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This week in drug discovery (2-6 October)  

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In celebration of the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to two of the early proponents of mRNA technology for creating therapeutics, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this week our round-up highlights the importance of genetics, genomics and gene editing in drug discovery.

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Eterna acquires Exacis’ allogeneic immuno-oncology platform

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The deal also provides Eterna with an exclusive global license to produce an unlimited number of mRNA-engineered natural killer (NK) and T-cell therapies derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). “We The post Eterna acquires Exacis’ allogeneic immuno-oncology platform appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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CRISPR Therapeutics begins natural killer cell cancer tie-up with Nkarta

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Gene editing firm CRISPR Therapeutics has announced a collaboration with US biotech Nkarta to develop natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer. It’s at the forefront of gene editing although the technology has spawned rivals including Intellia Therapeutics, Caribou Biosciences, Sangamo Therapeutics and Mammoth Biosciences.

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Could CRISPR cure HIV? US biotech Excision raises $60m to find out

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Once someone is infected with HIV it stays with them for life thanks to the retrovirus’s ability to inject its DNA code into the host. The cash will also help develop two other preclinical drugs, EBT-104 for Herpes Simplex Virus and EBT-107 for hepatitis B.

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Bayer strengthens gene therapy portfolio with lipid nanoparticle technology from Acuitas Therapeutics

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Bayer strengthens gene therapy portfolio with lipid nanoparticle technology from Acuitas Therapeutics Bayer AG is joining forces with Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc., LNPs are spheric drug delivery bodies which can be equipped with therapeutic payloads for intracellular delivery. Financial details were not disclosed. Source link: [link]

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

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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. expressing cancers.

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How Pairwise Leverages CRISPR Technology for Leafy Greens

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Related: 5 Food Companies Working With Precision Fermentation Technology How Pairwise Leverages CRISPR Technology CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is a gene-editing technique that can be used to alter the DNA of cells to enhance certain characteristics or reduce less desirable ones.