Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Transcription factors for genetically modified cells. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

CRISPR gene editing has transformed research, but it is not perfect, and can sometimes target unintended genes; to watch CRISPR enzymes respond to different genes, Leipzig University researchers developed a new method using DNA origami and were able to me Credit: Image courtesy of Julene Madariaga Marcos.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Genetically modified animal models. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is one of the leading patent filers in the generation of genetically modified animal models.

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Scienmag

MAY 6, 2021

Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology–identifying the genetic ‘switches’ that regulate gene expression. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Intellia Therapeutics said Friday the first six patients to receive its CRISPR-based treatment for a genetic swelling disorder have safely had small, corrective changes made to dysfunctional DNA inside their liver cells.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 20, 2022

It has suspected for many years that some diseases may be linked to non-coding or ‘junk’ DNA, but the mechanism behind the pathology hasn’t been worked out. Junk DNA is a term used to describe the 97% of the genetic sequence in human cells found between the 3% coding for our 20,000 genes, once thought to be inert.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

More than 155,000 Americans who shared their DNA for science are about to learn something in return: Do they have some particularly worrisome genes? It’s part of a  massive project to unravel how people’s genetics, environments, and habits interact to determine their overall health.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

From the color of our eyes to our odds of developing cancer, we’re all shaped by the genetic legacy of our ancestors. Both these modifications and their metabolic effects were shown to have passed down for at least three to six generations — something scientists once assumed was impossible.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new CRISPR startup — backed by some big names in venture capital — is planning to develop gene-editing treatments that can insert a genetic sequence of any length, at any location in the DNA strand, according to industry insiders and documents.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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. The company’s nuclease collection includes several Protospacer Adjacent Motifs (PAMs), short sequences that help determine the genome’s DNA segments.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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STAT News

MARCH 29, 2023

Twenty years ago, virtually all people seeking genetic testing were individuals diagnosed with diseases possibly linked to their genetic makeup. Today, millions of people order genetic tests to learn about their ancestry, as well as to understand what their genes say about their future health. The opportunity?

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Embarking on a new era of medicine The advent of genomics has ushered in the era of personalised medicine, enabling us to analyse the genetic makeup of individuals with unprecedented accuracy. Genetic variations inherited from our parents shape our response to drugs, disease susceptibility, physiology and metabolism.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, McGill University and other institutions have found that a well-concealed genetic variation in the gene FGF14, called a DNA tandem repeat expansion, causes a common form of late-onset cerebellar ataxia, a brain disorder that interferes with coordinated movement.

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Scienmag

MAY 11, 2022

NEW YORK CITY, May 11, 2022 – Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK CITY, May 11, 2022 – Many cancers contain similar genetic “hotspots” — areas of DNA that are likely to be mutated. For example, more than 50% of cancers contain a mutation in a gene called TP53, often within a narrow DNA […].

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: IgG gene expressing animal models. To obtain human antibody responses within a mouse, mice are genetically engineered to be humanised for their Ig genes.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

A new study has shed light on the genetic messages encoded by genes within ‘triple negative’ breast cancers (TNBC), and shows they could predict response to chemotherapy. Although immune features remained relatively stable, RNA-based features related to DNA damage repair pathways changed significantly.

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STAT News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Scientists rely on gene synthesis technologies as a research tool for everything from basic research to vaccine development and drug target identification. Ever since the inception of gene synthesis, there have been concerns about possible misuse of synthetic genes.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Developing neoantigen products needed for the therapy has faced difficulties including lead time to get GMP DNA and complicated supply chains. Touchlight CEO Karen Fallen said: “Innovation in enzymatic DNA manufacturing is enabling advancements such as Odimma’s immunotherapy programme to deliver treatments to critically ill patients.

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Using old hamster cages, chair cushions purchased from Kmart, and a Polaroid camera given to Tanzi for his 11th birthday, they began taking pictures of pieces of DNA carrying the genetic code of each member of that family.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Goodsell and RCSB PDB Darwin’s theory of evolution should be expanded to include consideration of a DNA stability “energy code” – so-called “molecular Darwinism” – to further account for the long-term survival of species’ characteristics on Earth, according to Rutgers […].

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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

The two meters of -stretched- DNA contained in human cells are continuously twisting and untwisting to give access to genetic information: when a gene is expressed to generate a protein, the two strands of DNA are separated to give access to all the machinery necessary for this expression, resulting in an excessive accumulation of coiling […]. (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Under the terms of the deal, the company will receive non-exclusive rights to CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology of CRISPR Therapeutics, for the development of potentially curative T1D cell therapies. The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

DDW’s Megan Thomas speaks with Dr Blythe Sather, Vice President and Head of Research at Tune Therapeutics, about how genetic tuning will transform the reach for CAR-T therapies, the different diseases that can benefit, and the disruptive technology making this happen. MT: What is genetic tuning?

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BioTech 365

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Scientists use DNA origami to monitor CRISPR gene targeting.The remarkable genetic scissors called CRISPR/Cas9, the discovery that won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sometimes cut in … Continue reading →

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 10, 2021

Europe market has proved so hostile to gene therapies when it comes to pricing and reimbursement for gene therapies that bluebird bio has decided to quit the market altogether, according to Andrew Obenshain, president of its severe genetic diseases unit. market and will wind down in Europe.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

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. Many scientists are now discovering that this junk DNA plays an essential role in our biology and the epigenetic processes that respond to the environment to drive disease.

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BioTech 365

APRIL 9, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged.Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized genetic engineering, allowing … Continue (..)

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2021

Phosphorus, a leading preventative genomics company, has developed the first comprehensive preventative genetic test for consumers. The test is called GeneCompass and features medical-grade technology to provide a holistic assessment of genetic health and wellness. The Phosphorus GeneCompass test has a list price of $249.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified disease-causing DNA variants in two genes linked to neurodevelopmental deficits including microcephaly in children, according to findings published in Nature Communications.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

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. Zinc fingers.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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 Gladstone team realised that these mutated cells have a unique genetic signature that could be targeted. “We

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

NIH researchers take ‘deep dive’ into brain’s transcriptome A new study suggests that differences in the expression of gene transcripts – readouts copied from DNA that help maintain and build our cells – may hold the key to understanding how mental disorders with shared genetic risk factors result in different patterns (..)

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Advarra

MARCH 31, 2023

The use of engineered genetic materials in clinical trials is rapidly expanding, with potential applications for genetic vaccines, gene-modified cellular therapies, and gene therapies. A key part of the IBC’s evaluation is assessing the risks posed by the engineered genetic materials.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 13, 2021

LA JOLLA—(October 13, 2021) For the past fifteen years, cancer researchers have been using DNA sequencing technology to identify the gene mutations that cause the different forms of cancer.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Scientists have unlocked key insights into virus evolution, revealing new information that could help develop treatments for a wide variety of genetic diseases. . Some have even been successfully harnessed as gene therapy vectors for the treatment of genetic diseases. .

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