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Junk DNA: How the dark genome is changing RNA therapies

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Samir Ounzain , PhD, CEO & Co-Founder of HAYA Therapeutics, looks at how a better understanding of our DNA can lead to increased activity for RNA therapeutics. The whole world realised the power of RNA when the Covid-19 pandemic brought us the first mRNA-based vaccines.

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A new dawn of the genomic age: five areas set to be transformed in 2023

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We are already seeing an increase in projects exploring population genomics in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with initiatives including the GenomeAsia100K Project and the Genome Aggregation Database focusing on capturing genetic data of non-European individuals.

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Researchers discover genetic cause of neurodevelopment disorders

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A global collaboration led by scientists at the University of Oxford has discovered that genetic variants in a specific gene cause a rare neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). This discovery was initially made using data from the 100,000 Genomes Project, a study led by Genomics England and NHS England.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

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A company within this ecosystem is STORM Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating novel small molecule therapies that inhibit RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for use in oncology and other diseases.

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Predictive diagnostics: closing the precision medicine gap

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Both the binary and quantitative have relied on measurement of protein, DNA, and more recently, RNA. He is the founder and CEO of Cofactor Genomics, a diagnostic company leveraging the power of RNA and machine learning to build disease models.