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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?

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Turning science into business: Amplifying mRNA by targeting regRNAs

Drug Discovery World

Increasing gene expression via protein replacement or gene therapy has been shown to have limitations and drawbacks. CAMP4 is the only company modulating gene expression at the transcriptional level to increase mRNA production and thereby increase healthy protein production. Can you give some examples?

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Radioligand therapy pipeline with in-license for compounds targeting Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP)

The Pharma Data

Broad expression of FAP demonstrated in tumors or in tumor stroma across many solid tumors 1 ,2 ,3. Novartis Oncology continues to reimagine cancer care through development of robust radioligand therapy portfolio. We continue to invest in radioligand therapy as one of the four unique platforms of Novartis Oncology.

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A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene

Broad Institute

Science (2024) Related content New gene delivery vehicle shows promise for human brain gene therapy My Quest to Cure Prion Disease — Before It’s Too Late | Sonia Vallabh | TED Prion diseases lead to rapid neurodegeneration and death and are caused by misshapen versions of the prion protein in the brain.

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The future outlook for mRNA therapies

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong explores the potential and future opportunities for mRNA-based therapies. For instance, consider how at the end of 2018, the mRNA therapies market was valued at $3.43 mRNA-based approaches can produce proteins / peptides by using protein synthesis which is processed in a transfected cell 1.

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Addressing increasingly resistant drugs by infectious agents

Drug Target Review

10 Reported cAMP as the second messenger signalling molecule conserved from bacteria to humans and modulates several biological processes, including protein expression, gene transcription, and cell development and differentiation. In this assay, active compounds are discovered under physiologically relevant conditions.

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The doors CRISPR libraries have and will open in phenotypic drug screening 

Drug Discovery World

Steve Wowk , VP, Business Unit and General Management of Integrated DNA Technologies, shared with DDW the value of CRISPR-Cas9 in drug discovery. In an effort to defend themselves against viral infection, bacterial cells capture and copy DNA fragments of bacteriophages into their genome.

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