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Newly discovered RNA molecules hold promise for detecting and treating esophageal cancer

Medical Xpress

Irregularities in the body's genetic coding to make proteins are linked to cancerous tumors. But most genetic material contains elements whose function isn't clear.

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Moderna’s founder launches Laronde, promising new ‘Endless RNA’ drug class

pharmaphorum

Flagship Pioneering, the VC fund run by Moderna’s co-founder Noubar Afeyan has launched a new biotech Laronde , with an ambitious plan to create a new class of drugs based on Endless RNA. Called eRNA for short, this class of medicines is programmable and can continuously express therapeutic proteins inside the body.

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Conversations from ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024 

Drug Discovery World

Additional approaches, such as profiling of RNA and proteins, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI), could be key to providing a more comprehensive picture of a patient’s tumour and enable the use of optimised treatments. MT: Why was STORM attending the conference?

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“Supermeres” may carry clues to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19

Scienmag

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a nanoparticle released from cells, called a “supermere,” which contains enzymes, proteins and RNA associated with multiple cancers, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and even COVID-19.

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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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A better tool for the job: Laser-based technique to elucidate the mysteries of exosomes

Scienmag

Undergraduate students explore a more efficient way to measure protein-containing vessels released by cells Credit: DGIST Despite our great progress in understanding various cellular mechanisms over the last decades, many of them remain unclear. The […].

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

Scienmag

Scientists at Goethe University within the international consortium COVID19-NMR refine previous 2D models The genetic code of the SARS-CoV2 virus is exactly 29,902 characters long, strung through a long RNA molecule. It contains the information for the production of 27 proteins.

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