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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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Developed by MIT researchers Jonathan Gootenberg and Omar Abudayyeh, PASTE (Programmable Addition via Site-specific Targeting Elements) gene editing technology can insert genes as long as 36,000 DNA base pairs to liver cells in mice as well as several types of human cells.

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Scienmag

JULY 19, 2022

Scientists have found that non-coding ‘junk’ DNA, far from being harmless and inert, could potentially contribute to the development of cancer. Their study has shown how non-coding DNA can get in the way of the replication and repair of our genome, potentially allowing mutations to accumulate.

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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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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. Read the rest…

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Zhang, one of the leading scientists in the groundbreaking field of genetic editing, had reached out two days prior to discuss a new company he was working on. Akin Akinc was scouring his email spam box last summer, looking for a missing message, when he stumbled across an unexpected email from a quite recognizable name: Feng Zhang.

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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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Scienmag

APRIL 1, 2021

Salk scientists reveal new insights into neurodegenerative disorders and potential for genetic therapies Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA–(April 1, 2021) Neurons lack the ability to replicate their DNA, so they’re constantly working to repair damage to their genome.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a new iPhone app called iGenomics. By pairing an iPhone with a handheld DNA sequencer, users can create a mobile genetics laboratory, reminiscent of the “tricorder” featured in Star Trek.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer's dementia. 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.

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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

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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Scienmag

JULY 21, 2022

The new single-cell “chromatin atlas” of the human genome will allow scientists to understand precisely how genes […].

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Scienmag

JANUARY 12, 2022

Pacific time to coincide with the study’s publication in The New England Journal of Medicine Media contact: Hanae Armitage at (650) 725-5376 (harmitag@stanford.edu) Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers in mere hours A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators (..)

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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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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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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 3, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—February 4, 2022—CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect. The method, known as CRISPRa, let […].

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Twenty years ago, after the human genome was first sequenced, geneticists began conducting large genome-wide association studies to identify genomic regions linked to human disease. For more than a decade, scientists have studied these epigenetic modifications to test associations with disease.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

million ($40 million) first-round financing that will be used to explore so-called ‘dark’ regions of the human genome. Nucleome’s platform adds 3D genomic information to a wealth of available genomic data, uncovering a new dimension of information that is disease as well as cell type-specific.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The tool targets the epigenome, the collection of DNA modifications in a cell such as methylation and post-translational histone modifications. These modifications regulate gene expression without changing the sequence or structure of DNA. DNA methylation occurs endogenously in all mammalian cells in response to various stimuli.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

. — A new study delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene, and asks what forces in humanity’s past may have driven changes to this vital piece of DNA. Genome assembly diagrams generated by the Integrative Genomics […].

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BioTech 365

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Unraveling the genome in 3-D space.Proper folding of extremely long chromosomal DNA molecules is crucial for the correct functioning of the cell. Scientists from the Gerlich lab … Continue reading →

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BioTech 365

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: The world’s first DNA ‘tricorder’ in your pocket.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a new iPhone app called iGenomics.

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BioTech 365

JUNE 2, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: New approach to DNA research could be key to solving mysteries of deadly diseases.To analyze the genome or the genetic characteristics of a living organism, scientists typically … Continue reading →

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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

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2016, scientists behind a study called the Resilience Project analysed genetic data from 589,000+ people and found 13 adults who carried genetic variants that should have resulted in serious – even deadly – childhood disease, but who were apparently healthy. A decidedly contentious area in genomics is the patient’s ‘right not to know’.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The AVENIO Tumor Tissue Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP) Kit is the first jointly-developed product that brings together the expertise and reach of Roche with Foundation Medicine’s pioneering leadership in genomic science. Cancer is a disease of the genome and treatment no longer depends solely on the tissue of origin.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a new model that uses DNA and RNA sequencing data from hundreds of patients to identify specific genes and genetic alterations responsible for never-before-defined subtypes of a blood cancer called multiple myeloma.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Singapore scientists uncover potential role of long non-coding RNAs in pancreatic cancer Credit: From Figure 4 in Liu, S., Genome Med 12, 89 (2020). doi:10.1186/s13073-020-00788-5… SINGAPORE, 3 Nov 2020 – Long RNA molecules carrying DNA codes that […]. Genome Med 12, 89 (2020). Harmston, N., Glaser, T.L.

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Scienmag

MAY 10, 2021

Scientists have made major advances in understanding and developing treatments for many cancers by identifying genetic mutations that drive the disease.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA (or miRNA) and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. A gene contains instructions within our DNA.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

During this period, Nobel prize-winning German scientist Paul Ehrlich developed his lock-key hypothesis of molecules that specifically bind to cell receptors. Building on the success of cytokine-based immunotherapies, scientists continued to seek other areas where the immune system could be leveraged against tumours.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Why is the turnaround time for whole-genome sequencing and whole-exome sequencing (WES/WGS) longer than a single-gene or panel test? Most clinical genetics laboratories follow the guidelines set forth by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and Association for Molecular Pathology (ACMG–AMP).

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The tool targets the epigenome, the collection of DNA modifications in a cell such as methylation and post-translational histone modifications. These modifications regulate gene expression without altering the sequence or structure of DNA. DNA methylation occurs endogenously in all mammalian cells in response to various stimuli.

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Scienmag

APRIL 16, 2021

Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what’s known as the epigenome — proteins and small molecules that latch onto DNA and control when and where genes are switched on or off.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The scientist responsible was jailed, amid a fierce global backlash. But experts worry that modifying the genome of an embryo could cause unintended harm, not only to the individual but also future generations that inherit these same changes. While effective in the lab, the process is less than perfect and can cut out too much DNA.

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