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Researchers explain how lipids can control immune response

Medical Xpress

But they are also involved in regulating the genes expressed within—and the signaling between—cells. Lipids influence how our cells behave and function, which affects many processes in the body including the immune system.

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Study identifies noncoding RNA involved in immune response and sepsis

Scienmag

A long noncoding RNA regulates the expression of inflammatory genes and has a surprising effect on vulnerability to septic shock in mice Credit: Apple Vollmers When the body’s immune response to an infection gets out of control, the result can be sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which an overwhelming inflammatory response can lead rapidly (..)

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Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: 5 Key Takeaways from FDA’s Recent Town Hall

XTalks

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) held a recent town hall where three experts from the regulator provided guidance on how to design and conduct gene therapy clinical trials for rare diseases. It’s a very exciting time in gene therapy.

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Researchers uncover molecular pathways underlying depression

Drug Discovery World

Scientists have discovered the link between gene expression, DNA methylation, and brain structural changes in depression, revealing new potential therapeutic targets. Parallel findings in humans underscored the involvement of interferon-related genes in major depressive disorder.

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Delivering on the promise of gene editing

Drug Discovery World

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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The path to improved safety of gene-based products

Drug Discovery World

Kerstin Pohl , Senior Global Marketing Manager, Gene Therapy & Nucleic Acid at SCIEX, looks at the application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for analysing host cell proteins. Gene-based therapeutics and vaccines hold immense potential for more efficient and personalised treatment and prevention of complex diseases.

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Researchers reveal regenerative potential of the thymus

Drug Discovery World

Could boost immune response to cancer The scientists demonstrated that thymic stem cells contribute to the environment by producing proteins of the extracellular matrix, which functions as their own support system.