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

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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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. . The AI designs synthetic DNA, where it is easy to modify its regulatory information in the desired direction of gene expression. .

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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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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. But, until now, scientists lacked an understanding of what the chemical tag does, despite many years of research.

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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. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle describe this finding in the journal Cell Reports.

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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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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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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool that is able to predict COVID-19 symptoms and suggest which FDA-approved drugs might be used to treat patients. It could also be made more powerful by incorporating personal genetic information and gene expression profiles in tissues such as the lungs, they suggest.

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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

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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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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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

It is a comprehensive term which encompasses a large variety of therapy products including viral and bacterial vectors, plasmid DNA, human gene editing technology, and patient-specific cellular gene therapy. Additionally, gene editing allows us either to remove or to modify harmful genes. Gene Expression Considerations.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new role of a chromatin-modulatory enzyme, termed EZH2, during cancer development. PROTAC addresses this gap,” said Jun Wang, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at UNC Lineberger and co-first author of the work.

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XTalks

AUGUST 5, 2020

In recent webinars by Genuity Science, formerly known as WuXi NextCODE, experts from the biotech and pharma industries spoke about leveraging the power of single cell RNA sequencing platforms and solutions in conjunction with machine learning technologies such as AI in cell biology and disease research. The Power of Single Cell Technology.

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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. As a result, the five-year survival rate for those affected is still low.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

A new study has shed light on the genetic messages encoded by genes within ‘triple negative’ breast cancers (TNBC), and shows they could predict response to chemotherapy. They suggest it would be better to use biopsies taken from secondary tumours as the cancers can evolve between first diagnosis and recurrence after initial therapy.

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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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The Pharma Data

MARCH 3, 2022

Use of the drug verapamil to treat Type 1 diabetes continues to show benefits lasting at least two years, researchers report in the journal Nature Communications. This finding stemmed from more than two decades of her basic research into a gene in pancreatic islets called TXNIP.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

However, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. Abell Chair in Molecular and Cellular Biology – and Pengbo Cao, a postdoctoral researcher in Whiteley’s lab, discovered a gene that drives the switch. and Nelson D.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Founded by prolific biotech entrepreneur and Harvard professor Gregory Verdine (pictured above) – along with WeiQing Zhou, John McGee, Professor Sir David Lane – FogPharma’s approach draws on research carried at Verdine’s Harvard lab on cell-penetrating miniproteins (CPMPs), of which Helicons are one class.

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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. Life experiences leave epigenetic footprints In recent decades, research has unveiled the impact of life experiences on DNA methylation.

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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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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, have now identified a new growth factor produced by blood vessels that enables tumor cells to metastatically colonize organs.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Meanwhile, a UAE researcher was selected as a finalist for AstraZeneca’s R&D Postdoctoral Challenge, reported the Khaleej Times 2. It then revealed its decision to fund the finalists from the challenge with research positions at one of its global R&D centres. Research news .

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XTalks

AUGUST 12, 2020

Despite the effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in significantly improving health, quality of life and reducing mortality among HIV-positive individuals, new research shows that persistent infections may be due to the ability of the virus to take refuge in distinct subsets of immune T cells.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 30, 2024

Whilst research into mRNA has been ongoing for decade, interest has sparked in recent years and research has begun to expand into areas of vaccinology, infectious diseases and other indications. Its job is to carry coding information that is essential to the translation and processing of functional proteins.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 3, 2022

Over the years, a range of different CPPs have been developed, including natural translocating proteins through to newly-designed computer-prediction sequences 3. Bachem has spent time studying and researching this reaction, along with the side-reactions that happen during the coupling stage. How are cell-penetrating peptides used?

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

ZFPs can be engineered to make zinc finger nucleases, or ZFNs, which are proteins that can be used to edit genomes by knocking select genes in or out to specifically modify DNA sequences. Zinc fingers are the most common control gene in the body,” Macrae explains. About the author.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 31, 2023

Further, the expression of any gene is dependent on the rate at which it is transcribed into mRNA and translated into proteins. There are various regulatory proteins or transcription factors that are responsible for affecting the transcription rate.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 14, 2023

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Nautilus Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Parag Mallick , about the company’s recent collaboration which aims to uncover the proteins that could be behind a rare and fatal childhood cancer. To do this, Nautilus will useits protein analysis platform to provide TGen with data on the proteins involved in DPIG.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Today, spatial omics technologies enable imaging-based identification of cells in their native tissue context while simultaneously detecting hundreds of RNAs or tens of protein markers in the same cells. RA: Will AI and computing advances help researchers better analyse data from spatial biology studies?

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Much of the fundamental groundwork for genetics and genomic research was laid in the 20 th century, with significant contributions from women scientists, some of whom worked during times when acceptance of female researchers was not widespread. Here is a profile of some of those brilliant women who helped shape genetics research.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells through epigenetic editing without altering the genetic sequence itself. The research was published earlier this month in the journal Cell.

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Roots Analysis

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Coding RNAs include messenger RNA (mRNA) and short interfering RNA (siRNA), which encode proteins and silence gene expression, respectively. ASOs are short single-stranded nucleotides that bind to specific messenger RNAs and prevent the production of a particular protein.

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