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Junk DNA: How the dark genome is changing RNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Samir Ounzain , PhD, CEO & Co-Founder of HAYA Therapeutics, looks at how a better understanding of our DNA can lead to increased activity for RNA therapeutics. The whole world realised the power of RNA when the Covid-19 pandemic brought us the first mRNA-based vaccines.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

The United Kingdom has established itself as a hub for drug discovery expertise worldwide. A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases. billion in funding.

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Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

Drug Discovery World

One might argue that this all started getting exciting with the launch of the Human Genome Project, which the National Human Genome Research Institute consider to be one of the greatest scientific feats in history 1. Many of these genes are related to inherited forms of cancer and heart conditions. . The origins .

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Can Singapore become a global hub for biotech?

Drug Discovery World

In terms of drug discovery, every year the agency awards national grants through the Singapore Therapeutics Development Review (STDR), designed to boost the quality and quantity of drug development and biotech pipelines in Singapore 3. In our study, we identified TOX2 as an important gene over-expressed and critical for NKTL survival.

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Spatial Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics Solutions – An Amelioration of Tissue Analytics

Roots Analysis

Furthermore, several live cell imaging and non-destructive fluorescence histological methods measure limited number of biomarkers at a time and the tags introduced may interfere with the natural function of genes and proteins. For more details on this emerging domain, check out the following report : SPATIAL GENOMICS MARKET.

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Predictive diagnostics: closing the precision medicine gap

Drug Discovery World

In the cancer space alone over the last five years, clinical trials have increased 500% for new drugs and new drug combinations. New classes of therapies have added to this growth, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and genome targeted therapies. In pursuit of this, the number of new therapeutics in development has boomed.