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Gatehouse Bio and AstraZeneca to develop RNA therapeutics for heart failure

Pharmaceutical Technology

US-based biotech company Gatehouse Bio is extending its collaboration with AstraZeneca for developing RNA therapeutics to treat heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It is expected to expedite the development of a wide range of new therapeutics using the small non-coding area of the genome that is not explored.

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Junk DNA: How the dark genome is changing RNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Samir Ounzain , PhD, CEO & Co-Founder of HAYA Therapeutics, looks at how a better understanding of our DNA can lead to increased activity for RNA therapeutics. The whole world realised the power of RNA when the Covid-19 pandemic brought us the first mRNA-based vaccines.

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Ochre Bio raises funds to develop RNA therapies for liver diseases

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biotechnology company Ochre Bio has raised $30m in a Series A financing round to develop RNA therapies for chronic liver diseases. It also intends to turn the insights from its research into RNA-based drug candidates, and they will be tested in human livers at the company’s recently opened ‘Liver ICUs’ in the US.

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CAMP4’s funding influx paves the way for tapping regulatory RNA to treat urea cycle disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last week, CAMP4 Therapeutics announced the close of a $100 million Series B round , which will be used to advance their regulatory RNA (regRNA)-focused programs. The most common marketed drugs in this space aim to address the hyperammonaemia caused by the defective genes in this disorder.

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#news #biotech Outsmarting cancer with RNA, ‘genome-tuning’ drugs and other gene-altering therapies

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Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Outsmarting cancer with RNA, ‘genome-tuning’ drugs and other gene-altering therapies.Outsmarting cancer with RNA, ‘genome-tuning’ drugs and other gene-altering therapies arlene.weintraub Tue, 06/22/2021 (..)

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New CRISPR-ready neurons could democratise genomics

Drug Discovery World

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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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. The company’s nuclease collection includes several Protospacer Adjacent Motifs (PAMs), short sequences that help determine the genome’s DNA segments.