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Silencing RNA causes moles to self-destruct in rare condition

Drug Discovery World

The team used a genetic therapy called silencing RNA, which blocks the action of the mutated NRAS in mole skin cells. Diana Spencer, Senior Digital Content Editor, DDW The post Silencing RNA causes moles to self-destruct in rare condition appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). The therapy was delivered directly to mole cells.

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Roche and ABL Diagnostics expand to South African laboratories  

Drug Discovery World

Roche Diagnostics and ABL Diagnostics have launched a distribution partnership which will see Roche supplying ABLD products to South African laboratories. Roche now has exclusive rights to distribute products, including the ABL DeepChek assays to laboratories implementing microbiology applications.

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smartRNA project joins BII Bio Studio programme

Drug Discovery World

A project focused on developing a small RNA-based platform technology for treating monogenic diseases, smartRNA, has joined the BioInnovation Institute’s (BII) Bio Studio programme. The technology has platform potential, as it leverages a universal small RNA pathway to target generic mRNA features.

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Discovery and development of COVID?19 vaccine from laboratory to clinic

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The development of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 becomes more difficult due to the viral mutation in its non-structural proteins (NSPs) especially NSP2 and NSP3, S protein, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp).

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Partners will develop targeted miRNAs to treat pancreatic cancer

Drug Discovery World

SiSaf will develop miRNA Bio-Courier formulations that will be tested in pancreatic cancer models in Professor Aigner’s laboratory. Under the terms of the agreement SiSaf has an exclusive option to acquire a worldwide license to a patent by the University.

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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato June 18, 2024 Credit: Jon Arizti-Sanz SHINE, a rapid diagnostic test developed by Pardis Sabeti's lab in 2020, uses paper strips and CRISPR enzymes to identify specific sequences of viral RNA in samples. Then, in 2022, they began adapting the assay to detect other viruses they knew were always circulating: influenzas.

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Gene expression delivery tool ‘slides’ instructions into cells

Drug Discovery World

He published ‘maps” depicting how various cell types use alternative splicing of messenger RNA to construct genetic templates that produce an ever-changing set of proteins in the cell. . In human ocular melanomas cultured in the laboratory, the scientists delivered SLED packages into only melanoma cells that lack the SF3B1 gene.

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