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Could genetics hold the key to preventing SIDS?

Scienmag

Credit: Unsplash A state-of-the-art genetic biobank could hold the key to preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), potentially saving the lives of hundreds of babies who die from the devastating condition each year.

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Q&A: Gene therapy opportunities from long-read sequencing 

Drug Discovery World

Breakthroughs in gene therapy are only possible with an exact understanding of the genetic underpinnings of disease. To develop safe and effective gene therapies, researchers need confidence that genomic data is both complete and accurate. Recent years have seen a great deal of progress in both short- and long-read sequencing.

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Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

Drug Discovery World

From a general healthcare perspective, access to this sort of data is invaluable, but this is particularly noteworthy in that DNA tests have historically been limited in these regions on account of cost and availability of practitioners, services and resources.

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Evotec, Chinook Teams Up for CKD Therapy; HitGen & UPPTHERA in Drug Delivery Research; Artiva’s $120 M Coup of NK Cell Therapy; Junshi & AZ with Toripalimab in China

Delveinsight

Chinook will have access to the NURTuRE cohort study along with other proprietary patient biobanks and Evotec’s multi-omics integration platform, and the company plans to potentially deliver targeted therapies in rare kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy and glomerular diseases.

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Bayer to present latest research across its advancing oncology portfolio at AACR 2023 Annual Meeting

The Pharma Data

Another key focus at Bayer is on innovative precision oncology treatments, with an approved TRK inhibitor exclusively designed to treat tumors that have an NTRK gene fusion, the oncogenic driver of tumor growth and spread.

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Research Roundup: Blood Test for Severe COVID-19 and More

The Pharma Data

The test valuates mitochondrial DNA levels. When mitochondrial DNA, normally found inside cells, in the mitochondria, spills into the bloodstream, it signals that a particular type of violent cell death is occurring. They measured the patients’ mitochondrial DNA levels on the first day of their hospital stays.

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Cryomacs Freezing Bags – A Critical Component in the Successful Delivery of Biological Samples and Therapies

Roots Analysis

Owing to the ability to preserve a wide variety of elements for such a long period of time, including cells, tissues, blood and DNA, cryopreservation has emerged as a key focus area for stakeholders in the biopharmaceutical industry.