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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

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Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines copied RNA sequence from the virus genome and found a way to manufacture it at scale with high-level processes and quality control. First, a novel approach was used that didn’t require traditional vaccine production in cell cultures or eggs. 1455NO-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_VACCINES_PFIZER_O_.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

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David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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Next Generation RNA Therapeutics and Vaccines – A Marvel of The Lifesciences Industry

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In the past few years, Next Generation RNA therapeutics have emerged as one of the key therapeutic modalities in the modern healthcare industry. These RNA based therapeutics play a crucial role in protein production and regulation of gene functions.

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Rome Therapeutics raises $77m for junk DNA-targeting drugs

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The Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech is focusing specifically on the 60% of DNA sequences that repeat themselves hundreds or thousands of times in the genome, known as the ‘repeatome’, that could contain targets for cancer and autoimmune disorders. That muffles the immune system response and allows the cancer to grow.

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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

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Over 26 weeks of Sunlenca combined with other antiretroviral drugs, 81 percent of participants achieved HIV RNA suppression, reaching levels low enough to be considered undetectable. The noteworthy candidate, EBT-101, is designed to eliminate HIV proviral DNA using CRISPR-Cas9 along with two guide RNAs (gRNAs).

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?5 Things You Need to Know from Our Recent Gene Therapy Webinar

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Further, some patients are still hesitant to go into the clinic, and the prevalence of misinformation from the pandemic has led to greater concerns about therapies like gene therapies and the impact they fear it will have on their RNA/DNA.

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Reconfiguring COVID and influenza vaccines for long-term effectiveness

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The beauty of that T-cell response is that you can actually access the internal parts of the virus,” Le Vert states. Osivax’s technology, oligoDOM, trains the T-cell immune response to recognise the nucleoprotein.

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