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Could CRISPR cure HIV? US biotech Excision raises $60m to find out

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Snipping out this viral code with powerful CRISPR gene editing technology, which last year won Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna the Nobel Prize for chemistry, would in theory prevent the need for drugs to suppress the virus and the development of AIDS.

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Gene editing in organoids: accounting for complexity in drug discovery

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The genome is the blueprint for life, consisting of genes made up of thousands of pairs of DNA bases. Altering one base pair can drastically change how the gene’s protein product functions, while mutations can lead to the development of a range of genetic disorders. . What are organoids? .

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Immuno-Oncology Summit Europe 2023: Programme highlights 

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This was centred around pre-clinical models (in vitro and in vivo) to support discovery and development, re-entering the fray with costimulatory agonists, and clinical development strategies for combinations with immune cell engagers​.

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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

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As the industry moves to reduce the use of animals in research and testing, aptamers also support here, as they are discovered, developed, and manufactured entirely in vitro , removing the need for animals in antibody discovery processes. DDW’s Diana Spencer caught up with co-founder and CEO Dr Arron Tolley.

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What an innovation centre means for 3D biology

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Think of a cell culture, where scientists can observe the growth of a cell in the body in an in-vitro setting, and gain an understanding of how they react to different drug compounds. Therefore, while researchers can understand just how a drug molecule impacts a cell, they can’t be sure that it will perform the same when used in-vivo. .

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The use of base editing in stem-cell based therapies

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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. Adult fibroblasts were cultured in a cocktail of transcription factors to reactivate embryonic gene expression patterns 2.

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ELRIG meeting will focus on genome engineering in drug discovery

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The meeting will focus on the application of genome engineering in identification of novel drug targets through large-scale CRISPR based functional genomics studies, developing advanced cellular and in vivo disease models for target validation, and its applications in therapeutic genome editing. Register here.

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