XTalks

JUNE 20, 2022

Hereditary ATTR has an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and is caused by point mutations in the transthyretin ( TTR ) gene that codes for the transthyretin transport protein found in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. These abnormalities can lead to progressive heart failure and death. type transthyretin (TTR) messenger RNA (mRNA).

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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BioTech 365

JUNE 25, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: MeCP2: A binding protein that prevents DNA from being wrapped up in nucleosomes.A team of researchers working at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology … Continue reading →

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 23, 2023

DNA is our body's instruction manual. It contains all the information that our cells need to make proteins and other molecules vital for our development, growth and survival.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

While a typical chemisty, manufacturing and controls (CMC) timeline from DNA to Investigational New Drug (IND) application in 2015 would have been approximately 24 months, by 2023 the same pathway was expected to take only 10 months. In particular, we must work to accelerate recombinant protein vaccine development.

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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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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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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

Study describes new mechanism for terminating transcription of DNA into RNA in bacteria Credit: Babitzke Laboratory and Dani Zemba, Penn State The protein, known as NusG, pauses the transcription machinery at specific DNA sequences to facilitate what is called “intrinsic termination” and prevent unwanted transcription that could disrupt (..)

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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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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Brazilian research group shows that valproic acid (VPA), used to treat epilepsy since the 1960s, modulates gene expression in tumor gene models and acts on DNA conformation and the histones in chromatin Results of recent studies involving valproic acid, used for decades as an anti-convulsant drug, show that it can interact with the conformation of (..)

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Roots Analysis

DECEMBER 12, 2021

DNA data storage involves encoding and decoding binary data to and from synthesized strands of DNA. DNA data storage is an innovative technology that works by encoding large digital data sequences of binary form (0s and 1s) into DNA sequences (Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)). DNA Storage.

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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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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

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. Knowledge of their disposition also helps in understanding the cells where the genetic material was delivered.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When cells copy DNA to produce RNA transcripts, they include only some chunks of genetic material known as exons and throw out the rest. The resulting product is a fully-mature RNA molecule, which can be used as a template to build a protein.

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Scienmag

APRIL 14, 2021

Credit: Surajit Chatterjee To better understand how RNA in bacteria gives rise to protein–and along the way, target these processes in the design of new antibiotics–researchers are turning their attention to the unique way this process happens in bacteria.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 15, 2022

The p53 protein protects our cells from cancer and is an interesting target for cancer treatments. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now found an unusual way of stabilising the protein and making it more potent. The new protein also proved to be more stable than ordinary p53 and capable of killing cancer cells.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

High resolution electron microscopy imaging shows how damage-sensing proteins recognize DNA breaks and then bridge them together Credit: He Lab From cancer treatment to sunlight, radiation and toxins can severely damage DNA in both harmful and healthy cells.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 26, 2023

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, combined biochemical profiling technologies with mathematical analyses to reveal how genetic changes lead to differences in the size of cancer cells – and how these changes could be exploited by new treatments. The major difference was cell size.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 25, 2022

On the one hand, like DNA, RNA encodes genetic information which is essential for life to replicate itself. On the other hand, like proteins, RNA molecules carry out chemical reactions. Lipids and RNA are two of the essential building blocks of cells. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a versatile molecule.

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Scienmag

MAY 5, 2021

Transcription is a vital process in bacterial cell, where genetic information in DNA is transcribed to RNA for the translation of proteins that perform cellular function. Hence, transcription serves […].

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The research shows that the activity of the immune messenger type 1 interferon (IFN) protein is diminished, either by genetic mutations or an autoimmune attack by neutralizing antibodies against it, in a subset of COVID-19 patients. There are several different types of interferons in mammals, which include: IFN-? We said, ‘bingo!’”

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 22, 2023

In a new paper published in Nature , researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in the UK have outlined the structure and function of a protein complex which is required to repair damaged DNA and protect against cancer. We now understand its crucial role in DNA repair, which explains why mutations can lead to cancer.”

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Enjoy, and see you soon … Intellia Therapeutics reported that 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 , STAT writes. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Zenk The DNA molecule is not naked in the nucleus. Instead, it is folded in a very organized way by the help of different proteins to establish a unique spatial organization of the genetic information. This […].

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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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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 17, 2024

JMB: Regulatory RNAs (or regRNAS) are molecules that directly control the expression of nearby protein-coding genes. Increasing gene expression via protein replacement or gene therapy has been shown to have limitations and drawbacks. JMB: Hundreds of genetic diseases involve a missing or deficient protein and/or enzyme.

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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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Scienmag

MAY 27, 2021

Capturing how RNA polymerase enzymes kick off transcription On scales too small for our eyes to see, the business of life happens through the making of proteins, which impart to our cells both structure and function.

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Scienmag

APRIL 14, 2021

In the cell nucleus histones play a crucial role packaging DNA into chromatin. Histones are however very sticky to both DNA and RNA, so to ensure they are transported to the cell nucleus after synthesis and bind to the right portion of DNA to organize the chromatin, they are guarded by complexes of histone chaperones. […].

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 2, 2023

But the new findings answer a fundamental and longstanding question – how epigenetic proteins regulate the processes of transcription and gene expression, through which our genes are read and translated into proteins. The team found that H3K4me3 acts like a traffic light at a busy intersection.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Within the emerging innovation stage, cell therapy for ocular disorders, coronavirus vaccine components, and DNA polymerase compositions are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. The vaccine also contains other inactive ingredients such as cholesterol.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

— An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53, a natural anti-cancer protein, known as the “guardian of the genome” for its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancerous cells. Research offers new lead for cancer drug discovery Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Japanese researchers propose using RNA interference for correcting a mistake in the genetic code of patients with Fukuyama muscular dystrophy. . One form of FCMD is caused by a genetic abnormality in the ‘fukutin’ (FKTN) gene. One form of FCMD is caused by a genetic abnormality in the ‘fukutin’ (FKTN) gene.

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Bioengineer

JANUARY 16, 2024

This mutation hinders the drug’s binding to the mutant EGFR protein. Osimertinib, however, can covalently bind to the T790M and cysteine-797 (C797) residue at the protein’s ATP binding site, overcoming resistance mechanisms. Reported changes include L718Q and L718V.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 2, 2023

X-Chem and the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have entered a collaboration aimed at creating new chemical tools to study human proteins. Under the agreement, X-Chem will use its DEL platform to create datasets for proteins chosen and supplied by the SGC, which will be posted to a public portal to be used for model building.

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Scienmag

MAY 14, 2021

After the p53 tumour suppressor gene, the genes most frequently found mutated in cancer are those encoding two proteins of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

labeling of major food allergens in bulk foods, dietary supplements, protein-free ingredients, and foods produced through genetic engineering); and. 1, 2023; The applicability of food allergen labeling requirements to specific products (e.g., Other technical labeling matters. 1, 2023, sesame.

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