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An Orbimed-backed biotech launches with $85M and plans for a new kind of DNA medicine

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Rampart Biosciences closed a Series A round that will fund its goal to develop more potent DNA-based medicines that avoid immune responses.

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Covid-19 induced immune response may damage brain, NINDS study finds

Pharmaceutical Technology

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have found that Covid-19-induced immune response could damage the blood vessels of the brain and may lead to short and long-term neurological symptoms. .

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Artificial DNA kills cancer: Hairpin-shaped DNA binds with microRNA in cancer cells to trigger an immune response

Medical Xpress

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have used artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells in a completely new way. The method was effective in lab tests against human cervical cancer- and breast cancer-derived cells, and against malignant melanoma cells from mice.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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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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MERS DNA vaccine induces immunity, protects from virus challenge in preclinical model

Scienmag

Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA — (April 22, 2021) — A synthetic DNA vaccine candidate for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) developed at The Wistar Institute induced potent immune responses […].

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Scancell announces positive Phase 1 data for needle-free COVID-19 vaccines

BioPharma Reporter

Scancell has reported preliminary immunogenicity data from its Phase 1 COVIDITY clinical trial: with the plasmid DNA based COVID-19 vaccine candidates inducing immune responses when delivered via needle-free tech.

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Rome Therapeutics raises $77m for junk DNA-targeting drugs

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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. Much of this repeatome is thought to derive from viruses that embedded in our DNA millions of years ago.

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