Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2023

1 August was first chosen as World RNA Day in 2018 as a play on AUG (adenine, uracil and guanine), a triple sequence of RNA (called a codon) that initiates protein synthesis by the cell. Another potential clinical pathway is to use engineered exogenous circRNAs to produce therapeutic proteins within target cells.

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Broad Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The reference, called the Immune Dictionary , appears today in Nature. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression in individual cells, the researchers have found how 86 major cytokines affect 17 immune cell types in mice. For many immune-mediated diseases, there's no cure or treatment.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The mysteries of cancer are starting to yield to the range of advanced therapies available and cell therapies – especially engineered cell therapies – are at the leading edge of that progress.” – Carlo Russo, CEO of Genenta.? . “In Despite this the industry is still expanding. New indications .

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 22, 2021

As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The vaccine targeted both the inner nucleocapsid (N) and the outer spike (S) proteins of the virus to maximize the immune response. The study showed this broad immune response led to the complete clearance of the virus in a matter of days after infection of previously-vaccinated primates.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 6, 2021

Fitusiran is an investigational, subcutaneously administered small interference RNA therapy in development for the treatment of people with hemophilia A or B, with or without inhibitors and has the potential to transform treatment as it would be the only prophylactic therapy with as few as six injections per year.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We use MA plots, heatmaps, pathway maps, and trend plots of clusters (clusters for features with correlated response) as shown in Figure 2 but also UpSet plots, advanced Venn diagrams, to summarise overlap in differential features across multiple timepoints and study arms.

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Broad Institute

JUNE 27, 2024

To deliver CHARM throughout the brain, the team collaborated with scientists in the lab of Ben Deverman , senior director of vector engineering at the Broad and a co-author of the study. They used an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) that crosses the blood-brain barrier after intravenous administration. Online June 27, 2024.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 2, 2024

In research published in Scientific Reports , 1 investigators focused on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), known for their potential in treating cell defects and regulating immune responses. In the lab, they labelled RNA molecules with fluorescent markers, enabling them to easily locate them within individual cells.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Ali Madani, PhD, Founder and CEO, Profluent Bio, on: ‘Protein engineering with large language models’.

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Codon

APRIL 2, 2024

A gene encoding green fluorescent protein was placed alongside one of the three promoters, and as the engineered cells cycled from one gene to the next, they blinked between green—dark—green—dark. The RNA Exporter , which was developed by Felix Horns and others in my lab, is one example. Another one is immunogenicity.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Read more at Nature Biotechnology ( Similar paper at Nature Biomedical Engineering.) But now, their engineered brethren can live about 82 percent longer. Often, when we engineer a cell, we only mess with the magnitude of an effect; this study suggests that we should think more about the timing, too. From Zhang et al.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

Read more at Nature Biotechnology ( Similar paper at Nature Biomedical Engineering.) But now, their engineered brethren can live about 82 percent longer. Often, when we engineer a cell, we only mess with the magnitude of an effect; this study suggests that we should think more about the timing, too. From Zhang et al.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The drugs work by blocking a protein, PD-1 — which helps keep immune responses in check — and stimulating the immune system to attack tumors. The team studied the immune response to CRISPR and designed a new technology that they published in 2021 — a way of removing immune-triggering molecules from CRISPR-edited cells.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

But for a recent paper out of Nanjing, China, researchers engineered another enzyme and showed that, when mixed with FAST-PETase, the two worked together to break down plastic twice as fast as the Texas enzyme alone. Because it turns out that at least half of them , in humans, also bind to RNA molecules. RNA export systems.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

But for a recent paper out of Nanjing, China, researchers engineered another enzyme and showed that, when mixed with FAST-PETase, the two worked together to break down plastic twice as fast as the Texas enzyme alone. Because it turns out that at least half of them , in humans, also bind to RNA molecules. RNA export systems.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 30, 2023

From antibody-drug conjugates and RNA, to CRISPR and CAR-T therapy, DDW asked the drug discovery industry what the most important development in oncology over the last five years has been. I strongly believe that the next frontier to further improve patient outcomes will be to favour an immune-prone tumour microenvironment (TME).

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

LanzaTech announced a partnership with H&M Move to convert factory carbon emissions into fabrics using engineered microbes. Small snippets of double-stranded RNA were sprayed onto hot pepper plants to control a pest, called Frankliniella occidentalis. RNA may offer a safer form of pest control in the future. Shrock E.L.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Prime editing, while also employing a single strand nick, expands this scope to all 12 possible changes using a more complex prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA). DNA targeting specificity of RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases . CRISPR-engineered T cells in patients with refractory cancer. In one example, Choi et al. References.

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Broad Institute

AUGUST 11, 2022

In the new study, they homed in on a handful of these genes encoding enzymes that are members of the STAND ATPase family of proteins, which in eukaryotes are involved in the innate immune response. Most known bacterial defense systems work by sensing viral DNA or RNA, or cellular stress due to the infection.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Anderson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his colleagues, are reporting in iScience the event of an intranasal subunit vaccine that gives durable local immunity against inhaled pathogens. A fundamental limitation of intramuscular vaccines is that they’re not designed to elicit mucosal immunity.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

About Moderna Moderna is advancing messenger RNA (mRNA) science to create a new class of transformative medicines for patients. Both vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax’ proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant in order to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

is advancing messenger RNA (mRNA) science to create a new class of transformative medicines for patients. Both vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax’ proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant in order to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. For more information, visit.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Galidesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral, an adenosine nucleoside analog that blocks viral RNA polymerase. STP705 is a small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy that leverages a dual-targeted inhibitory property and polypeptide nanoparticle (PNP)-enhanced delivery to knock down both TGF-beta1 and COX-2 gene expression.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 3, 2021

The company and MiNA Therapeutics Limited announced a global research collaboration to develop novel drug candidates using MiNA’s proprietary small activating RNA (saRNA) technology platform. The company announced the acquisition of Protomer Technologies Inc., Loxo Oncology at Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Inc.

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Codon

MARCH 26, 2023

Link Experimental Tests of the Virtual Circular Genome Model for Nonenzymatic RNA Replication. Link U1 snRNP increases RNA Pol II elongation rate to enable synthesis of long genes. Link Biological Engineering *Photosynthesis re-wired on the pico-second timescale. Metabolic Engineering. Metabolic Engineering.

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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. Unfortunately, they can also trigger immune responses, and they are not super efficient at gene-editing some parts of the brain. Ming Li et al.

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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. Unfortunately, they can also trigger immune responses, and they are not super efficient at gene-editing some parts of the brain. Ming Li et al.

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Codon

APRIL 16, 2023

Codon Digest is my weekly roundup of research, news, and industry highlights about engineered biology. Skin microbes can trigger strong immune responses. In other words: Brush some engineered bacteria on the skin, and they activate the immune system to go fight a tumor. Metabolic Engineering. Wichmann J.

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