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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company will jointly design and analyse messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with the NIH unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Vaccine Research Center (VRC). They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Study identifies noncoding RNA involved in immune response and sepsis

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A long noncoding RNA regulates the expression of inflammatory genes and has a surprising effect on vulnerability to septic shock in mice Credit: Apple Vollmers When the body’s immune response to an infection gets out of control, the result can be sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which an overwhelming inflammatory response can lead rapidly (..)

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Gilead’s Veklury receives WHO recommendation to treat severe Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

These results are in line with those obtained from the placebo-controlled, double-blind ACTT-1 trial of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. A nucleotide analog, Veklury hinders viral replication in the cell by acting on the RNA polymerase of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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2021 Warren Alpert Prize awarded to two scientists for RNA discoveries

Scienmag

Researchers who elucidated key functions of RNA, the workhorse molecule of cells, will be honored in October The 2021 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to scientists Lynne Maquat and Joan Steitz for seminal discoveries in the biology and function of RNA, the workhorse molecule of cells.

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Agents that target viral RNA could be the basis for next generation anti-viral drugs

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A new approach to tackling viruses by targeting the ‘control centre’ in viral RNA could lead to broad spectrum anti-viral drugs and provide a first line of defence against future pandemics, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.

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Auris Medical Announces Launch of New Corporate Website

BioTech 365

NASDAQ: EARS), a company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs through RNA therapeutics, allergy … Continue reading → Auris Medical Announces Launch of New Corporate Website Auris Medical Announces Launch of New Corporate Website Hamilton, Bermuda, July 15, 2021 – Auris Medical Holding Ltd.

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This week in drug discovery (8-12 January) 

Drug Discovery World

Study reveals therapeutic potential of mRNA in rare diseases Researchers have used messenger RNA (mRNA) to create an effective therapy for a rare liver disease in preclinical studies, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people.

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