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Prime Medicine Gets FDA Okay for First Trial of Gene Editing Technique

BioSpace

The FDA has cleared a clinical trial of an ex vivo prime editing candidate in patients with a rare disease, Prime Medicine announced Monday. The technique taps CRISPR technology to rewrite defective genes without breaking DNA double helix strands.

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Pfizer drops the blue pill, kicks off 2021 with new DNA logo

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Pharma companies are always talking about moving ‘beyond the pill’, and Pfizer’s new brand identity embodies that – it’s decades old pill-like logo has been replaced with a DNA double helix that it says reflects its commitment to breakthrough science. Encoded within a successful emblem is a company’s DNA – its history, its future.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

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Genomic medicine is a rapidly growing space in which researchers use the information in a person’s genes to identify and administer medical treatment.”. The evolving field of genomic medicine. There are two components to genomic medicine, known as the payload and the vector.

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Decoding diseases: The AI renaissance in clinical trials

Drug Discovery World

Deepika Khedekar , Associate Centralized Clinical Lead at IQVIA, explains how artificial intelligence could make clinical trials more accurate, accessible and standardised. Tapping into the capabilities of AI One reason AI may accelerate clinical trials is its ability to rapidly process and analyse vast amounts of data.

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Are microtaggants the key to making medicines smarter?

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Pharmaceutical companies are accountable for ensuring that their medicine is safe when it comes into the hands of patients. Specific apps could also alert healthcare providers if vulnerable patients are failing to scan their medicine. This technology can also play an important role in supporting virtual clinical trials.

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Designer DNA therapeutic wipes out cancer stem cells, treats multiple myeloma in mice

Scienmag

Study supports launch of Phase I clinical trial to test a designer DNA agent — an antisense oligonucleotide that targets a gene called IRF4 — in patients with multiple myeloma Many patients with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, eventually develop resistance to one treatment after another.

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New drug targeting DNA repair shows promise in range of advanced cancers

Scienmag

A new precision drug which stops cancer from repairing its DNA has shown promise in an early-stage clinical trial – highlighting the potential of a new class of drugs known as ATR inhibitors. The drug candidate, tested in humans for the first time, was shown to be well tolerated and stopped the growth of tumours […].

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