Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 19, 2023

AOC 1020 has been designed for the treatment of the underlying cause of FSHD, which is caused by the abnormal expression of a gene known as double homeobox 4 or DUX4. Avidity Biosciences’ AOC 1020 is intended to reduce the DUX4 mRNA and DUX4 protein expression in muscles in these patients.

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BioTech 365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Source : Biology Textbooks Wrong? New Research Reveals the Secret Behind a Key Cellular Process (scitechdaily.com) New research has identified and described a cellular process that, despite what textbooks say, has remained elusive to scientists until now — precisely how … Continue reading →

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 17, 2024

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Josh Mandel-Brehm , CEO of Massachusetts-based biotech CAMP4, to understand the role regulatory RNAs play in gene expression and how the founders overcame the challenge of launching a business based on brand new science. DS: How easy was it to transfer theoretical research into a viable business?

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Professor Norikazu Ichihashi and his colleagues at the University of Tokyo have successfully induced gene expression from a DNA, characteristic of all life, and evolution through continuous replication extracellularly using cell-free materials alone, such as nucleic acids and proteins for the first time.

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Scienmag

MAY 27, 2021

Capturing how RNA polymerase enzymes kick off transcription On scales too small for our eyes to see, the business of life happens through the making of proteins, which impart to our cells both structure and function.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A form of blood cancer known as mantle cell lymphoma is critically dependent on a protein that coordinates gene expression, such that blocking its activity with an experimental drug dramatically slows the growth of this lymphoma in preclinical tests, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Brazilian research group shows that valproic acid (VPA), used to treat epilepsy since the 1960s, modulates gene expression in tumor gene models and acts on DNA conformation and the histones in chromatin Results of recent studies involving valproic acid, used for decades as an anti-convulsant drug, show that it can interact with the conformation of (..)

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 7, 2022

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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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Findings suggest one factor that may contribute to disparities in COVID-19 infection New York – In a study published in JAMA today, Mount Sinai researchers report findings that shed some light on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Blacks, who have experienced rates of infection and death that are much greater, in some areas twice […]. (..)

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 21, 2023

Transcription factors are proteins that control every gene in a person’s genome by binding to DNA and flipping the on/off switches that govern gene expression. Talus Bio was also awarded a $2.0M At Talus Bio we believe ‘nothing is undruggable.’ The post $4.3

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 2, 2023

A new paper has solved the 20-year mystery of how epigenetic modifications act as traffic lights to control gene expression and could ultimately speed up the development of a new class of epigenetic cancer drugs. Epigenetics is still largely unexplored and referred to as the ‘dark matter’ of the genome.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that Polycomb complexes, groups of proteins that maintain gene expression patterns, are essential for proper skin development, according to a paper published in Genes & Development on February 18.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

For the first time, researchers describe how Rho protein really stops gene expression COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research has identified and described a cellular process that, despite what textbooks say, has remained elusive to scientists until now – precisely how the copying of genetic material that, once started, is properly turned off.

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BioTech 365

AUGUST 25, 2021

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Enabling cells to talk to computers.Genetically encoded reporter proteins have been a mainstay of biotechnology research, allowing scientists to track gene expression, understand intracellular processes and debug … Continue (..)

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells’ protein production. . Now we have succeeded in designing our own DNA that contains the exact instructions to control the quantity of a specific protein,” said Aleksej Zelezniak. .

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

By tying these to underlying disease-protein-pathway relationships, the AI was also able to suggest a list of drugs – many of them untested in COVID-19 – that could be candidates for treatments of these complications.

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Scienmag

APRIL 5, 2021

Study shows that tumor-suppressor protein p53 brings speckles and DNA together to boost gene expression PHILADELPHIA – A team led by scientists at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has illuminated the functions of mysterious structures in cells called “nuclear speckles,” showing that they can work in (..)

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A class of molecules playing a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression and other cellular processes can restore normal skin structure rather than producing a scar, a University of Manchester-led study suggests. We expected the removal of microRNA-29 would help outer layers of the skin to grow faster.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Partners collaborate to unlock the human proteome X-Chem and the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have entered a collaboration aimed at creating new chemical tools to study human proteins.

