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The untapped potential of the transcriptome  

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas speaks to Khan about the work her team is doing to create the first map of the druggable transcriptome, which involves understanding RNA biology to discover small molecule drugs. It includes a variety of RNA types, including mRNA, microRNA (miRNA), rRNA and tRNA. MT: What is the significance of targeting RNA?

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Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

Codon

When COVID-19 emerged in 2019, by contrast, mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna took just 326 days from the initial sequencing of the virus to gaining approval for emergency use. These drugs would be ideal tools to bridge the wait for a vaccine against a quickly-spreading virus.

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

Drug Discovery World

MA: Regarding vaccine development specifically, and the role my team plays in the development of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technology, we see the study and dissemination of virus structures, and the proteins that comprise them, as vital to vaccine design. MA: Respiratory viruses represent a diverse group of pathogens.

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Eclectic Genomics: Cat Flu, Dolphin Adaptation to Climate Change, Predicting Cancer, and Diagnosing Rare Disease

PLOS: DNA Science

That information led, thanks to vaccine shelved from the first SARS circa 2003, to the rapid development and deployment of mRNA vaccines against the new infectious disease. The owners of the felines all reported feeding their pets raw meat, and samples of the meat revealed not only flu virus genetic material, but also infectious virus.

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Molecular mechanisms of corona drug candidate Molnupiravir unraveled

The Pharma Data

The antiviral agent incorporates RNA-like building blocks into the RNA genome of the virus. If this genetic material is further replicated, defective RNA copies are produced and the pathogen can no longer spread. ” Mutations in the genome stop the virus. Molnupiravir has a lot of potential.”

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Join DDW for the SLAS2024 Ignite Theater ‘Innovation from lab to patient’

Drug Discovery World

Inspired by the overall event theme of ‘Innovation at Every Turn’, the DDW track will present leading research and case studies from experts in academia, government agencies and the industry on how technology is innovating from bench to bedside, lab to patient. It is sponsored by Integra Biosciences and Hamamatsu Corporation.

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California, Iowa Toughen Restrictions as COVID Cases Climb

The Pharma Data

After getting the virus under control, California Gov. Until now, Reynolds had ignored infectious disease experts who say masks are one of the most effective tools to control the spread of the virus, the Post reported. That fragment sets off alarms in the immune system and stimulates it to attack if the real virus shows up.

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