Genetic Therapies Show Early Promise in Treating Obesity
BioSpace
JUNE 16, 2024
The plethora of genes involved in obesity presents an intriguing opportunity for both gene silencing and ex vivo gene therapy approaches.
BioSpace
JUNE 16, 2024
The plethora of genes involved in obesity presents an intriguing opportunity for both gene silencing and ex vivo gene therapy approaches.
XTalks
OCTOBER 26, 2021
After initial rejection from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) last year, the non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in England has now given the green light to the gene silencing treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of the rare metabolic disorder, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP).
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Scienmag
JANUARY 4, 2021
BOSTON – A long-running debate over how an important gene-silencing protein identifies its targets has been resolved by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The findings could yield important implications for development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases.
Scienmag
JULY 2, 2021
A newly developed CRISPR-Cas9-based tool carries out efficient and long-term gene silencing by epigenetic editing Credit: BioDesign Research Originally discovered as a bacterial mode of defense against invading viruses, the remarkable ability of CRISPR-Cas9 to modify specific locations of DNA has made it a researcher favorite among gene editing tools. (..)
Scienmag
JUNE 7, 2021
A number of candidate therapies such as CRISPR-Cas9 and gene silencing require the efficient delivery of functional nucleic acids to the cell cytosol and nucleus. Divita Mathur, Research Assistant Professor, is studying cytosolic access and instability of DNA nanoparticles.
Pharma Marketing Network
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Almost two decades after the human genome was sequenced, a trickle of new genetic medicines (i.e., those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 21, 2021
UK cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE is set to recommend NHS use of Alnylam’s gene-silencing therapy Givlaari in England and Wales for the rare disease acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), after its advisors issued a positive verdict on the drug.
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