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Phages could help to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Drug Target Review

In an infected animal, cGAS senses viral DNA in cytoplasm whilst in an uninfected organism, DNA is confined in the nucleus. Bacteria must take a different approach as they do not have nuclei and if CBASS reacted to the presence of DNA, it would cause autoimmunity or the bacterium to attack itself, Banh said.

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Farma: Speculative Gastronomy

Codon

The chefs at Farma know that by embracing food technologies such as recombinant DNA, precision fermentation, and cell culture, food can become more nutritious and better for the planet. The Hawaiian islands were beset by ringspot virus by the 1950s and within only 12 years, the amount of land used for papaya production dropped by 94 percent.

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Afimetoran

New Drug Approvals

TLR7-9 are among the set that are endosomally located and respond to single-stranded RNA (TLR7and TLR8) or unmethylated single-stranded DNA containing cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) motifs (TLR9). Toll/IL-1 receptor family members are important regulators of inflammation and host resistance. Nature Immunol., 11:373-384 (2010)).

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#ScienceSaturday: February 3, 2024

KIF1A

In addition to sequencing patients, the researchers looked for antibodies to the HTLV-1 virus in the patients’ spinal fluid. We each have two DNA copies of the KIF1A gene; each copy is called an allele and makes its own RNA, which is then translated into protein.

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Passage Bio Receives FDA Clearance of IND Application for PBFT02 Gene Therapy Candidate for Treatment of Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia with Granulin Mutations

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for PBFT02, an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-delivery gene therapy that is being studied for the treatment of patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) with granulin (GRN) mutations. About Passage Bio.

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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors

Codon

Certain CRISPR components can add short DNA sequences from the genomes of defeated viruses into the bacterium’s own genome, creating a type of protective “memory.” If the same virus invades the cell a second time, the gRNA’s spacer sequence will bind to the matching viral DNA sequence, then be cut by the Cas protein.

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MAVORIXAFOR

New Drug Approvals

Approximately 76% of HIV-patients with measurable viral load are infected with a strain of virus that is resistant to one or more classes of antiretroviral agents, thus reducing treatment options. AMD-070 targets the CXCR4 receptor on HIV and prevents the virus from entering and infecting healthy cells. PAPER [link] Org. Process Res.