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Evaluating methods targeting Protein-Protein Interactions

pharmaphorum

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are becoming increasingly relevant in the pathology of many diseases, including cancer. PPIs are an integral part of the physiology of living organisms, as complexes which control biological pathways mediated by proteins. These regions are critical for optimal interactions between proteins.

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Researchers discover mechanism linking mutations in the ‘dark matter’ of the genome to cancer

Scienmag

For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish.

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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

The Pharma Data

Polymerase is a viral protein that directs how Ebola virus replicates its genome as it infects new hosts. The researchers discovered that Ebola virus polymerase hijacks a cellular protein called GSPT1. To treat Ebola virus infections, researchers are taking a close look at a key piece of the virus: polymerase.

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Folding of SARS-CoV2 genome reveals drug targets — and preparation for ‘SARS-CoV3’

Scienmag

It contains the information for the production of 27 proteins. This is not much compared to the possible 40,000 kinds of protein that a […].

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The structure of DNA is found to be actively involved in genome regulation

Scienmag

The two meters of -stretched- DNA contained in human cells are continuously twisting and untwisting to give access to genetic information: when a gene is expressed to generate a protein, the two strands of DNA are separated to give access to all the machinery necessary for this expression, resulting in an excessive accumulation of coiling […]. (..)

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Leading innovators in CRISPR nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry CRISPR nuclease is a key innovation area in pharmaceutical development CRISPR, which refers to clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, are bacteriophage-derived DNA sequences that had previously infected the prokaryote and are found in the genomes of bacteria and archaea.

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The Silent Mutations That Gave Coronavirus a Selective Advantage

XTalks

The answer may lie in the genetic code of the virus, which scientists at Duke University have found contains several silent mutations that affect protein folding. The researchers focused on the spike proteins that protrude from the surface of the coronavirus, which are responsible for viral attachment and entry into host cells.

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