Codon

JULY 27, 2023

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? They’ve just finished sequencing the patient’s genome, but they don’t have “DNA sorting” software. LEGO robot to make sucrose gradients.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? They’ve just finished sequencing the patient’s genome, but they don’t have “DNA sorting” software. LEGO robot to make sucrose gradients.

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PLOS: DNA Science

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The molecular tools of CRISPR were borrowed and developed from the natural immune response of bacteria to viruses – bacteriophages – that infect them. CRISPR may make sense for replacing a single mutant gene, like the one behind sickle cell disease, for which a CRISPR-based gene therapy was recently approved.

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Drug Target Review

MAY 14, 2024

Since cancer cells are under chronic stimulation of ER stress, the polypeptides cannot activate innate immune sensors in cancer cells even upon the polypeptide treatment. Which natural agonists impede the activation of intracellular DNA sensors in APCs, and what challenges do they pose?

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 23, 2020

” Dr. Stanley Plotkin , Professor Emeritus at The Wistar Institute, said, “INOVIO’s DNA vaccine appeared to be quite safe with few significant reactions but yet induced both antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2.” About INOVIO’s DNA Medicines Platform. mg and 2.0

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PLOS: DNA Science

JANUARY 4, 2024

The end-of-year FDA approval of the first CRISPR-based therapy , for sickle cell disease, came a mere dozen years after Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier introduced the technology. The microbes deploy them to dismantle the genetic material of infecting viruses, a little like an immune response.

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Drug Target Review

APRIL 17, 2024

HLA are the critical molecules that our immune systems use to present peptides to T cells and facilitate recognition and killing in immune responses to pathogens. HLA-II presents peptides to CD4 T cells thought to be important for indirectly helping immune responses and facilitating antibody production.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Advancing Precision Therapy ADCs represent a compelling combination of targeted antibody therapy and potent chemotherapy, aiming to enhance treatment efficacy while minimizing systemic toxicity. Currently, there are 12 approved ADC drugs, and several hundred more are in the development pipeline.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job. But immunotherapy was not yet widely used and had not been applied clinically to Merkel cell carcinoma, so she received traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy, suffering life-threatening complications along the way.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 18, 2021

Use of AAVnerGene capsid library provided to Neurophth for ophthalmic gene therapy. Next Generation AAVs enhance gene therapies by increasing transduction efficiency and specificity while reducing immune responses and cost. gene therapy company (hereafter Neurophth), and AAVnerGene Inc. ,

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

” — Harold Morowitz 🔥 Ten Amazing Things (that happened this week…) A CAR-T therapy was tested in 27 children with neuroblastomas. Thousands of transcription factors — proteins that bind DNA and control gene expression — were studied in human cells. Molecular Therapy. Gene Therapy.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 9, 2023

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

2 In response, DNA-damaging agents that could target the entire cell cycle received renewed attention as ADC payloads. More recently, researchers have begun to look at conjugating immunomodulatory agents to antibodies to directly activate an immune response against the tumour. Fu Y, Ho M. 1 , 33–43 (2018).

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 6, 2023

We are in an era of immuno-oncology (IO) revolution with many approved therapies now available to treat a broad range of cancers. Generally, IO has been focused on harnessing the anti-tumour activity of certain cancer-fighting T-cells , a key cell type involved in the adaptive immune defense system.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Genome engineering and gene therapies that manipulate DNA sequences in cells have driven a biotechnological revolution over the past decade. 9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. Molecular Therapy 20 , 1831-1832 (2012).

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PLOS: DNA Science

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This removes the cancer’s blocking of the immune response, so that T cells can fight the cancer. Keytruda’s classification based on mechanism, rather than its structure, is immune checkpoint inhibitor. Analyzing DNA patterns using AI may replace time-consuming process DNA and genomic sequencing tests, Yu said.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 15, 2024

Unlike almost every other cell type (except B cells), T cells do not have the exact same chromosomal DNA sequences as other cells in the body. To be therapeutically useful, antigenic peptides must be presented in a way that allows immune responses to destroy cancer cells without causing unacceptable damage to healthy tissue.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

2 It is this complexity that necessitates powerful, targeted combination therapies. 4, 5 More recently, new combination regimens have emerged that incorporate targeted therapies to treat a variety of blood cancers, including multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML).

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 8, 2021

Leadership in DNA damage response demonstrated in multiple presentations for AZD5305, a next-generation PARP1 selective inhibitor. Data for AZD5305 will demonstrate how the next wave of DNA damage response medicines can build on the success of PARP inhibitors, potentially allowing patients to stay on treatment longer.

