pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

14th Annual RNA Therapeutics. Investigating the next generation of genetic medicine through RNA based therapies. RNA therapeutics is a rapidly expanding industry with increasingly growing potential for immunotherapy, personalised medicines, and treatment of genetic, infectious, and chronic diseases.

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Scienmag

MAY 5, 2021

Transcription is a vital process in bacterial cell, where genetic information in DNA is transcribed to RNA for the translation of proteins that perform cellular function. Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The emergence and spread of new forms of resistance remains a concern that urgently demand new antibiotics.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA (or miRNA) and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. A gene contains instructions within our DNA. The work, which began in the early 1990s through studies on the C.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. Just one mutation can lead to a complete change in protein formation.

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Scienmag

APRIL 26, 2022

Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in samples from meteorites. While it is unlikely that DNA could be formed in a meteorite, this discovery demonstrates that these genetic parts are available for delivery and could have […].

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Scienmag

MARCH 4, 2021

Findings explain how plants use RNA to defend against fungal invaders Credit: Nicole Ward Gauthier/University of Kentucky New research reveals an essential step in scientists’ quest to create targeted, more eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

JUPITER, FL–A new strategy for treating a variety of diseases known as RNA-repeat expansion disorders, which affect millions of people, has shown promise in proof-of-principle tests conducted by scientists at […].

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XTalks

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The answer may lie in the genetic code of the virus, which scientists at Duke University have found contains several silent mutations that affect protein folding. Moreover, Berrio says the changes likely affected the folding and function of viral RNA. So studying the genetics of the current coronavirus strain remains important.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Scientists at Goethe University within the international consortium COVID19-NMR refine previous 2D models The genetic code of the SARS-CoV2 virus is exactly 29,902 characters long, strung through a long RNA molecule. It contains the information for the production of 27 proteins.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

State-of-the-art facility will headquarter research efforts in Boston and New York to accelerate the development of RNA and DNA-based medicines. Adams, vice president of genetic medicine at Lilly and co-director of the Institute. ” The Institute will be headquartered in 334,000 sq.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 22, 2021

According to the US biopharma company, genetic analyses of publicly available sequences for the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 suggest the mutations in the viral spike protein that have made them more transmissible shouldn’t affect the way Veklury (remdesivir) works.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

Scientists discover small RNA that regulates bacterial infection People with weakened immune systems are at constant risk of infection. Using genetic sequencing technologies, Whiteley and Cao measured the levels of all types of mRNA present in the bacteria. They named the small RNA SicX (sRNA inducer of chronic infection X).

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a new model that uses DNA and RNA sequencing data from hundreds of patients to identify specific genes and genetic alterations responsible for never-before-defined subtypes of a blood cancer called multiple myeloma. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9551. Source link: [link].

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 5, 2022

In addition, the scientists later found that the HAV needs TENT4A/B for its replication. It was also found in lab experiments that ZCCHC14, a protein that interacts with zinc, attaches to certain part of HAV’s ribonucleic acid (RNA), enabling the virus to recruit TENT4 from the human cell.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s a new genetic way of potentially targeting these really hard to treat diseases,” said Abudayyeh, a McGovern Fellow at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, in MIT’s press release. Integrases are used by viruses called bacteriophages to insert their genetic material into bacteria. How does the Gene Editing Tool PASTE Work?

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Scientists are fighting back with multiple strategies, including vaccines, repurposed drugs developed for other diseases and brand-new therapies. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have identified small molecules that target a structure within the RNA genome […].

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Scienmag

JANUARY 18, 2021

19, 2021) – A look at RNA tells us what our genes are telling our cells to do, and scientists say looking directly at the RNA of brain tumor cells appears to provide objective, efficient evidence to better classify a tumor and the most effective treatments. […].

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

MAY 30, 2024

Biotech Solutions: The Emergence of Various Cell, Gene, & Immunotherapy Options in ALS One up-and-coming area of research is gene therapy, which broadly encompasses any therapeutics that add or edit genetic material.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Credit: Kung-Chi Chang/Spector lab, 2020 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists have discovered a gene-regulating snippet of RNA that may contribute to the spread of many breast cancers. The same strategy, […].

