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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

World of DTC Marketing

These vaccines were developed using different “platform technologies” that involve slotting genetic material from the virus into a tried and tested delivery package. While such platform technologies are a non-traditional approach, that does not mean they are untested.

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How a virus packages its genetic material

Scienmag

The genome also has the code for making a capsid, the protein shell of a virus that encapsulates the genome and protects it like a nanocontainer. . — Each simple RNA virus has a genome, its “native RNA.” This genome dictates how the virus replicates in cells to eventually cause disease. Credit: Zandi lab, […].

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. . These molecules synthesised newly are packaged densely into custom lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), which Orna has made to act on the body’s crucial tissues.

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Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with ‘in vivo’ CRISPR drug

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This is the 1st IV infusion of #CRISPR genome editing in patients directly into the bloodstream (target is the liver where the misfolded proteins are made); previously for sickle-cell and beta-thalassemia cells were removed from the body and edited, given back. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.

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FDA Issues Two Guidance Documents on Food Allergen Labeling Requirements

FDA Law Blog

labeling of major food allergens in bulk foods, dietary supplements, protein-free ingredients, and foods produced through genetic engineering); and. All packaged foods served or sold on transportation carriers (e.g., 1, 2023; The applicability of food allergen labeling requirements to specific products (e.g., 1, 2023, sesame.

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Protein can release trapped histones in the cell

Scienmag

In the cell nucleus histones play a crucial role packaging DNA into chromatin. Histones are however very sticky to both DNA and RNA, so to ensure they are transported to the cell nucleus after synthesis and bind to the right portion of DNA to organize the chromatin, they are guarded by complexes of histone chaperones. […].

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STAT+: Muscular dystrophy patient who was first in line for a custom CRISPR therapy dies

STAT News

His goal was to find a treatment for his brother’s form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is caused by a mutation that impeded his ability to make a crucial muscle protein called dystrophin. It was the first time that a gene editing therapy was custom-made to address a single individual’s unique genetic mutation.