Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Several biotech companies and researchers are now exploring medical devices and gene therapies to address not just common forms of epilepsy, but also rare conditions such as Dravet Syndrome. Meanwhile, others are researching the link between gene variation and different responses to treatments.

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Drug Discovery Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

27, Vilnius will host the EFIB’2022 event which will bring the European life science sector together. In the field of life sciences, Lithuania is best known for the discovery of gene scissors by Prof. Lab, focused on research and development of novel genome editing tools. Virginijus Šikšnys.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Alongside drugs and therapeutics, data collection and technology enhancements have redefined the traditional healthcare experience, especially within oncology, and genomic profiling has become a significant factor in allowing for personalised care. Tailored oncology. In other words, every person’s cancer has its own genetic construct.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Transcription factors for AAV is a key innovation area in pharmaceutical Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are widely used for gene therapy. AAV genomes are highly compact, with overlapping coding regions, alternate splicing schemes, and multiple transcription initiation codons.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s investigational gene therapy BMN 307 for the rare inherited disease phenylketonuria (PKU) over safety concerns found during preclinical testing. The mice developed the tumors one year after being given BMN 307.

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XTalks

MAY 22, 2024

In this episode, Ayesha spoke with John Finn, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Tome Biosciences , a company developing programmable gene insertion (PGI) technology. PGI is a cutting-edge gene editing technology that allows for the insertion of large sequences of DNA with site-specific precision.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Expanding upon the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, researchers at MIT have designed a new technique called PASTE gene editing that can cut out defective genes and replace them with new genes in a safer and more efficient way. The PASTE gene editing technique was recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

For more information on tackling this “genomic analysis bottleneck,” watch this on-demand webinar. How many genes need to be scanned in order to determine the presence of a genetic disease? It also slows the progress of identifying new disease gene associations in very rare conditions.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 31, 2022

After a recent approval, there are now three gene therapies available on the US market. In recent years, gene therapy has transitioned from a promising idea to a reality for patients, with many of the severe safety issues that emerged in early iterations of the technology being overcome. from 2021 to 2029.

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XTalks

JULY 14, 2022

Every gene in a cell is expressed at exact levels due to complex gene regulatory networks. The connections between regulatory genes and their downstream targets have been mapped to some extent — they can be thought of as a subway or metro map, with connections existing between major “hubs.”

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This year’s top 30 large and small companies operate in some of the Life Sciences’ hottest spaces – precision medicine, vaccines, gene editing, genomics and oncology.

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Awareness of rare diseases is growing, and with a better understanding of the pathophysiology of many rare diseases, innovative treatment options are emerging, like gene therapies that can treat the root cause of rare genetic diseases and potentially provide long-term symptom relief, or even a definitive cure.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells through epigenetic editing without altering the genetic sequence itself. It’s a great tool for controlling gene expression.”.

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XTalks

AUGUST 29, 2022

Now a common gene editing tool, the popularity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system has increased over the past decade. CRISPR is notable for engineering living cells, allowing scientists to edit, turn off, delete, or replace genes in a cell’s genome. Harnessing the Cellular Engineering Potential of CRISPR.

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XTalks

MARCH 21, 2025

Lee Honigberg on the Future of Blood-Based Biomarker Assays GeneDX GeneDX recently integrated AI (Multiscore) into its interpretation platform, improving speed and accuracy in analyzing complex genomic data. 10x Genomics 10x Genomics reported $707 million in 2024 revenue.

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Drug Discovery Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

27, Vilnius will host the EFIB’2022 event which will bring the European life science sector together. In the field of life sciences, Lithuania is best known for the discovery of gene scissors by Prof. Lab, focused on research and development of novel genome editing tools. Virginijus Šikšnys.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 26, 2021

DeepMind partnered with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) to come up with the AlphaFold database, which predicts the three-dimensional structures of the human proteome – nearly all (98.5%) of the 20,000 or so proteins expressed by the human genome.

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XTalks

MAY 12, 2021

In this episode, Ayesha discusses a new tool that uses CRISPR to modulate gene expression without editing DNA sequences. Dubbed “CRISPRoff,” the technology targets the epigenome to silence genes involved in diseases, with applications in cancer, AML and other conditions with a heritable component.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 28, 2022

Recent advances in multi-omics approaches, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cytometry and imaging, in combination with bioinformatics and biostatistics, have been translated into several popular bioanalytical platforms, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS), single-cell analysis, flow cytometry and mass spectrometry.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

More recently, MSN reported on a Cell Genomics study where CRISPR reactivated dormant genes in patient-derived cells, restoring normal gene expression and improving metabolic function an innovation that could address PWS at its genetic roots.

