Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 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 Immuno-oncology in Pharmaceuticals: Oncolytic viral proteins. OVs can be attenuated natural viruses or recombinant viruses.

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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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 5, 2021

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are becoming increasingly relevant in the pathology of many diseases, including cancer. PPIs are an integral part of the physiology of living organisms, as complexes which control biological pathways mediated by proteins. These regions are critical for optimal interactions between proteins.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 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: Transcription factors for genetically modified cells. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Scienmag

MARCH 30, 2022

Russian researchers and their international collaborators have developed a full-function bioelectronic photocell using one molecule of a fluorescent protein attached to a carbon nanotube.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Credit: Masato Kanemaki Researchers can now more accurately and precisely target specific proteins in yeast, mammalian cells and mice to study how knocking down specific protein traits can influence physical manifestation in a cell or organism. “Conditional gene knockout and small interfering RNA […].

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 17, 2023

In addition, protein mutations in the delta variant were found to significantly reduce the effect of acquired humoral immunity to COVID-19 from prior infection or vaccination. The SARS-CoV-2 delta variant that caused the third wave of COVID-19 in mid-2021 turned out to be more contagious than earlier SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Credit: Dr Jie Zheng An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels, led by researchers in the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) at the University of Bristol, has demonstrated how genetic data can be used to support drug target prioritisation by identifying the causal effects of proteins on diseases.

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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2021 – In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JULY 13, 2021

The genetic exome sequence analysis partnership has created a large database linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human health and disease.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The researchers suggested that if this tool had been deployed at the start of the pandemic, it would have accurately identified which variants of SARS-CoV-2 had the highest escape potential. However, such achievements can only be achieved by leveraging research strengths, regulatory capabilities and technical platforms.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Challenges remain with current delivery approaches, and genetic medicines applications have been generally restricted to the liver and ex vivo settings. The post Start-up aims to advance transformative genetic medicines appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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XTalks

MARCH 28, 2024

Duvyzat, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor that works to reduce inflammation and muscle loss, is the first nonsteroidal drug approved to treat patients with all genetic variants of DMD. Progressive muscle weakness in the disease is caused by genetic mutations in the dystrophin gene that lead to a lack of functional dystrophin protein.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 21, 2023

An international study led by the Molecular Physiology Laboratory at the UPF Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) identifies new genes that modulate the toxicity of the protein β-amyloid, responsible for causing Alzheimer's disease.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 24, 2023

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has been awarded a four-year contract worth up to $18 million to reimagine how to manufacture complex therapeutic proteins.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

While it remains unclear why some people become more gravely ill than others when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, researchers have found that an immune deficiency may be part of it. Two recent studies have shown that individuals who lack an important immune factor may have reduced ability to fight the virus.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2023

Researchers from Drexel University have uncovered a novel regulatory mechanism in the brain that is essential for making the right kinds of proteins that promote healthy brain function, and its malfunctioning may be an early contributor of the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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BioTech 365

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Genetic study of proteins is a breakthrough in drug development for complex diseases.An

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A new method to study the proteins released by cells, which could lead to new biomarkers for diseases including cancer, has been developed by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London. . Identifying the proteins . The new method involves adding chemical tags to sugar molecules which are added to cells.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Credit: Edward Lee PHILADELPHIA — A new, rare genetic form of dementia has been discovered by a team of Penn Medicine researchers.

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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. They suggest it would be better to use biopsies taken from secondary tumours as the cancers can evolve between first diagnosis and recurrence after initial therapy.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

Discussions of cancer often stress the genetic mutations that drive disease by altering the normal function of cellular proteins. KRAS, for example, normally acts as an on/off switch for cellular proliferation, but mutations to the gene—common in lung cancer, colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer—cause that switch to stay on.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 15, 2022

The p53 protein protects our cells from cancer and is an interesting target for cancer treatments. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now found an unusual way of stabilising the protein and making it more potent. The new protein also proved to be more stable than ordinary p53 and capable of killing cancer cells.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 3, 2024

In the last few years, immunotherapies like immune checkpoint inhibitors, vaccines and cell and gene therapies have revolutionised the treatment of cancer, and targeted drugs like monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and targeted protein degraders are also playing an important role.

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Scienmag

JUNE 1, 2021

Experiments with small molecule have implications for research on aging. Researchers world-wide are focused on clearing the toxic mutant Huntingtin protein that leads to neuronal cell death and systemic dysfunction in Huntington’s disease (HD), a devastating, incurable, progressive neurodegenerative genetic disorder.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Researchers at City of Hope in the US have developed a new potential therapy to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a kind of brain cancer. For this approach, the team leveraged an oncolytic herpes simplex virus for releasing chemokines, which are signalling proteins that aid in attracting immune cells to tumours.

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Scienmag

APRIL 14, 2021

Credit: Surajit Chatterjee To better understand how RNA in bacteria gives rise to protein–and along the way, target these processes in the design of new antibiotics–researchers are turning their attention to the unique way this process happens in bacteria.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 21, 2023

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. Genetic engineering The findings build on earlier efforts by genetic engineers, which involved genetically reprogramming E.

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Outsourcing Pharma

JUNE 7, 2023

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder that primarily affects males, caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes for a protein called dystrophin. This protein is crucial for the normal functioning of muscles, and its absence leads to progressive muscle weakness and wasting.

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Scienmag

APRIL 5, 2021

– Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have taken a key step toward new drugs and vaccines for combating COVID-19 with a deep dive into one protein’s interactions with SARS-CoV-2 genetic material. Credit: OSU College of Science CORVALLIS, Ore.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 11, 2024

Researchers have used messenger RNA (mRNA) to create an effective therapy for a rare liver disease in preclinical studies, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people. mRNA contains instructions that direct the cells to make proteins.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2023

A study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on the development and treatment of a rare form of muscular dystrophy. The study's findings were recently published in Nature Communications.

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Scienmag

MAY 19, 2021

Wednesday 19 May 2021 – New research published today sheds important light on how the production of a key protein in the brain is controlled, which could pave the way for new treatments for a wide range of neurological conditions.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 23, 2022

To treat Ebola virus infections, researchers are taking a close look at a key piece of the virus: polymerase. Polymerase is a viral protein that directs how Ebola virus replicates its genome as it infects new hosts. The researchers discovered that Ebola virus polymerase hijacks a cellular protein called GSPT1.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Researchers from the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), in collaboration with the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) have studied the mechanisms behind the higher tendency of people with Mulibrey syndrome to develop tumours.

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XTalks

JULY 26, 2021

But several researchers and experts have brought to light some food safety concerns of plant-based meat, and why it must be treated differently than that of animal protein. Because of their near-neutral pH and high protein and moisture content, plant-based meats are susceptible to microbial growth. Subject to Microbial Growth.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

New Tau Protein is Abnormal in Very Early Alzheimer’s Disease. Investigators with the University of Gothenburg identified new forms of tau protein that become abnormal in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, even before the development of cognitive problems. Every week there are numerous scientific studies published.

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