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. BacTRL Gene Therapy Platform. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We
The Pharma Data
JUNE 14, 2023
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common environmental bacterium, can colonize different body parts, such as the lungs, leading to persistent, chronic infections that can last a lifetime – a common occurrence in people with cystic fibrosis. “And at this point, the function of the gene was unknown.” and Nelson D.
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XTalks
DECEMBER 24, 2020
From rare disease drug approvals to treatments involving immunotherapies and gene therapies and awarding of a Nobel Prize to the inventors of the gene-editing tool CRISPR, 2020 was a year of great activity and productivity despite the backdrop of the pandemic. CRISPR Gene Editing Inventors Win Nobel Prize.
Drug Discovery World
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The Brady lab has been finding antibacterial genes in soil and growing them within more lab-friendly bacteria. Most antibiotics are derived from genetic sequences locked within so-called biosynthetic gene clusters, which are genes that function as a unit to collectively code for a series of proteins.
XTalks
AUGUST 2, 2023
Johnson & Johnson’s Top 5 Best-Selling Drugs of 2022: 1) Stelara (ustekinumab) Stelara is an immunosuppressant biologic therapy that blocks the IL-12 and IL-23 proteins that play a role in plaque psoriasis and Crohn’s disease. Meanwhile, BioMarin’s gene therapy Roctavian is approved by the FDA for the treatment of hemophilia A.
Drug Discovery World
OCTOBER 4, 2022
While scientists routinely silence a gene or remove a protein from a specific cell or even an entire mouse, there is no such set of tools to remove or modify one species among the hundreds in a given faecal sample. “So
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