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MiNA and BioMarin partner to speed development of RNAa therapies

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MiNA Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and option licensing agreement with BioMarin Pharmaceutical to speed up the development of therapeutic ribonucleic acid activation (RNAa) candidates to treat rare genetic diseases. The new deal excludes oncology and other therapeutic areas outside the scope of genetic disease.

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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

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oRNA molecules have been demonstrated to possess increased stability in vivo compared to linear mRNA and can potentially create more quantities of therapeutic proteins within the body. . Merck will also make royalty payments on any approved products developed out of the partnership.

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Tevard Biosciences and Vertex partner to develop tRNA therapies for DMD

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Under the agreement terms, Tevard will receive up-front, option-exercise, as well as milestone payments, along with royalties on any products that are approved. The company is pioneering tRNA-based therapeutics for modulating mRNA function and curing several genetic diseases.

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Silence Tx uses game to raise thalassaemia awareness

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Thalassaemia is a severe genetic disease that is characterised by significantly reduced production of functional beta-globin, a component of haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in the blood. Severely-affected patients need regular blood transfusions to maintain their haemoglobin levels.

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CAMP4 raises $100m to take lead RNA drugs into clinic

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The Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech has discovered that areas of the non-coding parts of the human genome – referred to by its chief executive Josh Mandel-Brehm (pictured above) as the “dark side” of the genome – actually produce regRNAs that control the expression of the 2% that codes for proteins.

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Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to Report Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provide Business Update on November 5, 2020

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Premature stop codons are point mutations that disrupt protein synthesis from messenger RNA. As a consequence, patients with premature stop codon diseases have reduced or eliminated protein production from the mutation bearing allele accounting for some of the most severe phenotypes in these genetic diseases.

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Vyjuvek Gets FDA Nod as First Topical Gene Therapy for Rare Skin Disease

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Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek has been awarded US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make it the first topical gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in patients with the rare, often debilitating skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). As a topical treatment, it is also the first readily redosable gene therapy.