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Antisense therapy restores fragile X protein production in human cells

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An antisense therapy restores production of the protein FMRP in cell samples taken from patients with fragile X syndrome.

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Sino Biological: new US centre for bioprocessing

Drug Target Review

The company specialises in recombinant protein production and antibody development. All of Sino Biological’s products are independently developed and produced with a stringent quality management system, and include unique bioreagents addressing areas such as cell therapy, stem cell, and infectious disease research.

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Series A Financing of 570 Million Yen Procured by Epsilon Molecular Engineering: A Next-Generation Medium Sized Molecular Biotechnology-Based Drug Discovery Firm

The Pharma Data

Using the obtained sequencing data, Kao Corporation was able to produce an antibody sample in one week using protein production technology such as enzymes cultivated by our technology. Comment from Fumiharu Muroga, Growth Manager at Real Tech Fund] “Proteins are an important structural component of living things.

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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

The Pharma Data

In fact, antiviral therapies designed to treat viruses such as hepatitis C (Sofosbuvir/SOVALDI) work by blocking viral polymerase. Without the stop sign, viral transcription no longer follows the correct order, which has a negative impact on viral protein production,” says Fang. The problems with Ebola polymerase.

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A Look Back

Dark Matter Blog

At Biogen, my group’s work covered a range of technology development areas including protein production in mammalian cells, intracellular protein delivery (our work on HIV Tat started the field of cell-penetrating peptides) and novel gene delivery vehicles, as well as biological drug discovery and development. Failure is common.

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Article FDA Thank You Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input

Agency IQ

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. How does “potency” apply to cell and gene therapy (CGT) products?

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Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease

Broad Institute

His lab had just developed base editing, a gene-editing approach that makes single-letter changes in DNA and can shut down protein production using strategies including installing a stop signal in the genetic code. Theres still a long way to go to make this a therapy, Minikel said. Nature Medicine. Online January 14, 2025.

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