Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 21, 2023

SBIR fast-track grant from the NIH to apply its proprietary Multiplexed Assays for the Rational Modulation Of Transcription Factors (MARMOT) platform to their deep learning AI model and accelerate the development of transcription factor drugs. Talus Bio was also awarded a $2.0M The post $4.3

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool that is able to predict COVID-19 symptoms and suggest which FDA-approved drugs might be used to treat patients. The tool meanwhile could also be applied to new outbreaks of other novel viral infections as they emerge, according to the scientists.

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JULY 27, 2021

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Expression Considerations.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The top stories: mRNA pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive Nobel prize The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 30, 2024

Messenger RNA (mRNA) has come into focus within the drug discovery and development as an exciting tool to deliver genetic information. Whilst research into mRNA has been ongoing for decade, interest has sparked in recent years and research has begun to expand into areas of vaccinology, infectious diseases and other indications.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Transcription factors for genetically modified cells is a key innovation area in the pharmaceutical industry Transcription factors are proteins which control gene expression by controlling the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to RNA.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 31, 2023

Further, the expression of any gene is dependent on the rate at which it is transcribed into mRNA and translated into proteins. There are various regulatory proteins or transcription factors that are responsible for affecting the transcription rate.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new role of a chromatin-modulatory enzyme, termed EZH2, during cancer development. They then developed a new therapeutic approach with a potent small-molecule inhibitor of this enzyme.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 14, 2023

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Nautilus Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Parag Mallick , about the company’s recent collaboration which aims to uncover the proteins that could be behind a rare and fatal childhood cancer. To do this, Nautilus will useits protein analysis platform to provide TGen with data on the proteins involved in DPIG.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 21, 2023

So, what are the recent developments and how is the drug discovery sector tackling this common cancer? The researchers confirmed a clinical complete response in all 14 patients who received the immunotherapy treatment dostarlimab as a first-line treatment for mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd) locally advanced rectal cancer.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BN : Our bodies consist of an incredibly complex network of about 35 trillion cells divided into as many as 300 cell types that fulfil distinct roles in development, homeostasis, and disease. This limits its efficacy in later stages of drug development or in the discovery and characterisation of biomarkers.

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XTalks

MARCH 13, 2024

Biomarker testing is being pursued to identify biological signs of the disease and provide an approach to develop personalized treatment plans for each patient. As this technology continues to evolve, it is expected to help identify glaucoma in its nascent stages of development.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

A new study has shed light on the genetic messages encoded by genes within ‘triple negative’ breast cancers (TNBC), and shows they could predict response to chemotherapy. The presence of these biomarkers could be used to accelerate the development of more personalised treatments for triple negative breast cancers.

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Roots Analysis

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Coding RNAs include messenger RNA (mRNA) and short interfering RNA (siRNA), which encode proteins and silence gene expression, respectively. ASOs are short single-stranded nucleotides that bind to specific messenger RNAs and prevent the production of a particular protein.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

UCSF scientists found that having an additional copy of the sex chromosome gives women two “doses” of a gene found only on that chromosome. The new research provides insight into how sex chromosomes affect susceptibility to Alzheimer’s, and how they can impact the course and severity of the disease.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Other issues include medical systems that can often be dismissive of women’s health concerns or experiences, and historically less research on women’s health, which together, can lead to late diagnoses or misdiagnoses. Through this, researchers can pinpoint breast cancer cell types and their phenotypic states.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Much of the fundamental groundwork for genetics and genomic research was laid in the 20 th century, with significant contributions from women scientists, some of whom worked during times when acceptance of female researchers was not widespread. Here is a profile of some of those brilliant women who helped shape genetics research.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Known for its ability to offer precision and flexibility while expanding the experimental scale, synthetic biology tools can reduce development timelines and costs, and lend a competitive advantage over traditional methods. . Here we outline four synthetic biology approaches that are improving and accelerating drug discovery: .

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

HKG Epitherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing novel tools for the early detection of cancer and promoting healthy aging. Epigenetics: the software of gene regulation Gene activity is the driving force behind our biological processes, and disruptions in normal gene activity can trigger diseases.

