Scienmag

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Genes code for proteins – the building blocks of life. of our entire DNA Very little is known about the function of regions of DNA outside our genes – termed the ‘dark genome’ A Cambridge-led team recently discovered that proteins are produced by over […].

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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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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Verge Genomics has joined a select group of biotechs who have taken a drug discovered and developed using artificial intelligence into human testing. The post Verge Genomics takes AI-sourced drug for ALS into clinic appeared first on.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Epigenetic regulator HPI1a drives de novo genome reorganization in early Drosophila embryos Credit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, F. Zenk The DNA molecule is not naked in the nucleus. This […].

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 4, 2022

Unlocking the secrets of the human genome has long been an ambitious pursuit for researchers around the world. Today, the landscape of genomic testing and research is rapidly progressing, with significant scientific and technological advances driving a paradigm shift in the understanding of oncology at a molecular level.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Startup Rome Therapeutics has raised $77 million in second-round financing to help mine sequences of DNA – which were dismissed for years as ‘junk’ – for hidden treasure. Most drug discovery programmes target the roughly 2% of the human genome which encodes for protein.

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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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The Pharma Data

MARCH 7, 2022

By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence (AI), it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical “off switches” that silence them. PRC2 can be blocked with chemicals, but they are imprecise, affecting PRC2 function throughout the genome. it can be reawakened.

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BioTech 365

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Transcription factors may inadvertently lock in DNA mistakes.Transcription factor proteins are the light switches of the human genome.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A research team from Cologne has discovered that a change in the DNA structure – more precisely in the chromatin – plays a decisive role in the recovery phase after DNA damage. The key is a double occupation by two methyl groups on the DNA packaging protein histone H3 (H3K4me2).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 23, 2022

It functions as a molecular scissor by slicing long chains of virus’ polypeptide proteins into smaller component proteins. These viruses can develop rapid defences at the cellular level by orchestrating these layers, or folding mechanisms, in viral proteins so the key is to find a way to shut them down.”.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 19, 2023

The inhibitors are small molecules that target proteins involved in DNA mismatch repair (MMR), an important process in cells that corrects mistakes that are introduced to DNA when they divide. Image: Human breast cancer cells stained for DNA (red).

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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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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. CRISPR nucleases serve as an important genome editing tool.

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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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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. Life experiences leave epigenetic footprints In recent decades, research has unveiled the impact of life experiences on DNA methylation.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 21, 2023

Transcription factors are proteins that control every gene in a person’s genome by binding to DNA and flipping the on/off switches that govern gene expression. Talus Bio was also awarded a $2.0M At Talus Bio we believe ‘nothing is undruggable.’ The post $4.3

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 25, 2023

DNA Script: SYNTAX DNA printing platform Using the company’s EDS technology, the SYNTAX platform can synthesise up to 96 highly accurate, ready-to-use DNA oligos with maximum lengths of up to 120nt in less than 24 hours in the laboratory.

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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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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. T790M loss has been linked to earlier resistance and poorer survival in other cohorts.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Within the emerging innovation stage, DNA chips, tissue culturing automation, and mass spectrometry analysis are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application and should be tracked closely. Codexis, a protein engineering company, is the leading patent filer.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 12, 2022

The research shows that AstraZeneca’s candidate drug AZD1390 can block the response to DNA damage in nerve cells and promote regeneration of damaged nerves, restoring sensory and motor function after spinal injury.? . Co-author, Dr Richard Tuxworth?from

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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

MARCH 2, 2023

Epigenetics is still largely unexplored and referred to as the ‘dark matter’ of the genome. 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.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 26, 2024

More importantly, it also highlighted that significant challenges remain in selecting the right therapies for the right patients despite the progress made through genomic testing and implementation of circulating tumour (ct) DNA analyses.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Professor Jonathan Blackburn, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Sengenics, featured in a sponsored DDW Sitting Down With podcast to discuss the advantages of functional protein microarrays, challenges to overcome for biomarker discovery, Sengenics’ new i-Ome Discovery chip, and more. Sengenics can also help comb through all the data.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers from the University of Missouri analysed the DNA sequences of more 200 strains of monkeypox virus spanning multiple decades, from 1965, when the virus first started spreading, to outbreaks in the early 2000s and again in 2022. .

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 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. These systems include human and mouse cell lines, and even in vivo in live animals.

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Scienmag

APRIL 16, 2021

Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what’s known as the epigenome — proteins and small molecules that latch onto DNA and control when and where genes are switched on or off.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

AstraZeneca has teamed up with DNA sequencing giant Illumina on a new programme that will use artificial intelligence to find new targets for drug discovery by sifting through vast arrays of data generated from “omics” studies.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Stocks for Exact Sciences leaped 33% after it announced the acquisition of liquid biopsy rival Thrive and UK start-up Base Genomics. The CancerSEEK blood test is designed to detect multiple cancers by analysing tumour specific genomic mutations in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and cancer-associated protein biomarkers in plasma.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 8, 2024

Aviv Regev, Head and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech, opened the session with a discussion of how advances in genomic sequencing are fostering the development of data-rich cell atlases and what that data could mean for new insights into cancer biology and novel therapeutics.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. ZFPs can be engineered to make zinc finger nucleases, or ZFNs, which are proteins that can be used to edit genomes by knocking select genes in or out to specifically modify DNA sequences.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the new study, led by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research and published in Nature Communications , researchers identify a new cellular role of a protein called EXD2 nuclease and, importantly, its role in the so-called ALT (alternative lengthening of telomeres) pathway.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 21, 2024

It is enabling computational protein design for vaccine immunogen discovery, and high-throughput and high-definition assays for quicker and more comprehensive characterisation of vaccine candidates and vaccine-elicited immunity. His recent research focuses on vaccines against influenza and other (re)emerging viruses.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The AlzoSure Predict prognostic biomarker Alzheimer’s blood test detects levels of an unfolded conformational variant of the p53 protein in the blood using a proprietary antibody called U-p53AZ. It is known as the “guardian of the genome” given its central role in the DNA damage response. p53 in Alzheimer’s.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 5, 2023

Meet the biotech: Enhanc3D Genomics Enhanc3D Genomics was spun out from the laboratories of Dr Stefan Schoenfelder and Professor Peter Fraser, who pioneered research into the dynamic spatial organisation of the genome at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK.

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