XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The Burnaby, BC-based company developed the oral DNA-based vaccine using its proprietary bacTRL Gene Therapy Platform, which uses genetically modified bifidobacteria as carriers of genetic vaccine elements on a DNA plasmid. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ella, 28, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – a rare genetic disease which causes a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive tract, and sinuses – at 18 months old. Once inhaled into the lungs, the virus sets about binding to and inserting its own DNA into the targeted bacteria. I was really sick.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The rapidly growing area of synthetic biology – including molecular biology, biotechnology, biophysics, and genetic engineering – is having a marked impact on the drug discovery landscape. Lu Rahman selects some recent synthetic biology innovations and the potential they hold to benefit drug discovery. .

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

However, for virologists like Lori Frappier, PhD, professor in the department of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto, the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 was less of a surprise and more of an inevitability. The system can be used to precisely edit out portions of DNA flanked by CRISPR sequences.

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