Codon

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Predictive Models A “ sequence-to-function ” predictive model – an algorithm that determines a protein’s likely function solely by looking at the DNA sequence encoding it – is the natural successor to AlphaFold2. The biggest challenge will be to acquire DNA that encodes millions of different proteins.

Protein Expression

Drug Target Review

AUGUST 16, 2023

Suspicious findings can prompt further evaluation and definitive diagnosis, enabling timely treatment and improved patient outcomes. Direct detection of early-stage cancers using circulating tumor DNA. References 1. Jillian Phallen. DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2415

DNA

Codon

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Predictive Models A “ sequence-to-function ” predictive model – an algorithm that determines a protein’s likely function solely by looking at the DNA sequence encoding it – is the natural successor to AlphaFold2. The biggest challenge will be to acquire DNA that encodes millions of different proteins.

Protein Expression

Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It involves, almost by definition, the consolidation of extensive patient data: genomic information, health records and other external resources. Upstart Element ratchets up race for cheaper DNA sequencing with a $200 genome [Internet]. Genomics and data science: an application within an umbrella. Genome Biology [Internet].

Treatment

PLOS: DNA Science

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Tools to Track Disease: Biobanks to AI The new investigation looks at points in a human genome that can be any of the four types of DNA building blocks – A, C, T, or G. These sorts of data are associations, risk-raisers – not evidence quite definitive enough to back up a clinical diagnosis based on exams and other types of tests.

Disease

Broad Institute

JUNE 26, 2023

In fifth grade, Mangum joined a Girl Scout troop and the troop leaders, who had PhDs in science or engineering, further nurtured her interests by introducing her and her fellow troop members to many STEM activities — science camps for girls, LEGO robotics competitions, DNA extractions from strawberries.

Research

DrugBaron

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Definitely not just more compounds per week. Right now, both virtual and real libraries are dominated by particular skeletons that are easy to build – and a lot of those are flat. Quick turn around of high data density profiling is the driving force for discovery productivity What you need are answers to well-thought-out questions.

Small Molecule

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 5, 2024

If enacted, the legislation would amend the FMIA and PPIA to establish definitions for “imitation” and “cell-cultured” meat and poultry products, and revise the definitions of “meat” and “poultry” to exclude such products. This particular federal legislative effort, however, continues the debate.

Protein Production

Drug Target Review

JUNE 19, 2024

The other powerful benefit is that our cell lines can become any of the cell types of the human body – these cells have within their DNA the capability to become any of the more than 200 human cell types which you might want to manufacture. This provides some regulatory advantages, and of course, significant cost advantages. Absolutely.

Therapies

PPD

AUGUST 5, 2024

Their early definition — as well as plans for recording and tracking — is a major factor in a trial’s success. Composite endpoints might include factors such as hospitalization, transplantation and worsening of clinical outcomes.

Clinical Trials

sptlabtech

JUNE 27, 2022

We can do that, and it's definitely a good idea." An excellent choice for CLIA labs Asked if he would recommend SPT Labtech's mosquito and dragonfly discovery workflow combination to other labs, Farruk is emphatic: "Yes, definitely - I would!"

Laboratories

KIF1A

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Notably, there were many patients in the study who had low antibody levels without a definite genetic cause. 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. But this patient also had low antibody levels, indicating that HAM was less likely.

RNA

Perficient: Drug Development

AUGUST 31, 2024

This is usually not the best way to increase performance for most distributed workflows, but it definitely has its place. This is why monitoring needs to be built onto your development DNA. Vertical scaling means using a bigger resource. Technically, this is what Spark does. Monitor entire SQL Warehouses.

Government

The Open Targets Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

It was definitely a pleasant surprise — no one knew about this poison exon. A mini-gene is a piece of DNA sequence which we engineer so that we can easily include or exclude pieces of the sequence and see how that affects the function of the gene. The mini-gene experiment was a tricky one.

RNA

The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Available since 2017 as an in vitro diagnostic assay (IVD) in Europe and the United States, Japanese clinical geneticists can now have access to this assay to help identify a definitive genetic diagnosis for their patients. “We are truly excited and humbled to bring the power of diagnostic microarray testing to the Japanese market.

