Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 26, 2023

Organic chemists at t he University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created the first synthetic version of a molecule recently discovered in a sea sponge that may have therapeutic benefits for Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders.

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Codon

APRIL 2, 2024

It really fits perfectly, and it is analogous to chemistry, where you've got synthetic chemistry and analytical chemistry. The RNA Exporter , which was developed by Felix Horns and others in my lab, is one example. The RNA Exporter also led to another application, which is related to the delivery issue.

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Dark Matter Blog

APRIL 8, 2020

Most people, and in particular most investors we spoke to in those early days, thought we were nuts – that RNA lacked the structural and molecular complexity that medicinal chemistry exploits with such great effect for proteins. One is that molecular recognition is purely a matter of physics and RNA has to play by the same rules.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 2, 2020

She is currently the CEO of Twentyeight-Seven, a biotech company focused on novel RNA biology that she co-founded alongside prominent Harvard investigators. Kazumi holds a PhD in Synthetic Chemistry from UC Berkeley. Kazumi brings experience as both an entrepreneur and an investor within the field of biotechnology.

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