Codon

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Some scientists even think it had a virus defense system; “researchers say LUCA likely housed 19 CRISPR genes, which bacteria use to slice up viral threats,” reports Quanta Magazine. DNA and RNA molecules are also built from exclusively right-handed nucleic acids.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

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. He has over two years of experience in research and laboratory work.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Researchers from the Laboratory of Bacteriology at The Rockefeller University have now found that bacteria sense phages by a defensive response named CBASS (cyclic oligonucleotide-based antiphage signalling system) which detects viral RNA. The novel, hairpin-shaped molecule was named cabRNA for CBASS-activating bacteriophage RNA.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2021

The companies today reported findings on one secondary objective from the Phase 2a study, showing a reduction in time (days) to negativity of infectious virus isolation in nasopharyngeal swabs from participants with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, as determined by isolation in Vero cell line culture. About Molnupiravir.

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PerkinElmer

JULY 13, 2020

The complex relationship between a virus and its host is one of the hottest topics in science right now, and has been given considerable attention in recent weeks as a result of the race to understand the virus that causes COVID-19 and its potential vulnerabilities.

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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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The Pharma Data

MARCH 20, 2021

As laboratories around the world tackle the challenges of screening large numbers of samples for SARS-CoV-2, the managers of these labs have turned to the use of automation to address some key concerns. As there are fewer steps carried out by hand this reduces potential exposure for laboratory staff as well. In the examples below, we.

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Codon

JUNE 25, 2024

So-called primary cells, harvested from living tissues and cultured in the laboratory, can take weeks to grow and spread across a culture flask, hampered partly by their large genomes, which take time to copy. Proteins are colored blue and RNA molecules are colored orange and yellow. The large and small ribosome subunits.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

He has also emerged in recent years as a skilled and relatable science communicator, renowned for his efforts at Broad and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic to unpack the fast-moving research on the new virus in an accessible way and give practical advice about masking, vaccines, and other public health measures.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Unsupervised use of this technique by people without medical training can lead to transmission of pathogens, according to Paul Carlson, principal investigator in the Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology at FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review. 1, 2019, until effective screening methods are implemented.”.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Study Now Enrolling Participants Who Live in the Same Household as Someone With Symptomatic, Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19. The global study is enrolling individuals who are at least 18 years of age and reside in the same household as someone with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection with symptoms. MOVe-AHEAD Study.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Spectrum’s self-contained saliva collection kit provides critical sample consistency while suspending and neutralizing viral RNA transcripts completely inactivating the live virus. Qualified commercial RNA extraction chemistries include Perkin Elmer, Thermo Fisher, Roche, and Qiagen. This press release features multimedia.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 12, 2021

The Phase 3 portion of the global MOVe-OUT trial studying molnupiravir in non-hospitalized adult patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and at least one risk factor associated with poor disease outcomes is underway. If successful, molnupiravir could help address the continued urgent need for therapeutics.”. About Molnupiravir.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

“There remains an urgent need for SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic agents that target parts of the virus other than the spike protein that are not as likely to evolve.” Pell ABSL-3 Laboratory for Advanced Biological Research at Penn State, and discovered that eight of them had dose-dependent antiviral activities against SARS-CoV-2.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 20, 2021

Coronaviruses are RNA viruses and include common human coronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome-CoV (MERS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2 ( 1 ). Accurate and timely laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 is one of the most pivotal requirements for optimal disease management and contact tracing.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Respiratory infections are caused by a good sort of pathogens, like influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza viruses, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coronavirus and adenovirus, and other bacteria pathogens. Open channel assays may include IVD assays, also as routine lab developed tests (LDTs).

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

For security reasons, at the time COVID-19 had to be grown in BSL-3 labs, which can be dangerous because they were handling the live virus. These are synthetic, not the live virus, so do not pose a risk of infection. Researchers were able to use our synthetic RNA controls as a reference to verify and validate assays.

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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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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 21, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CABENUVA (consisting of Janssen’s rilpivirine and ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir), the first and only once-monthly, long-acting regimen for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults. 50 c/mL, meeting noninferiority criteria.