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Their technology is based on synthetic messenger RNA – short for ribose nucleic acid – which is a short transcript of a longer DNA code. As it’s just a messenger molecule, it does not affect the body’s own genetic code when it is injected as a vaccine – but what it does do is instruct cells to code for copies of a certain protein.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Dr Jennifer Harbottle, senior scientist in the R&D Base Editing team of PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery business, looks at progress made in the realms of biotechnology and next-generation diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics, including the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in developing and refining cell therapies.

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XTalks

AUGUST 29, 2022

CRISPR is notable for engineering living cells, allowing scientists to edit, turn off, delete, or replace genes in a cell’s genome. The CRISPR-Cas9 system works by having “spacer” sequences transcribed into short RNA sequences that can guide the system to the matching target in the DNA sequence of a cell.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Singapore scientists uncover potential role of long non-coding RNAs in pancreatic cancer Credit: From Figure 4 in Liu, S., doi:10.1186/s13073-020-00788-5… SINGAPORE, 3 Nov 2020 – Long RNA molecules carrying DNA codes that […]. Harmston, N., Glaser, T.L. Genome Med 12, 89 (2020). Genome Med 12, 89 (2020).

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Scientists from an international group led by the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and Yokohama City University have discovered that a pair of proteins play a key role in allowing an important type of functional non-coding RNA, known as SINEUPs, to act to promote their target messenger RNA.SINEUPs are a recently discovered type of […]. (..)

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The vaccine is based on a strand of messenger RNA – a short segment of genetical material that codes for the “Spike” protein found on the surface of the coronavirus. Around 42% of global participants and 30% of U.S. participants have racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to prevent COVID-19 have made headlines around the world recently, but scientists have also been working on mRNA vaccines to treat or prevent other diseases, including some forms of cancer.

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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. Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR.

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NY Times

JANUARY 26, 2021

Scientists are exploring the physics of viruses, to understand how these pathogens assemble themselves — and might be rent apart.

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XTalks

APRIL 6, 2022

Scientists at the University of Cambridge evaluated the use of a personalized blood test that detects ctDNA to help predict the relapse risk of lung cancer. XTALKS WEBINAR: Using CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) Viability Screens to Map Long Noncoding RNA Dependencies in Tumor Cells.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The large-scale project, undertaken in collaboration with researchers and clinicians from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) and the Target Padiatric AML (TpAML) computational working group aims to enable paediatric oncology physicians and researchers to better analyse patient clinical trial and genetic data.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 9, 2022

But now Northwestern Medicine scientists, in an international collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Hong Kong, have identified a drug that inhibits growth of the most aggressive meningiomas and how to most accurately identify which meningiomas will respond to the drug.

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XTalks

MARCH 8, 2022

With exciting new applications being developed in the areas of gene therapy, CRISPR and RNA editing, the contributions of women to these fields was highlighted in a piece we published last year on women scientists who paved the way forward in genetics.

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Roots Analysis

MAY 21, 2024

LNPs comprise of a lipid bilayer that surrounds a hydrophobic core, which can be loaded with therapeutic agents ( such as drugs, genetic material and proteins ). Advantages of Lipid Nanoparticle LNPs are gaining significant attention of formulation scientists in drug delivery due to the various advantages offered by them.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Scientists in Israel have used the CRISPR Cas-9 gene editing system to destroy cancerous cells in mice without damaging other cells. To conduct the research, the scientists used hundreds of mice with two of the most aggressive forms of cancer: glioblastoma and metastatic ovarian cancer. Photo courtesy of Science Advances.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2022

Actually, these systems could identify viral genetic material (here: Ribonucleic acids/RNAs) and sound the alarm. Proteins of SARS-CoV-2 can alter viral ribonucleic acids in a way, that they become indistinguishable from endogenous RNA. For example, viral RNAs are masked by the addition of a methyl group.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 20, 2021

The partnership aims to develop a vaccine consisting of regions of genetical material from each coronavirus that causes an immune reaction. These will be encoded in messenger RNA (mRNA) formulated with the laboratory’s NLP technology before injection. Feature image courtesy of Rocky Mountain Laboratories/NIH.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 23, 2024

Unlike traditional forms of vaccines modern day vaccines use the virus’ genetic code itself to give our cells instruction on how to produce this antigen molecule, meaning we only ever need a tiny amount of an antigen in the cure for it work. Ribosomes are cellular machines that read mRNA sequences and produce proteins.

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