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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. It’s a great tool for controlling gene expression.”.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

However, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. Abell Chair in Molecular and Cellular Biology – and Pengbo Cao, a postdoctoral researcher in Whiteley’s lab, discovered a gene that drives the switch. and Nelson D.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 18, 2023

Since its discovery in 2012, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology has revolutionised the biomedicine and cell and gene therapy fields, providing a versatile tool for precise and efficient genome editing. CRISPR diagnostics have successfully detected various pathogens, including RNA viruses (eg.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Founded by prolific biotech entrepreneur and Harvard professor Gregory Verdine (pictured above) – along with WeiQing Zhou, John McGee, Professor Sir David Lane – FogPharma’s approach draws on research carried at Verdine’s Harvard lab on cell-penetrating miniproteins (CPMPs), of which Helicons are one class.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The gene therapy-based vaccine targets mucosal tissues in the gastrointestinal tract, allowing for greater selectivity and targeted delivery compared to traditional vaccines.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Focusing on biologics, vaccine development and policy platforms in anticipation of an eventual outbreak is why we’re where we are today in terms of the positive side [of the pandemic].”. The spike protein is critical for binding to ACE2 receptors on host cells — this interaction mediates the entry of the virus into cells.

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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 without editing the genetic sequence itself. The research was published earlier this month in the journal Cell. pyogenes dCas9.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Johannes Goll, Global Head of Emmes’ Biomedical Data Science and Bioinformatics department, explains how big data analytics can deliver improved therapies and bring clinical research one step close to realising the potential of personalised care. Figure 2: Advanced data visualisation examples for transcriptomics data.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 12, 2022

DDW highlights the most interesting global news and comments within the drug discovery and development sector this month. . Everyone enjoys a good news story and the drug discovery and development sector is no exception. Lately, there has been a lot of interest in microbiome research. Research news .

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Delveinsight

JANUARY 18, 2021

The first sign of a child suffering from Angelman syndrome is a delay in development, such as the inability to sit without support or making incoherent babbling sounds. Angelman syndrome is a result of the missing or dysfunctional gene known as UBE3A. GeneTx and Ultragenyx are co-developing the therapy.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, have now identified a new growth factor produced by blood vessels that enables tumor cells to metastatically colonize organs.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 21, 2023

Atrandi Biosciences’ novel technology platform enables researchers to gain insights into the biology of single cells, offering immediate applications in single-cell sequencing, drug and antibody discovery, functional metagenomics, microbial analysis, directed evolution, and synthetic biology. It will be led by Björn C.

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Delveinsight

JULY 30, 2020

The Swiss pharma, Roche, is handing over USD 120 million upfront for the right of UCB’s anti-tau antibody development. The drug, UCB0107, is designed to impede or decrease the buildup of tau proteins in the brain, which leads to nerve cell damage and death. Omega Therapeutics is getting a USD 85 million cash boost.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have led to significant developments in healthcare-focused research on precision medicine and diagnostics. According to a study, around 20,000 genes are present in the human body, all of which interact with the nutrients in the food, either directly or indirectly.

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XTalks

AUGUST 12, 2020

Despite the effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in significantly improving health, quality of life and reducing mortality among HIV-positive individuals, new research shows that persistent infections may be due to the ability of the virus to take refuge in distinct subsets of immune T cells.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Topping the list of alternatives are lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and electroporation.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Kevin Hemphill, R&D Manager at PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery explores how base editing has emerged as an attractive gene editing option for researchers wanting to develop stem cell-based therapies. Adult fibroblasts were cultured in a cocktail of transcription factors to reactivate embryonic gene expression patterns 2.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

“Maybe in 50 years’ time we’ll be using gene editing to lower cholesterol, but it won’t replace statins in anyone but those with life threatening mutations for a long time”. They wanted someone who had lots of experience in drug development, was a molecular biologist, and was stubborn enough to take on CRISPR!” billion in funding.

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