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Researchers reverse the in vitro and in vivo effects of the mutation that causes Stormorken syndrome

Medical Xpress

That was the case when Thilini Gamage was to carry out one of the studies in her doctoral work with Professor Eirik Frengen at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. They study gene variation and mutations that cause rare genetic diseases. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material.

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Effects of zoledronic acid on senescence and SASP markers

Medical Xpress

A new research paper, titled "In vitro and in vivo effects of zoledronic acid on senescence and senescence-associated secretory phenotype markers," was published on the cover of Aging

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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with WARF for new GD2 CAR T-cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ginkgo Bioworks (Ginkgo) and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have collaborated to discover next-generation GD2 CAR T-cell therapies to treat solid tumours. Ginkgo will partner with researchers from Wisconsin-Madison to discover new and improved GD2 CAR designs with improved persistence, fitness and proliferation.

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BioNTech shelves oral mRNA vaccine plans with Matinas

Pharmaceutical Technology

BioNTech has ended its research collaboration with Matinas after its oral mRNA vaccine failed to demonstrate preclinical activity. The in vivo study, conducted in mice, involved a phosphatidylserine-containing nano-formulation of mRNA supplied by BioNTech, distinct from traditional lipid nanocrystals (LNCs).

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Immunotherapy partnership advances space medicine research

Drug Discovery World

US company Vaxxinity and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have announced plans to work together to advance space medicine research. The research, funded by a grant from the State of Florida, aims to develop Vaxxinity’s active immunotherapies to prevent and mitigate muscle and bone wasting.

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New research highlights potential of combination cancer treatment 

Drug Discovery World

iOnctura, a clinical-stage biotech developing selective cancer therapies against targets that play critical roles in multiple tumour survival pathways, has published new research data in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Research, that supports a strategy of combining autotaxin inhibitor IOA-289 with TGF-β pathway inhibitor IOA-359.

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ProPhase and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute partner for LB-1 development

Pharmaceutical Technology

ProPhase Labs’ wholly owned subsidiary ProPhase BioPharma has entered a two-year collaboration agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for further research and development of Linebacker-1 (LB-1). The partnership deal provides for first and second-year research plans.

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