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SARS-CoV-2: advancing the production of the ACE2 protein

Drug Target Review

ACE2 Primarily, the Brookhaven researchers’ aim was to produce large amounts of human ACE2 and attach the protein to nanoparticles. These ACE2-coated particles could be tested as an anti-viral therapeutic, and as sensors for detecting virus particles.

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

Broad Institute

By Greta Friar, Whitehead Institute June 27, 2024 Images of a mouse brain show the effect of a technology called CHARM in turning off the expression of a gene in the brain. They used an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) that crosses the blood-brain barrier after intravenous administration. Credit: Neumann EN, Bertozzi TM, et al.

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Addressing increasingly resistant drugs by infectious agents

Drug Target Review

Infectious agent includes bacteria, virus, fungi, and parasites, and they are capable of causing disease in a living organism. I had earlier proposed the use of Palmatine and Silver Nitrate in the efficacy against the RNA structure of the COVID-19 virus. We discovered it is highly effective and environmentally friendly.

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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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Codon Digest: CAR-T Therapy for Neuroblastoma

Codon

.” This technology could be used to design protein therapeutics that can bind to, and “shut down,” harmful or misfolded proteins in living cells. Thousands of transcription factors — proteins that bind DNA and control gene expression — were studied in human cells. Bergs A.C.F.