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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform

Broad Institute

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. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for his development of an efficient, scalable method of producing RNA and proteins in the laboratory.

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Machine learning guides researchers to new synthetic genetic switches

Broad Institute

That is in part because of the ongoing challenge of understanding the DNA switches, called cis-regulatory elements (CREs), that control the expression and repression of genes. CREs themselves are not part of genes, but are separate, regulatory DNA sequences – often located near the genes they control. In a paper published in Oct.

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Phages could help to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Drug Target Review

Phage have been of interest to scientists as tools to understand fundamental molecular biology, as vectors of horizontal gene transfer and drivers of bacterial evolution, as sources of diagnostic and genetic tools, and as novel therapeutic agents. Its presence elsewhere would indicate something is wrong. But what, exactly?”

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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

But as molecular biology has advanced, so too has our approach to finding new drugs. Another promising avenue is the use of technologies like RNA interference and gene editing, which allow scientists to turn off the production of certain proteins altogether. This method was more about serendipity than science.

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A Protein Printer

Codon

That’s because proteins are made, in the laboratory, using synthetic DNA and cells; and DNA is expensive. Our machine would make proteins without using any DNA or cells. All cells make proteins in two steps: DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA, which is then translated into protein.

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Breaking the Speed Limit on Cell Division

Codon

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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Enhancing gene therapy with Circio

Drug Target Review

What are the key findings of Circio’s in vivo proof-of-concept for its circVec circular RNA platform technology compared to conventional mRNA-based expression with DNA vectors? Circular RNA (circRNA) has two major advantages versus mRNA in a vector-expression context. DNA vectors in mouse models?