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Rome Therapeutics raises $77m for junk DNA-targeting drugs

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Startup Rome Therapeutics has raised $77 million in second-round financing to help mine sequences of DNA – which were dismissed for years as ‘junk’ – for hidden treasure. Much of this repeatome is thought to derive from viruses that embedded in our DNA millions of years ago.

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

XTalks

Liquid biopsy tests in oncology involve isolating entities such as circulating tumor cells (CTC), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and tumor-derived exosomes. Gleich, MD, FACS, Senior Vice President, Medical Department, and Dr. Christopher Huth, PhD, Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Clinical Trial Management.

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Yapan Bio expands to a new process development facility in India 

Drug Discovery World

Yapan Bio has expanded its capabilities with a new process development facility at Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India, which has enhanced its ability to support end-to-end development and manufacturing of RNA, DNA and gene therapy products starting from plasmids. .

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?5 Things You Need to Know from Our Recent Gene Therapy Webinar

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Further, some patients are still hesitant to go into the clinic, and the prevalence of misinformation from the pandemic has led to greater concerns about therapies like gene therapies and the impact they fear it will have on their RNA/DNA. Working with a centralized IBC/IRB provider can speed up your process. .

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Risk Assessment for use of Engineered Genetic Materials in Clinical Research

Advarra

The use of engineered genetic materials in clinical trials is rapidly expanding, with potential applications for genetic vaccines, gene-modified cellular therapies, and gene therapies. IPs containing engineered genetic materials may pose risks potentially not anticipated by the clinic’s standard infection control policies.

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Evolution in Hepatitis B and C Virus: Can we expect success similar to Hepatitis C in Hepatitis B as well?

Delveinsight

Even though clinical trial results were promising, adverse events and serious complications were observed. Vosevi) to treat adult chronic hepatitis C of all genotypes previously treated with an NS5A inhibitor-containing regimen, or with genotype 1a or 3 previously treated with a sofosbuvir-containing regimen without an NS5A inhibitor.

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Lab to jab in 100 days: manufacturing flexibility for future rapid responses

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to CEPI: “Achieving the 100 Days Mission would give the world a fighting chance of containing a future outbreak before it spreads to become a global pandemic.”. Messenger RNA vaccines contain nucleic acids that code for a specific protein, or target antigen, related to a virus or disease.