Broad Institute

MAY 14, 2024

William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform By Corie Lok May 14, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier developed the T7 expression technology at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 22, 2022

Nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332], which originated in Pfizer laboratories, is designed to block the activity of the Mpro, an enzyme that the coronavirus needs to replicate. Nirmatrelvir is designed to inhibit viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Point of care testing increases access to high quality diagnostics solutions for the detection of a current SARS-CoV-2 infection, regardless of laboratory testing infrastructure or patient mobility. This is highly beneficial where timely decisions are needed or laboratory testing is inaccessible.

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Codon

AUGUST 27, 2024

Allison Berke makes the case for real-time DNA sequencing and AI tools to detect pathogens before they spread widely. Reading DNA The first step in detecting a novel pathogen is recognizing it as an anomaly amidst a noisy background of other material. After copying the DNA to form a big pool, each piece is sequenced.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 16, 2024

That’s thanks to accelerated genome sequencing technologies, expanded laboratory capabilities, and interacting infrastructure on a global level. Many of the links below are to some of the 100+ DNA Science posts that I wrote during the pandemic. A Novel Virus Appears In retrospect, everything unfolded with astonishing speed.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 18, 2023

Rolf Turk , Senior Manager, Genomics Medicine at Integrated DNA Technologies, examines how CRISPR is being used to enhance cancer therapies. Nucleic acid-based diagnostics, which typically require PCR reagents and laboratory equipment, are crucial for identifying, treating, and preventing common infectious diseases.

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PLOS: DNA Science

APRIL 20, 2023

DNA is a sleek double helix, with “rungs” consisting of a purine base paired with a smaller pyrimidine base: adenine (A) with thymine (T) and guanine (G) with cytosine (C). . ” DNA encodes amino acid sequences comprising proteins, which impart traits. Watson and F.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Rapid and accurate DNA synthesis . Conventional DNA synthesis, typically used for making sequences such as primers, employs phosphoramidite chemistry, a method that was developed in the 1980s and is still considered the gold standard for DNA synthesis. .

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

After some time in that role and launching several products, I received a call from Bill Banyai and Bill Peck, or ‘The Bills’ as we call them, who were building a company around technology that creates DNA by ‘writing’ it on a silicon chip. These are synthetic, not the live virus, so do not pose a risk of infection.

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Codon

JUNE 25, 2024

However, they plod along as they clone plasmids—the loops of DNA that biologists use to manipulate and study organisms—because propagating them relies, in part, on the pace at which cells grow and divide. Most medicines, including insulin and semaglutide (the weight loss drug), are made using DNA cloning. However, E.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 10, 2022

To create these cells, a physician draws a patient’s blood and sends it to a laboratory where the cells are isolated, engineered to express the CAR protein, and amplified in a bioreactor before being infused back into the patient. The challenge of manufacturing CAR T cells. Unfortunately, transfection is not a predictable process.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Chief of the Virus Persistence and Dynamics Section in the VRC Laboratory of Immunology, described NIAID’s long-standing collaboration with a bioengineering research group at the University of California, San Francisco. In the presentation, Eli Boritz, M.D.,

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Broad Institute

JUNE 27, 2024

Unlike gene editing, this “epigenetic” editing does not modify the underlying DNA sequence, but it should switch the gene off permanently, which means that this could be a one-time treatment. They used an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) that crosses the blood-brain barrier after intravenous administration.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

They’ve just finished sequencing the patient’s genome, but they don’t have “DNA sorting” software. billion units of DNA code are transcribed into more than a hundred volumes, each a thousand pages long, in type so small as to be barely legible.” LEGO robot to make sucrose gradients.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

They’ve just finished sequencing the patient’s genome, but they don’t have “DNA sorting” software. billion units of DNA code are transcribed into more than a hundred volumes, each a thousand pages long, in type so small as to be barely legible.” LEGO robot to make sucrose gradients.

