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New CEO Mortazavi takes UK biotech e-therapeutics into gene silencing

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UK biotech e-therapeutics has a new CEO, with executive chairman and former Silence Therapeutics chief Ali Mortazavi chosen to spearhead the next stage in the company’s development into gene silencing and other areas. The post New CEO Mortazavi takes UK biotech e-therapeutics into gene silencing appeared first on.

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#news #biotech Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma

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Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma.Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma aliu Wed, 03/10/2021 – 06:56 from FierceBiotech: Biotech (..)

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Study resolves long-running controversy over critical step in gene silencing

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BOSTON – A long-running debate over how an important gene-silencing protein identifies its targets has been resolved by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The findings could yield important implications for development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases.

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Three-in-one approach boosts the silencing power of CRISPR

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The ongoing effort to explore […].

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Mathur studying cytosolic access and instability of DNA nanoparticles

Scienmag

Divita Mathur, Research Assistant Professor, is studying cytosolic access and instability of DNA nanoparticles. A number of candidate therapies such as CRISPR-Cas9 and gene silencing require the efficient delivery of functional nucleic acids to the cell cytosol and nucleus.

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NIH renews knockout mouse project for 3rd time

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‘Knockout’ mice are bred in a laboratory with specific genes silenced or ‘knocked out’. They have been valuable tools for research on a wide range of diseases and conditions, used in 4,676 published papers so far. For example, the knockout mice have helped identify genes related to eye disease and autism spectrum disorder.

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Novo Nordisk forges close ties with biotech VC Flagship

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Novo Nordisk’s chief scientific officer Marcus Schindler called it “a new and innovative way of collaborating”, with the current plan that it will generate between three and five research programmes within the first three years. The move follows Novo Nordisk’s $3.3