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Why early participant engagement is now a top priority in genetic disease research

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In 2016, scientists behind a study called the Resilience Project analysed genetic data from 589,000+ people and found 13 adults who carried genetic variants that should have resulted in serious – even deadly – childhood disease, but who were apparently healthy.

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Ancient viruses may hold key to gene therapy treatments

Drug Discovery World

Scientists have unlocked key insights into virus evolution, revealing new information that could help develop treatments for a wide variety of genetic diseases. . Many distinct types of parvoviruses infect mammals – including humans – without causing disease.

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Research reveals therapeutic potential of mRNA in rare diseases

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Successful industry/academia collaboration Fewer than 5% of rare diseases have approved therapies and most of these treatments use gene therapy. Until recently, gene therapy employed modified viruses to bring the therapeutic gene to the disease cells, but these viral systems can cause severe adverse effects.

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FDA Approves Imcivree (setmelanotide) for Chronic Weight Management in Patients with Obesity Due to POMC, PCSK1 or LEPR Deficiency

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Nasdaq:RYTM), a biopharmaceutical company aimed at developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases of obesity, announced today that the U.S. With this approval, Imcivree becomes the first-ever FDA approved therapy for these rare genetic diseases of obesity. BOSTON, Nov.

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New research begins to write the rules on CRISPR activation

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For example, genes that contain H3K9me3 repressing regulators, and therefore are shielded from activation, showed greater variation in response. They also discovered that CRISPRa could achieve the same overexpression levels that are necessary to drive significant changes in cell state and cause them to differentiate.

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Trends in Human Health Management: A Journey through Time

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Literary and archaeological evidences suggest that diseases have plagued living organisms since the beginning of time. Whether it was a common cold or a genetic disease, prayers and sacrifices to the gods were the only hope of a remedy at such times.

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Sensorion Hosting Key Opinion Leader Call with Dr. John Greinwald on Genetic Hearing Loss in Children on December 2, 2020

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He has pioneered the establishment of diagnostic evaluation algorithms for children with sensorineural hearing loss and developed a next generation sequencing platform to determine the genetic causes of hearing loss in children. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Sensorion and its business.