News and Trends 23 Jun 2022 Evaxion Biotech picks candidate for lung cancer trial …within its DNA technology platform to target a new indication based on what it said are very encouraging results from pre-clinical studies. EVX-03 is optimized with an APC-targeting unit (antigen-presenting… June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Jul 2022 EditForce and Mitsubishi Tanabi Pharma to work on gene therapy for CNS …breakthrough pharmaceutical products with our technology to patients suffering from diseases.” PPR PPR is a protein discovered in plants that regulates gene expression by binding to DNA and RNA in… July 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 8 Feb 2021 How Next-Generation Gene Therapy Tackles Complex Diseases …gene therapy can be directly injected in the area of the brain causing seizures. Furthermore, using DNA sequences called promoters, it is possible to restrict the effect of gene therapy… February 8, 2021 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 9 Apr 2025 Cystic fibrosis: is the next blockbuster a gene therapy? …gene therapy that delivers a functional copy of the CFTR gene in the DNA of airway epithelial cells. Lentiviral vectors use modified lentiviruses – like those derived from the human… April 9, 2025 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 13 Aug 2025 Injecting hope into skin cancer treatment: The promise of melanoma vaccines …as well as fast track status in November 2021, which the company said underlines the potential of its FixVac vaccine platform to address the current treatment challenges of melanoma. DNA… August 13, 2025 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 3 Jul 2019 Meet the First Company in the Brand New Field of Epitranscriptomics …modifications in the RNA play an essential role in gene expression. There was already a whole research field built around chemical modifications of the DNA, or ‘epigenetics.’ Epigenetic drugs have… July 3, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 12 Mar 2018 A Dutch Company on the Quest Against Cystic Fibrosis …and we talked about how they used RNA approaches for genetic diseases,” says de Boer. Technologies targeting RNA are quite new compared to those that target DNA such as gene… March 12, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 1 Feb 2023 Expanding the world of biomarkers with proteogenomics …Biomarkers in cancer research: an untapped potential The discovery of new DNA and RNA biomarkers is proceeding rapidly thanks to inexpensive, high-throughput technologies. However, protein and lipid biomarkers have lagged…. February 1, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Apr 2017 Art Made with CRISPR Aims to Raise Awareness of Antibiotic Resistance …genetically modified using CRISPR to remove the gene that confers on them the resistance to the antibiotic ampicillin. In its place, Dumitriu has introduced a DNA fragment that, when converted… April 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Dec 2022 Pixelgen Technologies emerges to advance single-cell spatial proteomics …pixelation uses oligo-conjugated antibodies and nucleic acid encoded pixels to identify and spatially locate cell surface proteins. After staining, cells are tagged with Pixelgen’s proprietary DNA pixels to map out… December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Sep 2018 Update: French Biotech Raises €22M for a Gene Therapy Trial in Retinitis Pigmentosa …which the viral DNA is replaced by a functional copy of the PDE6β gene. This DNA is injected under the retina, right between the photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium,… September 18, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Jun 2025 First antibiotic in 50 years to tackle superbug nears approval: what’s going on in the field? …including Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile), Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus. Its approach is to block a new molecular target called DNA polymerase IIIC, thereby inhibiting DNA replication, leading to Gram-positive bacterial… June 9, 2025 - 11 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email