Drug Discovery World

JULY 18, 2023

Rolf Turk , Senior Manager, Genomics Medicine at Integrated DNA Technologies, examines how CRISPR is being used to enhance cancer therapies. These efforts, along with many others, are opening doors for new possibilities in translational medicine. The system shows potential as a therapy against multiple melanomas.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Geneticist Martha Chase was a key partner of the foundational Hershey-Chase experiment that helped confirm DNA to be the carrier of genetic information; however, it was only Hershey of the pair that went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for the discovery. Chase’s exclusion from the prize remains a mystery.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The study was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The gene, called KDM6A , is a histone demethylase that is believed to function as a tumor suppressor. Increasing KDM6A expression in male mice led them to be more resilient to the effects of amyloid beta plaques. KDM6A Variant.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The pandemic propelled the life science and healthcare sectors onto center stage, and they rose to the occasion against the most unprecedented health challenge in recent times. While COVID-19 has undoubtedly been the biggest story in the life science industry in 2020, it was a busy and positive year in many other areas.

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