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Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

Codon

When COVID-19 emerged in 2019, by contrast, mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna took just 326 days from the initial sequencing of the virus to gaining approval for emergency use. These drugs would be ideal tools to bridge the wait for a vaccine against a quickly-spreading virus. Unsubscribe any time.

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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

Basic Science A trailing ribosome speeds up RNA polymerase at the expense of transcript fidelity via force and allostery. Ribozyme-mediated RNA synthesis and replication in a model Hadean microenvironment. Assembly of metabolons in yeast using Cas6-mediated RNA scaffolding. elegans neurons for single-cell RNA sequencing.

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A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off disease-causing gene

Broad Institute

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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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Data for its Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates in The Lancet

The Pharma Data

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. Clover plans to initiate a global phase 2/3 trial in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021.

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Molecular mechanisms of corona drug candidate Molnupiravir unraveled

The Pharma Data

The antiviral agent incorporates RNA-like building blocks into the RNA genome of the virus. If this genetic material is further replicated, defective RNA copies are produced and the pathogen can no longer spread. Molnupiravir is currently being tested in clinical trials.

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Clover and Dynavax Announce Planned Global Phase 2/3 Efficacy Trial of Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

Clover plans to initiate a global Phase 2/3 efficacy trial of its protein-based S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidate adjuvanted with Dynavax’s CpG 1018 plus alum in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021. EMERYVILLE, Calif. and CHENGDU, China , Feb.

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