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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. Maybe in 50 years’ time we’ll be using gene editing to lower cholesterol, but it won’t replace statins in anyone but those with life threatening mutations for a long time”. Zinc fingers.

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This week in drug discovery (2-6 October)  

Drug Discovery World

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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AI-designed protein awakens silenced genes, one by one

The Pharma Data

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. These methyl groups must be refreshed so if PRC2 is blocked the genes it has silenced. it can be reawakened.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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The Human Genome Project recently marked 20 years since the publication of the first full sets of human genomic sequences, an endeavor that spanned well over a decade. Today, new next-generation sequencing technologies allow for the sequencing of complex genomes within just a day or two. Martha Chase: For the Books.

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The Dose: DDW’s drug discovery highlights

Drug Discovery World

According to the publication, “A small clinical trial has shown that researchers can use CRISPR gene editing to alter immune cells so that they will recognise mutated proteins specific to a person’s tumours. Those cells can then be safely set loose in the body to find and destroy their target. . “It Analysis .

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Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR Might Be Easier Than We Thought

XTalks

These modifications regulate gene expression without changing the sequence or structure of DNA. The tool could also prove to be safer than conventional CRISPR-based gene therapies as it does not involve DNA editing, and thus would not cause potentially harmful off-target genomic changes. pyogenes dCas9.

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Why Women with Alzheimer’s Live Longer and Do Better Than Men with the Disease

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It helps explain why women with the disease survive longer with less severe symptoms than men during the early stages of the Alzheimer’s, despite having the same levels of toxic amyloid beta and tau proteins in their brains. The gene, called KDM6A , is a histone demethylase that is believed to function as a tumor suppressor.

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