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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene therapy is a new therapeutic approach in which genes are used to treat or prevent diseases.

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Beyond the pandemic: the potential of mRNA technology

pharmaphorum

The arrival of COVID-19 brought precious few positives, but one that emerged for the pharmaceutical industry was the emergence and validation of mRNA vaccine technology to prevent disease. Pfizer already has a head start on competitors in the field, having achieved the first US FDA approval for an mRNA vaccine, alongside BioNTech.

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Key Trends in the Life Sciences to Look Forward to in 2022

XTalks

The RNA Revolution: From mRNA Vaccines to RNA Editing. The age of RNA is officially here, and it’s here to stay as more than a passing life science trend. The power of its real-world application was demonstrated by the resounding success of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. RNA in the Making.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

Indeed, we have shown that the causative mutations of some leukodystrophies affect the subunits of an important cellular enzyme, RNA polymerase III, preventing its normal assembly – it turned out that Riluzole can counteract this assembly defect,” says Maxime Pinard, the researcher responsible for the project in Coulombe’s lab. ‘’For

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