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Foxp3 protein governs regulatory T cell genome structure

Drug Target Review

The instructions to form a cell are encoded in DNA strands, wrapped in proteins and RNA, and wound together into a 3D structure called chromatin. It is challenging to change a cell’s identity, even from an infection-fighting T cell to a regulatory T cell.

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How (and Why) the Octopus Edits its RNA

PLOS: DNA Science

But some species control genetic responses another way – via RNA editing. Because the edits are in RNA, and not DNA, they are fleeting. This “A-to-I RNA editing” can introduce a single-base mutation, but an ephemeral one because it is in RNA. Results from lab and nature agreed.

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U.S. government purchases additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

The Pharma Data

Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the U.S. government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, including the option to purchase other COVID-19 vaccine candidates from Moderna’s pipeline. government.

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#ScienceSaturday: July 29, 2023

KIF1A

Genetic and RNA-based therapies seek to correct mutant KIF1A – improving its force generation, velocity, and distance traveled by increasing the ratio of healthy to mutant KIF1A. But it’s also worth considering if there are ways to make the neuron’s microtubule highways easier to traverse for mutant KIF1A.

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Moderna commits 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the US

The Pharma Data

Moderna continues to rise to meet the demands of the pandemic, signing a new deal with the US Government to supply 100 million doses of its messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19. billion in total to the research and delivery of the vaccine candidate under its Operation Warp Speed.

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F. William Studier receives the 2024 Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for developing technology used to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Broad Institute

William Studier receives the 2024 Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for developing technology used to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines The groundbreaking, scalable technology is widely used in laboratories around the world today to efficiently produce large amounts of protein and RNA. Merkin (left) and F.

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Moderna Partners with Takeda and the Government of Japan to Supply 50 Million Doses of mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) to Japan

The Pharma Data

Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today confirmed that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., 29, 2020 06:00 UTC. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(

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