies.

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XTalks

APRIL 29, 2021

However, the variant viral genomes will still persist in the latent reservoir as provirus and can be detected with proviral DNA testing. In contrast to HIV RNA, HIV proviral DNA remains present in a patient’s cells even during virological suppression. Proviral DNA Genotyping. HIV Drug Resistance Testing.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A research team from Cologne has discovered that a change in the DNA structure – more precisely in the chromatin – plays a decisive role in the recovery phase after DNA damage. The key is a double occupation by two methyl groups on the DNA packaging protein histone H3 (H3K4me2).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 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. There are two main genes in the AAV genome, rep and cap, which encode nine different proteins.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Researchers at the University of Missouri, led by Praveen Rao, are developing a free, online resource that could help scientists accelerate their discoveries for various human diseases — such as sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, and even COVID-19 — by analyzing human genomes three times faster than currently available methods.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Within the emerging innovation stage, DNA chips, tissue culturing automation, and mass spectrometry analysis are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. Amorepacific Group and Nant Holdings IP stood in the second and third positions, respectively.

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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. CRISPR nucleases serve as an important genome editing tool.

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Scienmag

MAY 11, 2022

TORONTO – Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia.

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Scienmag

JULY 21, 2022

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have created an important new resource to provide a better look at how genes in specific cells contribute to the risk of coronary artery disease, a leading cause of death worldwide.

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XTalks

AUGUST 29, 2022

CRISPR is notable for engineering living cells, allowing scientists to edit, turn off, delete, or replace genes in a cell’s genome. 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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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Researchers at Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have used new methods for DNA sequencing and annotation to build a new, and more complete, dog reference genome.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The power of leveraging clinical data to decipher disease mechanisms and fuel drug discovery has rapidly grown in the era of genomics and personalized medicine. Generation of strong research dataset cohorts must begin with high-quality clinical samples. Partnerships and Establishing Research Cohorts.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 27, 2021

— Researchers used single-molecule imaging to compare the genome-editing tools CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN. Their experiments revealed that TALEN is up to five times more efficient than CRISPR-Cas9 in parts of the genome, called heterochromatin, that are densely packed. Credit: Composite photo by L.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 18, 2023

The DNA of these so-called ‘genetic superheroes’ may contain clues about how to treat severe disease. Fast forward to today and, while many large-scale genomics studies still lack the infrastructure and consent policies to enable recontact, this is starting to change. Giving participants something in return. with their priorities.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 27, 2021

Credit: John Wallace, VCU Massey Cancer Center Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best course of care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to detect genomic rearrangements remains costly or limited in capabilities.

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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. Genome Editing is a way of making changes in the DNA.

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