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Junk DNA: How the dark genome is changing RNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Samir Ounzain , PhD, CEO & Co-Founder of HAYA Therapeutics, looks at how a better understanding of our DNA can lead to increased activity for RNA therapeutics. The whole world realised the power of RNA when the Covid-19 pandemic brought us the first mRNA-based vaccines.

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

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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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Scientists implicate non-cardiac genes in congenital heart disease

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CHAPEL HILL, NC – Inside embryonic cells, specific proteins control the rate at which genetic information is transcribed from DNA to messenger RNA – a crucial regulatory step before proteins are created. Then, organs develop and hopefully function properly.

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Ribometrix and Genentech Partner in Potential $1 Billion+ RNA Deal

The Pharma Data

Durham, North Carolina-based Ribometrix announced a strategic collaboration deal with Genentech , a Roche company, to identify and advance novel RNA-targeted small molecule therapeutics. Targeting RNA is believed to be a way to develop therapeutics for so-called undruggable proteins.

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Conversations from ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024 

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Oliver Rausch, Chief Scientific Officer at Storm Therapeutics, following the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024, a global meeting focusing on promising new anticancer targets and agents, focusing on those in early phase clinical development. MT: What’s next for STORM’s research?

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AI-designed protein awakens silenced genes, one by one

The Pharma Data

By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence (AI), it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical “off switches” that silence them. Ruohola-Baker and Levy then fused this designed protein with a disabled version of a protein called Cas9. it can be reawakened.

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UNH team finds repurposed drug hinders enzyme activity linked to Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

Mpro has become the main focus of intense research and treatment development as it is vital for viral replication. It functions as a molecular scissor by slicing long chains of virus’ polypeptide proteins into smaller component proteins. These smaller segments can subsequently fold and develop to create new virus particles.

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