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Alta Sciences

MARCH 1, 2024

The new cells are then grown in high numbers in a laboratory and then are re-administered to the patient, where the genetically modified cells will attack more specific cancer cells. This technology extensively utilizes immunofluorescence and flow cytometry technology, which is a platform offered in our laboratories.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Point of care testing increases access to high quality diagnostics solutions for the detection of a current SARS-CoV-2 infection, regardless of laboratory testing infrastructure or patient mobility. This is highly beneficial where timely decisions are needed or laboratory testing is inaccessible.

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The SARS-CoV-2 virus encodes its own protease to help process a large virally-encoded polyprotein into smaller segments that it needs for its life cycle; a protease inhibitor drug can stop that from happening. The virus uses this enzyme to snip some longer viral proteins into shorter segments for use in replication.

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Codon

APRIL 2, 2023

A giant dataset about the rat brain, and how neurons connect to each other, was collected and pooled together from 20 different research laboratories. Read A new DNA polymerase variant, called RT-KTq I614Y, can directly detect RNA modifications, including pseudouridine (Ψ) and queuosine (Q). Nature Neuroscience. Ricciardi M.J.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 22, 2022

Nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332], which originated in Pfizer laboratories, is designed to block the activity of the Mpro, an enzyme that the coronavirus needs to replicate. Nirmatrelvir is designed to inhibit viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

First commercial test for fully automated high throughput systems to detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2, influenza A virus and/or influenza B virus with a single sample. It has been authorised by the FDA under an EUA for use by laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), 42 U.S.C.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MARCH 30, 2023

It is also difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods,” summed up Mahmoud Ghannoum, director of the Center for Medical Mycology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Comparing genome sequences is important because they provide a 4-letter language in the bases A, C, G, and T (for DNA) or A, C, G, and U (for RNA).

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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. Robinson A.O. Nature Chemical Biology. Current Biology.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 13, 2021

” The Johnson & Johnson vaccine also would be hardier than either of the already approved vaccines because it relies on DNA technology rather than messenger RNA to prompt an immune system response. “It certainly would be very helpful, having one dose instead of two,” said Dr. .”

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Codon

MAY 15, 2023

2/ Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days Two Chinese groups published papers in Cell , back-to-back, that show how cultured monkey embryos can be grown in the laboratory, for up to 25 days, in 3-D gels. link ) INSPECTR is a diagnostic tool to detect tiny amounts of viral RNA at room temperature. See the Twitter thread from Will Ratcliff.

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Codon

MAY 15, 2023

2/ Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days Two Chinese groups published papers in Cell , back-to-back, that show how cultured monkey embryos can be grown in the laboratory, for up to 25 days, in 3-D gels. link ) INSPECTR is a diagnostic tool to detect tiny amounts of viral RNA at room temperature. See the Twitter thread from Will Ratcliff.

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PLOS: DNA Science

APRIL 20, 2023

Alfred Hershey (1908–1997) and Martha Chase (1927–2003), at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, finally ruled out protein as the genetic material. In 1909, Russian-American biochemist Phoebus Levene identified the 5-carbon sugar ribose in RNA, and then deoxyribose in DNA.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Since early January, we have chased this virus with the intent to protect as many people around the world as possible. I want to thank the thousands of participants in our Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies, and the staff at our clinical trial sites who have been on the front lines of the fight against the virus. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the primary efficacy analysis of the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273 conducted on 196 cases confirms the high efficacy observed at the first interim analysis. “I

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Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

This reminds me of the Chemputer , “an autonomous compiler and robotic laboratory platform to synthesize organic compounds on the basis of standardized methods descriptions,” that was reported back in 2019. A phage is a virus that infects bacteria. It was used to make catalysts, a dye, and an insect repellant. in Nature.

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Codon

JUNE 26, 2023

This reminds me of the Chemputer , “an autonomous compiler and robotic laboratory platform to synthesize organic compounds on the basis of standardized methods descriptions,” that was reported back in 2019. A phage is a virus that infects bacteria. It was used to make catalysts, a dye, and an insect repellant. in Nature.

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Codon

AUGUST 28, 2024

A concerned employee at a laboratory supply company had called the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, after fielding repeated calls from Harris asking when his samples of plague would arrive in the mail. Harris was a trained microbiologist and a former member of the white supremacist Aryan Nations group. Journalists gather outside No.

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