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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. They then administered the AAVs to mice infected with the human prion protein.

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Finding the right CDMO partner for cell line development

Drug Target Review

Together, these attributes provide a strong foundation for protein expression with enough adaptability to produce much of the commercial and therapeutic protein market. Skilled CDMOs can also locate or create favourable genomic microenvironments where transcription factors are efficiently recruited, further boosting protein production.

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Messenger RNAs with multiple “tails” could lead to more effective therapeutics

Broad Institute

Messenger RNAs with multiple “tails” could lead to more effective therapeutics By Corie Lok March 22, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Messenger RNAs with multiple “tails” could lead to more effective therapeutics Scientists have engineered long lasting mRNAs that increased therapeutic protein production in cells and animals.

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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

The Pharma Data

To treat Ebola virus infections, researchers are taking a close look at a key piece of the virus: polymerase. Polymerase is a viral protein that directs how Ebola virus replicates its genome as it infects new hosts. Drugs that target polymerase could potentially treat Ebola virus infections and save lives.

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Codon Digest: Bacteria Resist Every Virus

Codon

Peroxisomal metabolic coupling improves fatty alcohol production from sole methanol in yeast. Optogenetic closed-loop feedback control of the unfolded protein response optimizes protein production. How to build a virus-proof cell. Metabolic Engineering. ACS Synthetic Biology. Bundell S & Howe NP.

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Cave Coronavirus in Wuhan Lab Seeded COVID – The Truth Has Always Been Out There, in the Genetics

PLOS: DNA Science

The virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, home of a premiere research institute that focuses on viruses. An altered virus could have escaped. Evidence that the virus emerged, or escaped, from the wildlife trade is lacking. Her points: 1. Coincidence? I’ve never thought so. RaTG13 shares about 96.1%

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Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for development of widely used protein- and RNA-production platform

Broad Institute

Then, during graduate school at the California Institute of Technology in the early 1960s, he was introduced to bacteriophage T7, a virus that infects Escherichia coli bacteria. Driven by basic biology Studier grew up in Iowa and became fascinated with biophysics while an undergraduate at Yale University.

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