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The pangenome is making personalised medicine more equitable

Pharmaceutical Technology

Basic human traits such as eye and hair colour are determined by our DNA. metres of supercoiled DNA contained within its nucleus. If you were to uncoil all the DNA in your body into a single continuous strand it would be 54 trillion metres in length, enough to stretch from the Earth to the Sun and back 180 times.

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NIST publishes a beginner’s guide to DNA origami

Scienmag

Dill/NIST In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers.

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DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits

Scienmag

When animals eat, prey DNA travels all the way through animal digestive tracts and comes out again. Poop contains very precise information about the prey […]. For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets and is particularly useful for understanding nocturnal or rare species.

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The future of genomic medicine: can it fulfil its promises?

pharmaphorum

Here he gives us a deeper look at how genomic medicine is evolving and the barriers that are preventing it from reaching its full potential. At that time, we thought this would be the holy grail for medicine. Now, however, the field is changing with respect to genomic medicine. This allows for much lengthier reads.

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Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink

STAT News

From the outside, this would appear to be a pretty run-of-the-mill neuroscience experiment, except for the fact that the neurons directing the rat to its thirst-quenching reward didn’t contain any rat DNA.

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Leading innovators in CRISPR nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Within the emerging innovation stage, cell therapy for ocular disorders, coronavirus vaccine components, and DNA polymerase compositions are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. Editas Medicine is one of the most important players concerning innovation surrounding CRISPR nucleases.

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 1: Cannabis  

Drug Discovery World

In the first part of this series of articles focused on plant-based medicines, DDW’s Megan Thomas evaluates the use of medical cannabis in drug discovery. Medical cannabis is often a first-thought when regarding plant-based medicines, but there remains public scepticism, arguably due to the regulations relating to the substance.