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RNA: The most attractive target in recent viral diseases

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

This up-to-date commentary/perspective article sheds light on the revolutionary approaches designed to target the principal viral weapon “RNA” used by RNA viruses (e.g., the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 “SARS-CoV-2”) to infect humans and spread infections, the genomic RNA strands.

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Research reveals therapeutic potential of mRNA in rare diseases

Drug Discovery World

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. Patients affected by the disease are found to also experience an imbalance of glutathione regulation, which is important for liver detoxification.

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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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Positive initial results for srRNA rabies vaccine

Drug Discovery World

At all assessed doses, RBI-4000 was well-tolerated and achieved a strong immune response, with protective virus-neutralising antibody titers above the World Health Organization (WHO)-defined immune surrogate level of protection against the rabies virus. Preliminary data show that the surrogate metric of protection (RVNA≥0.5)

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Studies support potential treatment for obesity-related disorders

Drug Discovery World

Positive results from multiple in vivo studies have shown the impact of sphingosine kinase-2 (SPHK2) inhibition in various models of metabolic disease. RedHill Biopharma announced the positive study results, which show the effect of opaganib on weight gain and glucose tolerance in a high fat diet (HFD) model.

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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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This week in drug discovery (13-16 May) 

Drug Discovery World

Ozempic could be a gamechanger for cardiovascular disease Semaglutide (the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic) can produce clinically meaningful weight loss and delivers significant cardiovascular benefits, according to two studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO).

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