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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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Amvuttra RNAi Therapeutic Wins FDA Approval for Rare Genetic Protein Disorder

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leading RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics biopharmaceutical company, announced it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RNAi therapeutic Amvuttra (vutrisiran) for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (ATTR) amyloidosis in adults.

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What Innovative Treatments For Metastatic Breast Cancer are being developed?

Find Me Cure

CDK4/6 inhibitors are used alongside hormone therapy. An enzyme involved in DNA repair can be the key to making chemotherapy more effective. PARP inhibitors work by blocking the function of the PARP enzyme, thus preventing the repair of the tumour DNA. You’ll hear a lot about HER2-targeted therapies but what are they?

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Gene Switch: A Novel Platform for Switching Genes On and Off

Roots Analysis

Gene switches can be regulatory proteins or specific DNA sequences that act to either switch on or off the expression of a gene. Basic Components of Gene Switch Gene switches are composed of noncoding DNA sequences and transcription factors.

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From Gene to Protein: The Journey of Protein Expression Technology

Roots Analysis

Protein expression is a potent technology in the field of synthetic biology, that is utilized for the high-throughput production of proteins as well as enzymes and oligonucleotides (DNA / RNA). This process initially involves transcription of DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA).

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Statement from Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla on Testing Positive for COVID-19

Pfizer

Nirmatrelvir is designed to inhibit viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication. In preclinical studies, nirmatrelvir did not demonstrate evidence of mutagenic DNA interactions. Contraception : Use of ritonavir may reduce the efficacy of combined hormonal contraceptives.

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Pfizer to Provide U.S. Government with an Additional 3.7 Million Treatment Courses of PAXLOVID™ to Help Combat COVID-19

Pfizer

Nirmatrelvir is designed to inhibit viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication. In preclinical studies, nirmatrelvir did not demonstrate evidence of mutagenic DNA interactions. Contraception: Use of ritonavir may reduce the efficacy of combined hormonal contraceptives.

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