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Codon

APRIL 2, 2023

But now, by studying DNA extracted from microbes in the blood of almost 10,000 healthy people, this paper shows that there is no such thing. Read Transcription factors bind to DNA and control gene expression. Read Switchable hydrophobic pockets in DNA protocells enhance chemical conversion. Nature Microbiology. Meeussen J.V.W.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Respiratory infections are caused by a good sort of pathogens, like influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza viruses, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coronavirus and adenovirus, and other bacteria pathogens. Open channel assays may include IVD assays, also as routine lab developed tests (LDTs).

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 21, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CABENUVA (consisting of Janssen’s rilpivirine and ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir), the first and only once-monthly, long-acting regimen for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults. 50 c/mL, meeting noninferiority criteria.

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Codon

MAY 15, 2023

2/ Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days Two Chinese groups published papers in Cell , back-to-back, that show how cultured monkey embryos can be grown in the laboratory, for up to 25 days, in 3-D gels. 3/ Prime Editing Spree Prime editors can change DNA in ways that Cas9 — and even base editors — cannot. From Davis J.R.

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Codon

MAY 15, 2023

2/ Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days Two Chinese groups published papers in Cell , back-to-back, that show how cultured monkey embryos can be grown in the laboratory, for up to 25 days, in 3-D gels. 3/ Prime Editing Spree Prime editors can change DNA in ways that Cas9 — and even base editors — cannot. From Davis J.R.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Spectrum’s self-contained saliva collection kit provides critical sample consistency while suspending and neutralizing viral RNA transcripts completely inactivating the live virus. Qualified commercial RNA extraction chemistries include Perkin Elmer, Thermo Fisher, Roche, and Qiagen. ABOUT SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS AND SPECTRUM DNA.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MARCH 30, 2023

It is also difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods,” summed up Mahmoud Ghannoum, director of the Center for Medical Mycology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Comparing genome sequences is important because they provide a 4-letter language in the bases A, C, G, and T (for DNA) or A, C, G, and U (for RNA).

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 20, 2021

As laboratories around the world tackle the challenges of screening large numbers of samples for SARS-CoV-2, the managers of these labs have turned to the use of automation to address some key concerns. As there are fewer steps carried out by hand this reduces potential exposure for laboratory staff as well. In the examples below, we.

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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. Robinson A.O. Nature Chemical Biology. Nature Methods.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 13, 2021

” The Johnson & Johnson vaccine also would be hardier than either of the already approved vaccines because it relies on DNA technology rather than messenger RNA to prompt an immune system response. “It certainly would be very helpful, having one dose instead of two,” said Dr. .”

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Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

DNA sequences are designed on a computer, and it takes a dozen or more clicks to change a single nucleotide. DNA sequences are also checked by hand, so it’s easy to make a mistake. The tool outputs a DNA sequence that encodes all the required enzymes. A phage is a virus that infects bacteria. Paper by Sha G.

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Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

DNA sequences are designed on a computer, and it takes a dozen or more clicks to change a single nucleotide. DNA sequences are also checked by hand, so it’s easy to make a mistake. The tool outputs a DNA sequence that encodes all the required enzymes. A phage is a virus that infects bacteria. Paper by Sha G.

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Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. 📎 Papers Strands of DNA can be used to build molecular logic gates. If you want to edit a gene inside of a neuron, what do you do?

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Codon

APRIL 23, 2023

Most people would take the two CRISPR gene-editing components (a Cas9 protein and guide RNA), package them up inside of a virus, and then inject the viruses into the skulls of mice. 📎 Papers Strands of DNA can be used to build molecular logic gates. If you want to edit a gene inside of a neuron, what do you do?

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Codon

APRIL 16, 2023

Short DNA strands were discovered that can specifically and tightly bind to zinc and cadmium ions. Perhaps there is now a way to use DNA to extract metals: You could fuse the DNA strands to an antibody, coat them onto electronics, and then use a column to isolate the DNA:metal compounds? coli DNA using a Retro-Cascorder.

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