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PerkinElmer

MAY 6, 2022

Coined immunotherapy, this umbrella term describes several types of treatment, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune system modulators, and adoptive cell therapies. Each triggers the immune system in a different way to fight cancer.

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Codon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

mRNA was the intermediate stage between DNA and protein, a dynamic entity that shifted depending on the second-to-second needs of the cell, able to point out if a cell was cancerous or stressed, what kind of cell it was, and so on. Of particular interest was how genetic therapies were delivered.

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Drug Target Review

APRIL 26, 2023

Gene-editing methods allow researchers to modify DNA, resulting in alterations in physical characteristics such as eye colour and susceptibility to diseases. To achieve this, scientists utilise various technologies that function similarly to scissors, precisely cutting the DNA at a particular location.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 15, 2023

The team at XinThera has developed research assets with the potential to target the DNA damage repair pathway in treating cancer and direct the body’s immune response in inflammatory diseases, both of which may improve outcomes for people living with these diseases,” said Flavius Martin, M.D.,

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Codon

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Archaeologists have found evidence of ancient Egyptian mummies carrying the pathogen’s DNA , including some that had developed Pott’s disease — a bending of the spine brought on by TB spreading to bones. Interferon gamma release assays pick up an immune response to the infection. The current lineage of M.

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DrugBank

MAY 15, 2024

In the early 20th century, the discovery process was largely random , focused on cytotoxic agents that kill cells by disrupting key cellular functions like DNA replication. 5 This period also saw the rise of biologics in the 1980s, which have played a crucial role in modern therapies, particularly for diseases like cancer.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Yeast die for two reasons: Either their nucleolus (where the DNA is kept) degrades and dies, or their mitochondria whimpers out and they stop making energy. The vaccine printer can make lots of different types of vaccines, including protein, DNA, and mRNA ones, but I’m sure this is all quite expensive right now. From Zhang et al.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Yeast die for two reasons: Either their nucleolus (where the DNA is kept) degrades and dies, or their mitochondria whimpers out and they stop making energy. The vaccine printer can make lots of different types of vaccines, including protein, DNA, and mRNA ones, but I’m sure this is all quite expensive right now. From Zhang et al.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 7, 2023

Patients were treated with Imfinzi in combination with chemotherapy and bevacizumab followed by Imfinzi , Lynparza and bevacizumabas maintenance therapy. Lynparza, which is being jointly developed and commercialised by AstraZeneca and MSD, has been used to treat over 75,000 patients worldwide.

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Drug Target Review

APRIL 3, 2024

Everything started in school with an experiment on isolating DNA from bananas. Making a little tangle of DNA visible to the eye and understanding that this is the basis of complex organisms, which might be altered in disease, was the defining moment for my future path in life sciences.

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Codon

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The experience showed me that new therapies are needed not only to meet the targets laid out by the End TB Strategy but also to prevent drug resistance from negating the effectiveness of current therapeutics. Some fluoroquinolones — a class of antibiotics that inhibits DNA replication — may even cause psychosis.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

.” Ming-Tain Lai, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at OBI Pharma stated, “In the trial, OBI-833 demonstrated a favorable safety profile and generated detectable anti-Globo H IgM/IgG responses. ” Presentation number: 397P / Poster: ID 680. Additional information can be found at www.obipharma.com.

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LifeSciVC

MARCH 1, 2023

Learning from Past Failures to Drive Toward a More Durable Immune Response Following the initial clinical successes of blocking inhibitory receptors, like CTLA4 and PD1, many in the immuno-oncology field explored the potential to further enhance anti-tumor immunity by simultaneously enhancing co-stimulatory pathways.

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Dark Matter Blog

JULY 16, 2021

As soon as I learned about DNA and RNA, I wanted to be a molecular biologist. Last stops at RNA My last roles in biotech were where my original passion began: DNA and RNA. Along with work on IFN-β protein, which became the multiple sclerosis drug Avonex ® , my team worked extensively on adenovirus-mediated IFN-β gene therapy.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech announced additional data on neutralizing antibody and T-cell responses from their Phase I/II trial of their COVID-19 vaccine conducted in Germany. The therapy is a combination of anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. FLT180a is an AAV gene therapy. They are also conducting Phase III trials.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic cell therapies for unmet medical needs, today provided a year-end review and an outline of its plans for 2021. CARLSBAD, Calif.–( –( BUSINESS WIRE )– Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. How does “potency” apply to cell and gene therapy (CGT) products?

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

(Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study (TNX-C002), to examine the immune responses to COVID-19 in healthy volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 or were asymptomatic.

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