pharmaphorum

JULY 13, 2021

Diabetes giant Novo Nordisk has opened a new front in its rare disease R&D, thanks to an acquisition agreement with Prothena focusing on drugs for ATTR amyloidosis. In ATTR amyloidosis, transthyretin (TTR) protein misfolds and accumulates as amyloid deposits throughout the body. billion by 2025.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 28, 2021

The first ever clinical data with a CRISPR/Cas9 drug used to edit the genomes of cells within the body has yielded impressive results in patients with ATTR amyloidosis, a life-threatening rare disease. . — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021. In three more patients treated at 0.1mg/kg levels fell by 52%.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Kevin Hemphill, R&D Manager at PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery explores how base editing has emerged as an attractive gene editing option for researchers wanting to develop stem cell-based therapies. In addition, iPSC lines, despite their pluripotency, have skewed suitability towards certain cell types 12,13.

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