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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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2022 was a banner year for genomics. In March, the collaborative T2T consortium published the first complete telomere-to-telomere sequence of the human genome, filling in the last 8% of the 3 billion base pairs that make up our DNA.

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Can Singapore become a global hub for biotech?

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Singapore is also leading the way in genomics, having founded The Genome Institute of Singapore as far back as 2000. Dr Gokhale expands on the country’s leadership role: “Singapore is a great example of integration of genomic medicine in healthcare via population scale research.