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Delivering on the promise of gene editing

Drug Discovery World

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

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It is a comprehensive term which encompasses a large variety of therapy products including viral and bacterial vectors, plasmid DNA, human gene editing technology, and patient-specific cellular gene therapy. Additionally, gene editing allows us either to remove or to modify harmful genes.

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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

XTalks

In 2021, the FDA granted approval to San Francisco-based Excision BioTherapeutics to start trials assessing CRISPR gene editing as a potential treatment for HIV. The noteworthy candidate, EBT-101, is designed to eliminate HIV proviral DNA using CRISPR-Cas9 along with two guide RNAs (gRNAs). In addition, Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

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. CRISPR and brain cancer Meanwhile, elsewhere in the US, another exciting development – using CRISPR as a therapeutic approach – has possibilities for tackling brain cancer.

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Beyond the Pill: The Rise of Biologics and the Evolution of Pharmaceutical Therapies

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Unlike traditional small molecule drugs, which are chemically synthesized, biologics are produced through complex biotechnological processes, often involving recombinant DNA technology. Understanding Biologics: Biologics are a class of therapeutic agents derived from living organisms, such as cells, tissues, or proteins.

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National Cancer Research Month: Celebrating drug discovery innovation

Drug Discovery World

By analysing the diverse cell populations of a tumour, it is possible to predict drug responsiveness and personalise a treatment strategy to minimise the outgrowth of resistant subpopulations. One of the most exciting recent developments is the use of gene editing tools to create cell and gene therapies.

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Eight announcements to expect at AACR 2023   

Drug Discovery World

As such, Codagenix has previously demonstrated that CodaLytic, a codon-modified influenza virus, can kickstart the cancer immunity cycle at various steps in several mouse models with differing baseline immune contextures.