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

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If the past year is anything to go by, then 2022 will also be a year marked by continued innovations in the life sciences. Here is a look at some life science trends to expect in the coming year, including key themes and topics in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries to keep an eye out for in 2022.

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Sartorius upscales gene therapy prowess with $2.6bn Polyplus acquisition

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The deal will see Polyplus join the German life science group’s portfolio allowing the latter to leverage expertise in transfection reagents and plasmid DNA for gene therapy. to complete an in-house plasmid DNA facility in Marburg, Germany. “In In February 2023, the mRNA specialist BioNTech invested $43.8m

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Looking at Women’s Leadership in Life Science Industries on International Women’s Day

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On International Women’s Day, Xtalks is celebrating women’s leadership in the life sciences by highlighting some of the female leaders at the forefront of scientific discovery, as well as the continuing challenges of attaining more equitable representation. Challenges in Women’s Leadership.

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Why Proviral DNA Drug Resistance Testing is Useful in Guiding Treatment Decisions for HIV-1 Patients

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Compared to standard plasma HIV-1 RNA drug resistance profiling, which requires a viral load of at least 500 copies per mL, proviral HIV-1 testing can be performed on samples with much lower virion counts of <50 copies per mL (below the detectable limit in RNA testing). Proviral DNA Genotyping. HIV Drug Resistance Testing.

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New CRISPR-Based Tool Called PASTE Gene Editing Inserts Large DNA Sequences at Desired Sites

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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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Exact Sciences and Katie Couric’s Colon Cancer Awareness TV Ad + Alnylam Sues Pfizer and Moderna Over Patent Infringements – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 53

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Exact Sciences’ campaign is appropriately called “Mission to Screen” and includes a TV commercial featuring Couric and her daughter, along with other people that Couric is seen speaking to about their reasons for screening for colon cancer. The ad highlights Exact Sciences’ Cologuard, a DNA-based stool test for colon cancer detection.

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

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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. The CRISPR-Cas9 system works by having “spacer” sequences transcribed into short RNA sequences that can guide the system to the matching target in the DNA sequence of a cell.