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XTalks

AUGUST 5, 2020

The detailed complexity of these processes can be captured by creating models that combine correlates of gene and protein expression, providing insight into the molecular composition of tissues. 10x Genomics’ chromium single cell solutions are designed to accommodate a wide range of single cell or nuclei suspensions as a starting sample.

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XTalks

APRIL 15, 2021

New advances in heart failure genomics are helping to address this challenge. Experts from Servier and Genuity Science recently spoke on a webinar about using genomics data to drive drug development in heart failure and identify new targets for novel therapeutics. Watch this on-demand webinar to hear from these experts.

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XTalks

MAY 23, 2024

Eterovic brings much knowledge and experience to the table, having led the development of a new Oncology Diagnostic program at Eurofins Viracor that integrates the latest genomic profiling techniques. Eterovic highlights that the financial and logistical barriers to comprehensive genomic profiling are high but not impossible to overcome.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To ensure the new tests can identify Omicron based on its mutations, the companies assessed their tests against sequences in public databases of genomic data, such as GISAID and GenBank. Cue is also currently working with Google Cloud and genomics company Helix to study variants and share mutation sequencing data.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 15, 2023

A major strategy for OV development is genetic manipulation to weaken virus pathogenicity, enhance target selectivity, reduce adverse reactions, and/or insert exogenous therapeutic genes into the virus genome.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

After spending almost an entire day deliberating the safety of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ and CRISPR Therapeutics’ CRISPR-based gene therapy exa-cel for sickle cell disease, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel appears to be satisfied with what it saw. CRISPR works as genetic scissors to edit parts of the genome.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data. It is an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that if both parents are carriers of the faulty gene that causes the disease, there is a one in four chance that their child will develop the disease.

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XTalks

MAY 10, 2022

CancerVar will help researchers standardize and automate clinical interpretations for 13 million somatic mutations from 1,911 cancer census genes. The gene mutations that cause sporadic cancer occur only in the tumor cells and are acquired during an individual’s life, not inherited.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

In December, life sciences giant Bayer launched a cell and gene therapy platform within its pharmaceutical division in order to become a leading company within a rapidly emerging and evolving field that offers the potential of life-saving therapies. Photo courtesy of Bayer. The platform is already bearing fruit.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 5, 2021

Over the past several weeks, Helix has analyzed recent positive samples and identified those with ‘S gene dropout’ on their diagnostic PCR assay, indicating the potential presence of the emerging B1.1.7 Illumina then sequenced a subset of these ‘S gene dropout’ samples using Illumina’s COVIDSeq Test, which identified the B.1.1.7

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XTalks

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The Duke researchers developed statistical methods to identify adaptive changes that arose specifically in the SARS-CoV-2 genome in humans, but not in closely related coronaviruses found in bats and pangolins. Previous research found fingerprints of positive selection within a gene that encodes the spike proteins.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 11, 2022

Pharmacogenomics, the understanding of how genes impact an individual’s response to medications, provides a potential outlet to better optimised therapies. There have been great strides made in genomics to refine tools that determine the safest, most effective course of treatments for patients across a number of disease states.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 19, 2022

The process enables researchers to examine the transcriptome – the sum total of all the messenger RNA molecules expressed from the genes of an organism – of individual cells, which gives them information that might otherwise escape scrutiny. Developments in the sector have already led to significant scientific breakthroughs.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells without editing the genetic sequence itself. These modifications regulate gene expression without altering the sequence or structure of DNA.

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XTalks

MARCH 24, 2021

A new study published in the journal Science Advances has reported the identification of 50 previously unknown genes involved in the determination of human eye color variation. The analysis uncovered 61 discrete genomic regions, with 50 of them being newly identified regions, associated with eye color variation.

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XTalks

AUGUST 21, 2024

IDH1 and IDH2 genes were first implicated in lower-grade gliomas in a genome-wide study by the World Health Organization (WHO). Post-surgery, many patients with lower-grade glioma show deteriorations in physical health, general health and social function, with younger patients reporting higher physical deterioration.

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