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Scientists develop RNA-targeting strategy to repair genetic cause of ALS and dementia

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Scientists at University of Florida (UF) Scripps Biomedical Research have developed a potential medicine for a leading cause of ALS and dementia that works by eliminating disease-causing segments of RNA. The compound restored the health of neurons in the lab and rescued mice with the disease.

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Rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that controls RNA metabolism

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Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2021 – In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia.

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Scientists behind RNA-repairing strategy recognized with American Chemical Society’s Nobel Signature award

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JUPITER, FL – The American Chemical Society announced that its prestigious 2022 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry honors a student from the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Scripps Research and her faculty advisor, for their pioneering work developing RNA-targeting medications for genetic (..)

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Scientists implicate non-cardiac genes in congenital heart disease

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CHAPEL HILL, NC – Inside embryonic cells, specific proteins control the rate at which genetic information is transcribed from DNA to messenger RNA – a crucial regulatory step before proteins are created. Then, organs develop and hopefully function properly.

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U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development

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Credit: Nigel Michki Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies, the process starts with stem cells that divide into mother cells (progenitor cells), that then divide into precursor cells that eventually become neurons.

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14th Annual RNA Therapeutics Conference

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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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HKUST scientists discover how antibiotics target bacterial RNAP to inhibit its gene transcription

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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.