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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Under the deal, both companies will partner on the research and preclinical studies, which will be funded by Moderna.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because these technologies involve literally cutting DNA at a specific point in the genome. That would just slow the whole field down.

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CRISPR gene editing ‘cancer shredding’ technique destroys brain tumours

Drug Discovery World

Scientists have used CRISPR gene editing to target and rapidly destroy glioblastoma cells in an approach that could apply to other highly mutated cancers. The post CRISPR gene editing ‘cancer shredding’ technique destroys brain tumours appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Gene editing platform could shape future application of CRISPR-based therapeutics

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A team of researchers at Northwestern University in the US has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future application of CRISPR-based therapeutics. They created a system to deliver the cargo required for generating the gene editing machine known as CRISPR-Cas9. Builds on a 25-year effort.

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Hopewell Therapeutics raises funds for genomic medicines development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biotechnology company Hopewell Therapeutics has raised $25m in seed financing to accelerate the development of next-generation lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery of genomic medicines. Hopewell Therapeutics is engaged in discovering, synthesising and developing advanced ttLNPs to provide next-generation genomic medicines.

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Vertex signs licence deal with CRISPR Therapeutics for diabetes therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has signed a new non-exclusive licensing agreement with CRISPR Therapeutics to expedite the development of its hypoimmune cell therapies to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

Drug Discovery World

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Research into new cancer drugs remain strong.