Dark Matter Blog
APRIL 4, 2023
Prior to 2015, I had a casual relationship, at best, with targeting RNA. Targeting RNA is a Whole New World Then in 2015, I became smitten and eloped with RNA, setting out to build a company devoted to bringing to bear industrial drug discovery concepts and methods on a new problem of drugging RNA with small molecules.
Broad Institute
OCTOBER 28, 2024
We wanted to build a tool like that for cell biology. So we took lots of reference single-cell RNA sequencing data from atlases and used our scalable machine learning algorithms to embed all of the gene expression data on these cells into compact vector representations — you can think of these as a signature for each cell.
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Drug Target Review
APRIL 9, 2024
In a previous study, we showed that these peptides decorate all cellular RNAs and thus impair the binding of RNA-binding proteins to RNA. Initial works from the lab concentrated on exploring the role of replicative stress in cancer and ageing, for which the group combined cell biology, mouse models and drug development projects.
Drug Target Review
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Viral vectors, such as adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), are commonly used to deliver therapeutic genes to cardiac cells. RNA-based therapies, including mRNA and RNA interference (RNAi), are being explored to modulate gene expression in heart cells.
Drug Target Review
AUGUST 10, 2023
A twist of fate: GRP78 regulates cell migration and invasion Continuing their exploration of GRP78’s functions in the cell nucleus, the researchers utilised sophisticated RNA sequencing to compare lung cancer cells engineered to over-express nuclear GRP78 with cells lacking it.
Codon
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
At any given moment, thousands of messenger RNAs are being translated into proteins by ribosomes, which are protein-making machines that are, themselves, made from a mixture of proteins and RNA. Credit: Rob Phillips and Ron Milo, Cell Biology by the Numbers. These numbers suggest that E. This paper is one example.
Codon
APRIL 9, 2023
Small snippets of double-stranded RNA were sprayed onto hot pepper plants to control a pest, called Frankliniella occidentalis. The RNA strands shut down a specific gene in the insects, and killed half after 7 days. RNA may offer a safer form of pest control in the future. Nature Chemical Biology. Current Biology.
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