Drug Discovery World

MAY 8, 2024

Join DDW for this exclusive free event, ‘ rAAV genome sequencing with Oxford Nanopore uncovers transgene integrity and packaging impurities ’. Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are considered a promising delivery system for gene therapy medicines. The post How can long-read nanopore sequencing support gene therapy delivery?

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Describing a previously unknown genetic condition that affects children, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine say they also found a potential method to prevent the gene mutation by administering a drug during pregnancy.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 24, 2024

Join DDW for this exclusive free event, ‘ rAAV genome sequencing with Oxford Nanopore uncovers transgene integrity and packaging impurities ’. Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are considered a promising delivery system for gene therapy medicines. The event will be supported by Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

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STAT News

MARCH 6, 2023

LONDON — The first gene-edited children were born in China five years ago , but it’s unlikely to happen again there anytime soon. That was the message Chinese scientists delivered Monday on the opening day of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. In April 2003, after its launch in October 1990, the project was completed, generating the first sequence of the human genome. The origins .

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have successfully identified differences in gene activity in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 16, 2023

The Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH) in the UAE has made a declaration of collaboration with Mass General Brigham’s (MGB) International Center for Genetic Disease (iCGD) to advance life sciences.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 16, 2024

Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are considered a promising delivery system for gene therapy medicines. This webinar will highlight how long-read nanopore sequencing as a comprehensive and sensitive QC method for rAAVs were evaluated — which is supporting internal research activities at AstraZeneca.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Under the deal, both companies will partner on the research and preclinical studies, which will be funded by Moderna.

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STAT News

MARCH 3, 2023

Next week, hundreds of scientists from around the world will convene in London for an international summit on genome editing. That technology, which enables scientists to easily excise, alter, or replace specific sections of DNA, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Genetically modified animal models. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is one of the leading patent filers in the generation of genetically modified animal models.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 20, 2023

Researchers have identified two previously unknown genes linked to schizophrenia and newly implicated a third gene as carrying risk for both schizophrenia and autism. The investigators found the two risk genes, SRRM2 and AKAP11, by comparing the gene sequences of people with schizophrenia to those of healthy controls.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Known as ‘CReATiNG’ (Cloning Reprogramming and Assembling Tiled Natural Genomic DNA), the method offers a simpler and more cost-effective approach to constructing synthetic chromosomes. The thing about most synthetic genomics research is that it involves building chromosomes or genomes from scratch using chemically synthesised DNA pieces.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have mapped gene control elements in specialized cardiac cells responsible for coordinating heartbeats.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Credit: Encarnacion/UConn Photo The advent of genome science has given researchers an unprecedented ability to understand the root causes of a host of conditions.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 25, 2023

bit.bio has launched the first offering from its new product range ioCRISPR-Ready Cells, which allow research and drug discovery scientists to knockout any gene of interest in glutamatergic neurons. With ioCRISPR-Ready Cells, we’re putting the future of genomics in the hands of every scientist.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Boston Children’s Hospital researchers will use HiFi whole-genome sequencing (HiFi WGS) for the purpose of investigating genetic and epigenetic variants associated with rare paediatric diseases. As causative variants are identified by CRDC researchers, results are returned to participants.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates. The logical extension to this kind of approach is treating individual patients, with their individual genetic makeup.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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STAT News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A Swedish scientist won the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday for his groundbreaking research into the evolutionary history of humankind. Pääbo unlocked scientists’ understanding of how genes from these extinct relatives have been passed down to present-day humans. Read the rest…

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. Maybe in 50 years’ time we’ll be using gene editing to lower cholesterol, but it won’t replace statins in anyone but those with life threatening mutations for a long time”. Zinc fingers.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

million ($40 million) first-round financing that will be used to explore so-called ‘dark’ regions of the human genome. Nucleome’s platform adds 3D genomic information to a wealth of available genomic data, uncovering a new dimension of information that is disease as well as cell type-specific.

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BioPharma Reporter

JULY 11, 2023

A new genetic sequencing technology from Element Biosciences has helped researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of the City of Hope, identify the likely genetic causes of disorders in six of nine children from Sonora, Mexico.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Genome sequencing has been used to study typhoid fever in a study in Zimbabwe and understand how the disease has evolved to be resistant to treatment. Working with local health authorities in Harare, they sequenced the genomes of 85 S. Typhoid fever claims over 135,000 lives annually. Typhi, known as 4.3.1.1. Since 2009, S.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 14, 2023

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have used genetics to reveal that much of the risk of developing the common and sometimes fatal diverticular disease of intestine (DivD) is inherited. The post Genetics study sheds light on drug targets for intestinal disease appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 17, 2023

Researchers in China have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 17, 2023

Technology that enables an unprecedented, high-resolution look for all structural variants in our genes that are known to cause cancer can outperform standard tests used today for common blood cancers like leukemia, researchers report.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A study by the Qatar Genome Research Consortium, led by Dr Lotfi Chouchane from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, has reported the first landscape of cancer germline mutations – hereditary mutations – in the Qatari population. . We would like to extend this bench-to-bedside approach to other familial genetic disorders .

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Following the first regulatory approval of a CRISPR-based drug in late 2023, over ten years since the CRISPR-Cas9 system was elucidated, there is considerable optimism about the future potential for gene editing technologies. appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2021

Phosphorus, a leading preventative genomics company, has developed the first comprehensive preventative genetic test for consumers. The test is called GeneCompass and features medical-grade technology to provide a holistic assessment of genetic health and wellness. The Phosphorus GeneCompass test has a list price of $249.

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Drug Discovery Today

APRIL 24, 2023

(MIAMI) Researchers at the John P.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 16, 2023

Decoding ‘junk DNA’ The Human Genome Project and subsequent studies discovered that most of our DNA (approximately 98%) does not actually code for proteins, with humans having approximately 20,000 tox 25,000 protein-coding genes. This leads to potentially severe, debilitating and unbearable toxicities for patients.

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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. “Our findings paint a complex picture – with many, dynamic factors driving how tumours respond to treatment.”

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Breakthroughs in gene therapy are only possible with an exact understanding of the genetic underpinnings of disease. To develop safe and effective gene therapies, researchers need confidence that genomic data is both complete and accurate.

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Scienmag

MAY 31, 2021

By including multi-ethnic participants, a largescale genetic study has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europeans alone.

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