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Lilly buys into MiNA’s protein-boosting RNA tech in $1.25bn deal

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UK biotech MiNA Therapeutics has signed up another big pharma partner for its small activating RNA (saRNA) platform, which upregulates the activity of proteins, with Eli Lilly the latest to get in on the action. . The post Lilly buys into MiNA’s protein-boosting RNA tech in $1.25bn deal appeared first on.

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Moderna’s founder launches Laronde, promising new ‘Endless RNA’ drug class

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Flagship Pioneering, the VC fund run by Moderna’s co-founder Noubar Afeyan has launched a new biotech Laronde , with an ambitious plan to create a new class of drugs based on Endless RNA. Called eRNA for short, this class of medicines is programmable and can continuously express therapeutic proteins inside the body.

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UNC team discovers interactions vital for hepatitis A virus replication

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Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that hepatitis A virus (HAV) replication needs particular interactions between the human protein ZCCHC14 and TENT4 poly(A) polymerases, a group of enzymes. In addition, the scientists later found that the HAV needs TENT4A/B for its replication.

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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

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Now, the HIV research community is setting its sights on vaccines that are in earlier stages of development, based on new approaches like messenger RNA (mRNA) -based vaccines or those using human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) vectors. Steven Deeks, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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DDW announces first summit on advances in cancer research

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Experts and thought leaders in cancer research, precision medicine and immunotherapy will describe the latest research and the role of technology to help discover targets, develop cancer therapeutics and vaccines and, get to market faster. More to be announced.

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DDW Cancer Research Summit: Industry experts join the panel

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Experts and thought leaders in cancer research, precision medicine and immunotherapy will describe the latest research and the role of technology to help discover targets, develop cancer therapeutics and vaccines, and get to market faster. So who are they?

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This week in drug discovery (31 July – 4 August)  

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RNA-based immunotherapy eradicates melanoma tumours Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have designed an RNA-based strategy to activate dendritic cells that eradicated tumours and prevented their recurrence in mouse models of melanoma.

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