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General Design Methods for mRNA Drugs

Pharma Mirror

With the rapid development of biotechnology and molecular medicine, the introduction of mRNA as a vaccine or therapeutic agent enables the production of almost any desired functional protein/peptide within the human body.

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Touchlight boosts DNA manufacturing capacity with latest expansion

Pharmaceutical Technology

Enzymatic DNA production company Touchlight have augmented its DNA production capabilities with a newly announced expansion to its London facilities. Tripling its production capacity, Touchlight can now manufacture 8kg plasmid DNA, a key component for mRNA gene therapies and vaccines.

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BMS’s repotrectinib to have FoundationOne genomic sequencing companion diagnostic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Foundation Medicine has announced it will supply a tissue-based test as a companion diagnostic for Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS) recently acquired ROS1/TRK inhibitor repotrectinib. FoundationOne CDx is a sequencing-based in vitro diagnostic device that can identify alterations in 324 genes from tumour samples.

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Researchers revive abandoned technique in effort to make artificial human eggs in a test tube

STAT News

Using a common cloning technique, researchers removed the genetic material from one female’s eggs and replaced them with nuclear DNA from the skin cells of another. Using a common cloning technique, researchers removed the genetic material from one female’s eggs and replaced them with nuclear DNA from the skin cells of another.

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Exploring the Future of Oncology with ADCs and TILs: Key Insights From ASCO  

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Although there are a range of efficacies across different tumor types that require a greater understanding, the use of circulating tumor DNA profiles holds promise for personalized treatment strategies that better target the drug for the patient, potentially revolutionizing how ADCs are deployed in clinical practice.

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Could CRISPR cure HIV? US biotech Excision raises $60m to find out

pharmaphorum

Once someone is infected with HIV it stays with them for life thanks to the retrovirus’s ability to inject its DNA code into the host. Excision is co-founded by Kamel Khalili, chair of Temple University’s neuroscience department and director of the institution’s Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Centre at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine.

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First Monkeypox Test Approved by WHO for Emergency Use

XTalks

The approval was awarded to Abbott’s Alinity m MPXV assay, the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) listed under the WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure. The Alinity m MPXV assay is a real-time PCR test designed to detect mpox virus (clade I/II) DNA from swabs of human skin lesions.