Drug Discovery World

APRIL 17, 2024

The event will feature experts Daniel Jachimowicz, Senior Bioscience Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden, and Bastian Schiffthaler, Senior Data Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden. The event will take place on 13 May, 4PM BST.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 8, 2024

The event will feature experts Daniel Jachimowicz, Senior Bioscience Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden, and Bastian Schiffthaler, Senior Data Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden. The event will take place on 13 May, 4PM BST. appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Scienmag

APRIL 27, 2022

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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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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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 29, 2023

A new technique to clone and reassemble DNA could simplify and lower the cost of making synthetic chromosomes, according to its creators at University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife. The thing about most synthetic genomics research is that it involves building chromosomes or genomes from scratch using chemically synthesised DNA pieces.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 1, 2024

The event will feature experts Daniel Jachimowicz, Senior Bioscience Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden, and Bastian Schiffthaler, Senior Data Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden. The event will take place on 13 May, 4PM BST.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 16, 2024

Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are considered a promising delivery system for gene therapy medicines. This webinar will highlight how long-read nanopore sequencing as a comprehensive and sensitive QC method for rAAVs were evaluated — which is supporting internal research activities at AstraZeneca.

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STAT News

MARCH 9, 2023

LONDON — Scientists at this year’s genome editing summit spent Tuesday showing the world just how far CRISPR -based medicines for treating human diseases have come in a decade. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 24, 2024

The event will feature experts Daniel Jachimowicz, Senior Bioscience Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden, and Bastian Schiffthaler, Senior Data Scientist at AstraZeneca BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Sweden. The event will take place on 13 May, 4PM BST.

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Scienmag

APRIL 8, 2021

Credit: IRB Barcelona In cancer, personalised medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumour to find its vulnerabilities and fight it. Many tumours have a higher number of mutations due to a antiviral defence mechanism, the APOBEC system, which can accidentally damage DNA and cause mutations.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Method will help researchers better understand mitochondrial DNA diseases LOS ANGELES — Scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated mitochondria and their associated mitochondrial DNA into mammalian cells.

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STAT News

JULY 28, 2022

In a little-noticed study published earlier this year, scientists from Oregon Health & Science University reported the birth of three mouse pups that had been created with a never-before-used recipe for reproduction.

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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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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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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Scienmag

MAY 28, 2021

The scientists analyzed short fragments of tumor DNA that are circulating in the blood. These “liquid biopsy” analyses exploit the unique epigenetic landscape of bone tumors and do not depend on any genetic alterations, […].

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets and is particularly useful for understanding nocturnal or rare species. When animals eat, prey DNA travels all the way through animal digestive tracts and comes out again. Credit: Illustration by Amy Koehler Poop is full of secrets.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. WGS and Dante’s genomic reports will provide information about predisposition to genetic diseases, genetic carrier information and more.

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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. Read the rest…

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 3, 2023

In the first part of this series of articles focused on plant-based medicines, DDW’s Megan Thomas evaluates the use of medical cannabis in drug discovery. Medical cannabis is often a first-thought when regarding plant-based medicines, but there remains public scepticism, arguably due to the regulations relating to the substance.

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Scienmag

MAY 10, 2021

Scientists have made major advances in understanding and developing treatments for many cancers by identifying genetic mutations that drive the disease.

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STAT News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The scientist flicked on a laser, filling the rat’s brain with blue light. From the outside, this would appear to be a pretty run-of-the-mill neuroscience experiment, except for the fact that the neurons directing the rat to its thirst-quenching reward didn’t contain any rat DNA.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart disease Credit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA–October 15, 2020–The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted a 4D Nucleome award to support research by a group of scientists at Gladstone Institutes led by Benoit Bruneau, (..)

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XTalks

APRIL 23, 2024

Related: Organon’s Commitment to Addressing Contraceptive Deserts The Role of DNA Mapping and Data Mining Further innovation can be seen in the integration of personal DNA genome mapping into medical care. Mangiofico suggests leveraging AI to streamline these processes.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In 2018, the UK’s department of health announced an NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which allows patients with rare diseases to have their entire genetic code read in the hope of providing a much-needed diagnosis. That said, some people with rare genetic diseases remain without a molecular diagnosis after their genome is analysed. . “We

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Originally discovered in bacteria as a defense mechanism against pathogens, CRISP/Cas9 has made it possible to make exquisitely detailed and precise alterations to DNA sequences on demand, and as a tool for molecular biology has already transformed research into diseases and drug discovery. What started as a curiosity?

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2023

In March, the collaborative T2T consortium published the first complete telomere-to-telomere sequence of the human genome, filling in the last 8% of the 3 billion base pairs that make up our DNA. Moreover, research has shown that genetic testing can reduce adverse reactions to drugs by nearly one third.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 9, 2022

But now Northwestern Medicine scientists, in an international collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Hong Kong, have identified a drug that inhibits growth of the most aggressive meningiomas and how to most accurately identify which meningiomas will respond to the drug.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Cancer cells are known for spreading genetic chaos. As cancer cells divide, DNA segments and even whole chromosomes can be duplicated, mutated, or lost altogether. This is called chromosomal instability, and scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have learned that it is associated with cancer’s aggressiveness.

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XTalks

JANUARY 26, 2024

This technology, which allows for precise editing of DNA at specific locations, has been a major focus in the field due to its potential to directly target and modify cancer-causing genes. Personalized medicine: One of the most exciting prospects of CRISPR/Cas9 in oncology is its contribution to personalized medicine.

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Scienmag

APRIL 5, 2021

Study shows that tumor-suppressor protein p53 brings speckles and DNA together to boost gene expression PHILADELPHIA – A team led by scientists at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has illuminated the functions of mysterious structures in cells called “nuclear speckles,” showing that they can work in (..)

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

11, 2020 -Scientists have developed an affordable, downloadable app that scans for potential unintended mistakes when CRISPR is used to repair mutations that cause disease. The app reveals potentially risky DNA […].

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Beam Therapeutics has taken over a startup whose technology could proffer the biotech’s genetic medicines to more tissues in the body, widening the potential to approach more diseases. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Beam aims to make more precise edits with genetic medicines, which employ base-editing.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The dark genome – a loose term that covers non-coding regions of the genome that are capable of regulating the expression of genes, previously rather inaccurately referred to as junk DNA – is increasingly being explored by biopharma companies for new drug targets.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 5, 2023

The drug, which is now called NXP800 and has already entered a Phase I clinical trial, was discovered by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London. To overcome this, scientists at the ICR used a method called cell-based phenotypic pathway screening.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Companies leading the way There are a number of companies leading the charge in applying innovative technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), to the search for new medicines. Relation Therapeutics, which uses high-resolution biology, ML and clinical insights to discover transformational medicines.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Singapore scientists uncover potential role of long non-coding RNAs in pancreatic cancer Credit: From Figure 4 in Liu, S., doi:10.1186/s13073-020-00788-5… SINGAPORE, 3 Nov 2020 – Long RNA molecules carrying DNA codes that […]. Harmston, N., Glaser, T.L. Genome Med 12, 89 (2020). Genome Med 12, 89 (2020).

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