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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae told us how his company is being cautious about the hype and finding ways to be financially viable in an emerging space. Maybe in 50 years’ time we’ll be using gene editing to lower cholesterol, but it won’t replace statins in anyone but those with life threatening mutations for a long time”.

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How epilepsy researchers are moving the needle past anti-seizure treatments

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This is particularly the case for pediatric forms of epilepsy where gene editing techniques like Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) are becoming more important, says Ferraro. In October 2022, mjn-neuro signed a commercialization agreement with the pharma company Neuraxpharm Group to market mjn-SERAS.

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

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The RNA Revolution: From mRNA Vaccines to RNA Editing. RNA, and its protein-generating form messenger RNA (mRNA) discovered in 1961 , has quickly transitioned from being an obscure, finicky molecule that is difficult to work with, to becoming a significant cornerstone of therapeutic innovation in pharma and biotech.

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Beyond the pandemic: the potential of mRNA technology

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On the back of the approvals for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, suddenly there is a large amount of interest from big pharma companies to get involved in the mRNA space. This not only allowed Pfizer to establish a COVID-19 vaccine but the company also recently announced that it had begun a study testing an mRNA flu vaccine.

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Top 10 Biotech Trends for 2025

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RNA-Based Therapeutics RNA molecules have emerged as promising therapeutic agents due to their ability to precisely target undruggable proteins or molecules, often with minimal side effects. While these therapies span all stages of clinical development, they are particularly concentrated in earlier phases, indicating strong future growth.

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Subcutaneous Biologics Market Analysis: Current Trends and Future Outlook

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It is important to note that, for the purpose of subcutaneous biologics market analysis, the biologics were segregated into antibodies , nucleotides, proteins and vaccines. Further, majority of the approved subcutaneous biologics are proteins.