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Leading innovators in CRISPR nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cas, also called CRISPR associated proteins, are a family of nucleases such as Cas9, Cas12a, Cas12b, and CasX that process these sequences. The eukaryotic genome can be cut at any desired position by introducing plasmids containing Cas genes and specifically constructed CRISPRs into eukaryotic cells.

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How Potential Changes to the NIH Guidelines Could Impact IBC Review

WCG Clinical

Although the NIH Guidelines were originally written with non-clinical laboratory research in mind, they also apply to human gene transfer (HGT) research, wherein rsNA or rsNA-containing products are administered to research participants. Since then, however, certain genetic engineering technologies (e.g.,

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Delivering on the promise of gene editing

Drug Discovery World

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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Thirteen potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2024

Drug Discovery World

However, government initiatives to contain healthcare costs, the sustained high cost of capital and global geopolitical disputes are negatively impacting investor appetites for the sector.

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The doors CRISPR libraries have and will open in phenotypic drug screening 

Drug Discovery World

The CRISPR-Cas9 system, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for its applications for gene editing, was initially encountered in the bacterial immune system. These modifications lead to alterations in the function of the proteins expressed by these genes, manifesting in cellular processes dependent on those proteins.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

This presentation covered three primary drivers for a protein expression model: speed, cost and sustainability. “It The next presentation attended in this track was the keynote presentation, which was given by Kate Smith, PhD, Head of UK Protein & Cell Sciences at GSK. GSK has developed high-throughput mammalian and E.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

XTalks

After several such Nobel Prize snubs for female scientists, 2020 saw the Nobel Prize in Chemistry go to a female scientist duo for the first time for their revolutionary discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system. Martha Chase: For the Books. Martha Chase.

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