Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We had built a machine learning classifier that has been trained to identify amino acid sequences that have the potential to mimic ‘host defense peptides’ from the human innate immune system. Such peptides play a critical role in the machinery for amplifying innate immune responses. This work can potentially help with that also.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system. However, the antiviral immune receptor RIG-I can be stimulated, which improves protection against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infections. Like other members of this genus, SARS-CoV-2 is equipped with several molecular tools that allow it to evade recognition by the immune system.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 8, 2024

Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery and the Founding Director of the Translational Research Institute at Duke University, explores the rise of RNA therapeutics. However, the RNA landscape has drastically changed in recent years and we now know that the molecule is more than just a transient, linear carrier of information.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Strong Th1 cell-mediated immune responses were also observed for the vaccine candidates with either adjuvant. We are encouraged by the high level of neutralizing antibodies in combination with the strong Th1 response which we believe could play an important role in controlling infection.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 31, 2021

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. FDA approval for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. CHENGDU, China , Feb.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 17, 2021

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have reemerged as COVID-19 vaccine contenders after their reformulated candidate delivered a strong immune response across all age groups in a phase 2 study. 2 virus and the variant first identified in South Africa. 14, 2020 ). Although wealthy territories like the U.S.,

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The Pharma Data

JULY 6, 2021

But HIV’s ability to mutate isn’t unique among RNA viruses – most viruses develop mutations, or changes in their genetic code, over time. Changes in mutationally constrained epitopes are rare, as they can cause the virus to lose its ability to infect and replicate, essentially rendering it unable to propagate itself.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 31, 2021

Clover’s S-Trimer antigen adjuvanted with CpG 1018 plus alum demonstrated low reactogenicity while providing high levels of neutralizing antibodies and a strong Th1-biased cell-mediated immune response. Dynavax developed CpG 1018 to provide an increased vaccine immune response, which has been demonstrated in HEPLISAV-B.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Moderna vaccine is similar to Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine in the sense that they both use an approach utilizing messenger RNA (mRNA). The technology leveraged to create the vaccine does not require the actual virus, according to CNN. Both vaccines have shown about 95% efficacy in preventing novel coronavirus infections.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In the study, immunization with the hAd5-COVID-19 vaccine inhibited SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in 100% (10 of 10) of Rhesus macaques, with a drop in viral replication starting on the first day of vaccine administration, and undetectable viral levels as early as three to five days post-challenge in most of the animals.

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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. Since then, it has been observed to publicise the importance of this molecule in the generation of proteins in the body.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

The immune system can carry out many biological processes, from killing viruses to fighting cancer, thanks in large part to approximately 100 key cell-signaling proteins called cytokines, which instruct immune cells what to do. The reference, called the Immune Dictionary , appears today in Nature.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 11, 2021

Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. Expected to enroll 415 participants; interim results expected in Q3 2021. In parallel, preclinical studies are underway to evaluate additional mRNA candidates against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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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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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In gene therapy, re-engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been produced using various methods such as machine learning or directed evolution. According to the ASGCT, the gene therapy pipeline increased 16% from Q1 2021 with 3,579 gene, cell, and RNA therapies in development from preclinical through pre-registration stages. .

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MAY 17, 2021

response in the over-50s, the age group deemed at higher risk for contracting the severe form of the virus. . The interim results from the phase 2 trial on the vaccine, published today, on the contrary, showed a “ strong neutralizing antibody response” ?

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine contains messenger RNA (mRNA), which is genetic material. The vaccine contains a small piece of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s mRNA that instructs cells in the body to make the virus’s distinctive “spike” protein.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 16, 2024

A Novel Virus Appears In retrospect, everything unfolded with astonishing speed. Did it there either recombine with another virus on its own, or inspire a manipulation of another virus of a key part of the spike gene, seeding the pandemic through a “lab leak?” Work on vaccines ensued too.

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Codon

AUGUST 27, 2024

When doctors sequenced the DNA and RNA found in Alice’s blood and synovial fluid—the liquid that surrounds and lubricates joints—they found abnormally low levels of genes encoding iron-storing proteins and high levels of epidermal growth factor receptor RNA.

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 21, 2024

Because mRNA is not a virus, it doesn’t have to meet biosafety requirements for manufacturing and administration that an AAV approach would need. AAV-based therapies often can’t be dosed more than once due to concerns about an immune response. Of note, mRNA is redosable as opposed to AAV.

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Broad Institute

JUNE 27, 2024

They used an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) that crosses the blood-brain barrier after intravenous administration. CRISPRoff silences the targeted gene by adding methyl groups, chemical tags that prevent the gene from being transcribed or read into RNA and so from being expressed as protein.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

A LEGO robot , made by undergraduate students at Arizona State University, pours sucrose gradients (a tube with dense liquid at the bottom, and less dense liquid at the top), which are used to separate, say, proteins from RNA by spinning them really fast in centrifuges. How do transcription factors couple up with the correct RNA molecule?

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

A LEGO robot , made by undergraduate students at Arizona State University, pours sucrose gradients (a tube with dense liquid at the bottom, and less dense liquid at the top), which are used to separate, say, proteins from RNA by spinning them really fast in centrifuges. How do transcription factors couple up with the correct RNA molecule?

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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. The cells underwent a dramatic defensive response and survived. The finding was striking and unprecedented.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 21, 2021

“The spike protein is needed to bind to the cell, to allow the virus to enter,” Salvatore explained. “If there are a lot of these mutations, maybe this binding is stronger and the virus can enter more easily. This is a possibility why this virus seems to transmit more easily.”

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 25, 2021

The outcome confirms that only one single case was attributable to the original SARS-CoV-2 virus. “In addition, the variant-rich environment underlines the importance of developing next-generation vaccines as new virus variants continue to emerge.” More than half of the cases (57%) were caused by Variants of Concern.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. It’s an easier way to get CRISPR into cells! But the printed vaccines are very good!

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. It’s an easier way to get CRISPR into cells! But the printed vaccines are very good!

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 26, 2021

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi and Translate Bio (NASDAQ: TBIO), a clinical-stage messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics company, have initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an mRNA-based investigational vaccine against seasonal influenza.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s how easy it’s for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose. 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. Breathe in, exhale.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Immunization of non-human primates (rhesus macaques) with BNT162b2, a nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate that expresses the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, resulted in strong anti-viral effects against an infectious SARS-CoV-2 challenge. producing CD8+ T cell responses, which is thought to promote an anti-viral effect.

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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 . Prime editing can be used for base swapping, as well as for targeted small insertions and deletions. References.

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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. Novavax is undergoing clinical trials for NVX-CoV2373, its vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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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. is undergoing clinical trials for NVX-CoV2373, its vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. For more information, visit. www.merck.com. and connect with us on.

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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

Small snippets of double-stranded RNA were sprayed onto hot pepper plants to control a pest, called Frankliniella occidentalis. The RNA strands shut down a specific gene in the insects, and killed half after 7 days. RNA may offer a safer form of pest control in the future. The new sequences might help de-extinction efforts.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines encode a form of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine teaches the cells to make a piece of the spike protein, which triggers an immune response to help prevent illness if later exposed to the virus. How do they work?

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JULY 11, 2023

In simple terms, our immune system is divided into innate and adaptive responses – the innate being the first line of defence, and the adaptive responds to specific challenges by modifying the body’s immune response in a tailored fashion.

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