Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Breakthroughs in gene therapy are only possible with an exact understanding of the genetic underpinnings of disease. To develop safe and effective gene therapies, researchers need confidence that genomic data is both complete and accurate. For years now the UK has been somewhat of a leader in genomic research.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Chaired by the Genetic Alliance, the virtual meeting saw representatives from Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland discuss the implementation of the UK Government’s Rare Disease Framework. We now know that 80% of rare diseases have a genetic origin. Genomic technology, therefore, has a key role to play in our work,” he said.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Geneticist Dr Charles Steward has spent his career studying the human genome – but his work became much more personal when his children were diagnosed with severe neurological diseases. Charlie told pharmaphorum how his search for a genetic cause has led him to straddle the divide between scientist and patient advocate.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 30, 2022

Analysing almost eight thousand tumours across 33 different cancers, researchers say this marks the first time that a framework was created to understand the role of internal factors in driving such genomic alterations. Genomic research have greatly expanded our understanding of disease pathophysiology over the years.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Geneticist Dr Charles Steward has spent his career studying the human genome – but his work became much more personal when his children were diagnosed with severe neurological diseases. Charlie told pharmaphorum how his search for a genetic cause has led him to straddle the divide between scientist and patient advocate.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 25, 2021

The COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer) database, operated by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, grew out of the work of the Cancer Genome Project and has been gathering data on mutations associated with specific cancers for almost 17 years. The post COSMIC database matches drugs to cancer mutations appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alchemab, on the other hand, has developed a highly differentiated platform which enables the identification of novel drug targets and therapeutics by analysis of patient antibody repertoires, drawing from the expertise in Cambridge to progress the company’s mission to build a broad pipeline of protective therapeutics for hard-to-treat diseases.

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XTalks

APRIL 5, 2021

The Human Genome Project could not have succeeded without the use of bioinformatics. Since the conclusion of the project in 2003, bioinformatics tools have been used to identify genes and elucidate their function with the aim of developing gene-based strategies for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

CRISPR works as genetic scissors to edit parts of the genome. The scientists on the advisory committee were particularly focused on the CRISPR gene editing technology itself and how companies like Vertex that are developing CRISPR-based therapies are ensuring their treatments are not making off-target gene edits.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

With only <10% of the affected people having treatment for their rare condition, the question remains – what impedes the process of developing a treatment for such diseases? The domain is marred with poorly-developed study endpoints and insufficient patient data. The brighter side – innovations in rare disease .

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Last week geneticist Dr Charles Steward shared with us his experiences of searching for a genetic cause for his children’s rare neurological diseases. Here he gives us a deeper look at how genomic medicine is evolving and the barriers that are preventing it from reaching its full potential.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2023

Evan Floden , CEO of Seqera Labs examines how data sharing platforms are impacting cancer and genomics research. The tide has been turning in the worlds of diagnostics and drug development. A recent flurry of announcements indicates increasing interest and trust from major public health organisations in the power of genomics.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ben Hargreaves examines why a research project in the UK could provide key insights to develop treatments against many of the most prominent diseases impacting society. There are also hopes that clues could be found as to what risk factors are involved in the development of the most difficult to understand diseases.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have led to significant developments in healthcare-focused research on precision medicine and diagnostics. Nutrigenomics is the science studying the relationship between human genome, nutrition and health.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 15, 2022

The first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome was published 1 April 2022 in a special issue of the journal Science 1. While The Human Genome Project mapped about 92% of the human genome two decades ago, sequencing the last 8% of the genome proved highly challenging.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Similar to Newbury, McBean – known to be a highly respected tradesman – developed fatigue and severe pain from weak and easily broken bones. During this period, Nobel prize-winning German scientist Paul Ehrlich developed his lock-key hypothesis of molecules that specifically bind to cell receptors.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 6, 2024

The development of effective new disease-modifying treatments in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders has been hindered by their inherent genetic complexity, environmental influences, and clinical variability.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 20, 2022

The potential of CRISPR technology has been a hot topic in the industry ever since it was first developed, but as trials progress further into the clinic, what therapeutic areas could be set to benefit? Cancer is a genetic disease, caused by certain changes in the way that genes control cell function, such as how they grow and divide.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Jarret Glasscock , PhD, CEO of Cofactor Genomics explains how diagnostics are emerging as the key to ensuring the right patients get matched to the right therapy, at the right time. . In pursuit of this, the number of new therapeutics in development has boomed. Jarret Glasscock is a geneticist and computational biologist.

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