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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

Gene Expression Considerations. However, characterizing PK for such therapies involves not only the initial genetic material, but also products of gene expression without the inherent original mutation being treated, such as proteins.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Transcription factors for genetically modified cells is a key innovation area in the pharmaceutical industry Transcription factors are proteins which control gene expression by controlling the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to RNA.

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XTalks

AUGUST 5, 2020

The detailed complexity of these processes can be captured by creating models that combine correlates of gene and protein expression, providing insight into the molecular composition of tissues. Visium Spatial Gene Expression Solution. Feature barcoding using gel beads. Single Cell Data Analysis.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 11, 2022

Alnylam has reported that it aims to develop a therapy that targets the INHBE gene and reduces the overall risk of T2D and coronary heart disease for at-risk patients. Targeting gene expression that results in increased abdominal fat and leads to obesity is a key factor for the reduction of T2D and wider metabolic syndrome.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2022

AstraZeneca has expanded its efforts to develop new therapies targeting transcription factors – proteins that regulate processes in the cell that have become a hot topic for drug discovery in cancer and other diseases.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 21, 2023

In July 2022, DDW reported that molecular genetics company Mainz Biomed had enrolled its first patient in an international clinical study assessing the potential combination of gene expression (mRNA) biomarkers with a diagnostic test for colorectal cancer.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

UNC researchers now show that these two factors can directly associate with one another, modulating cancer-cell-specific programs of gene expression. ” They found that EZH2 possesses two different binding patterns on chromatin in acute leukemia cells, eliciting two distinct gene-regulatory programs (Figure 1).

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Roots Analysis

JANUARY 14, 2024

Biologics activate certain proteins or cells in your immune system to create specific responses to targets, while many conventional systemic drugs activate the entire immune system in a more generalized manner. It is worth mentioning that in vitro gene expression requires a suitable host for the production of a specific gene product.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

Triple negative cancers are not driven by any of the three molecules that can be blocked by targeted hormone receptor drugs – the HER2 protein and two hormone receptors for oestrogen and progesterone – and so current treatment options are limited.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 3, 2022

To examine changes in circulating proteins in response to verapamil treatment, the researchers used liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry of blood serum samples from subjects diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes within three months of diagnosis and at one year of follow-up.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Beta catenin meanwhile is a signalling protein in the Wnt pathway – in particular a downstream transcription factor (TCF) implicated in a range of solid tumour types including colorectal, liver, breast, prostate, uterus and lung cancers.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Symvivo’s bacTRL Gene Therapy Platform is designed and optimized to address limitations associated with typical vaccines, including the inability to accommodate large or multiple genes, lack of specificity to targeted tissue and poor control over immune response, says the company.

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XTalks

MARCH 13, 2024

Firstly, investigations into the lipidome in pseudoexfoliation glaucoma aim to understand how lipid metabolism influences the development or progression of this specific type of glaucoma, characterized by abnormal protein deposits in the eye.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 10, 2021

Vector insertion in the AML cells from this patient took place in the VAMP4 gene, or vesicle-associated membrane protein 4 – but the gene itself has no known role in the development of AML or with any cellular process related to cancer. Shares in bluebird ticked up following the announcement.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Epigenetics: the software of gene regulation Gene activity is the driving force behind our biological processes, and disruptions in normal gene activity can trigger diseases.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

Abell Chair in Molecular and Cellular Biology – and Pengbo Cao, a postdoctoral researcher in Whiteley’s lab, discovered a gene that drives the switch. By measuring bacterial gene expression in human tissue samples, the researchers identified a biomarker for the transition.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

” With a particular focus on the lung, the researchers performed global gene expression analyses of the metastatic niche. They discovered that in the presence of a primary tumor, the endothelial cells lining the interior of blood vessels produced the protein LRG1 (leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein 1) in large quantities.

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XTalks

AUGUST 12, 2020

Studies have identified the presence of two types of HIV-infected CD4+ T cells: ‘Transcriptionally inactive’ cells that do not typically produce viral RNA or viral proteins. Fucosylation is the attachment of a specific sugar molecule called fucose to proteins on the surface of cells. T Cell Glycomic Signatures in HIV.

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