DNA

DrugBank

JUNE 27, 2023

In contrast, non-coding mutations have effects on gene expression, transcript stability, and the physical state of the DNA itself (e.g., 23 By incorporating diverse data, it may be possible to further refine existing patient stratification and to identify new groupings within traditional disease definitions.

Disease

The Pharma Data

JULY 11, 2021

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE), like so many other rare diseases, is highly complex, and patients, their families and caregivers often undergo years of strain trying to understand their disease, get a definitive diagnosis and gain access to the medicines they need. At Takeda we are a committed champion for the patients we serve.

Treatment

Agency IQ

AUGUST 11, 2023

So, while EFSA was not able to draw definitive conclusions on all of these uses of glyphosate, it found little reason for concern regarding the applications it could adequately investigate. A close examination of the full risk assessment indicates exactly what these data gaps are.

Regulations

Vial

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Also, payloads that are permeable payloads and specifically microtubule inhibitors or DNA alkylators or chemo. In certain malignancies like doublehead diffuse large B cell lymphoma, which is a really difficult disease to treat, but by definition doublehead has BCL-2 Myc that are rearranged or overexpressed or BCL-6.

Small Molecule

Agency IQ

JULY 26, 2024

in equipment) for products that are more complex or aren’t as well-characterized, such as antibody drug conjugates or recombinant DNA products, will be considered higher risk than they would if the change was made to the production of standard, small molecule products. Any CMC changes (e.g., Back to the questions: Q2, reference materials.

Biosimilars

Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Additionally, six of these comments came from the same organization (Integrated DNA Technologies). Similarly, the ECA Foundation suggested that moving definitions of important terms from the footnotes of the guidance into a glossary, and expanding the list of terms defined, would make the document easier to read and understand.

Production

Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blood tests measuring the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) emerged as a first-line screening method for prostate cancer in the early 1990s, directing men with a high PSA result to pursue biopsy for definitive diagnosis. Importantly, early screening tests must also be widely accessible to patients.

DNA

ASPET

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Despite intensive chemotherapy, the prognosis for patients with refractory or relapsed BL remains unfavorable, and a definitive method to completely eliminate latent EBV infection is lacking. The lytic activation of EBV can be inhibited by tenofovir, a potent inhibitor of DNA replication.

DNA

PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 25, 2023

In these 50 or so conditions, symptoms may appear earlier and worsen from generation to generation, as the mutant gene grows, adding copies of a 3- or 4-base DNA sequence. The duo is designed to correct the mutation, the MAb targeting the siRNA to the gene behind MD1, where it snips out DNA repeats.

Treatment

Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

While the results are not entirely definitive, they underscore the need for further exploration to determine which genes should take precedence in testing. This subset included nearly 200 genes involved in DNA repair, a process vital for maintaining genetic integrity.

Research

Broad Institute

MAY 2, 2024

Today, she is a senior associate computational biologist in the Getz lab, where she applies computational techniques to DNA and RNA sequencing data to analyze rapid autopsy samples, taken from multiple sites throughout the body at the time of a cancer patient’s death. You shouldn’t have to choose one or the other.

Science

PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 3, 2024

’” Coaxing BCG to Tame TB and then Cancer The novel vaccine strategy builds on the accumulation of natural mutations when DNA copies itself as cells divide. The definition of “avatar,” aside from being a film series, is “something that embodies something else.”

Vaccine

KIF1A

AUGUST 20, 2024

This study is not a definitive answer; it’s a snapshot, the first 300 days of a journey that Susannah is still pioneering today. In research we rely on operational definitions – highly specific, limited definitions that allow us to make testable hypotheses. What Symptoms were impacted?

Science

Codon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In 1998, a Japanese group discovered the causative genes by using transposons, or small DNA sequences that insert themselves into genes, to randomly disrupt genetic functions inside cyanobacteria cells. Many of these genes are involved in fatty acid metabolism and the cell cycle.

Laboratories

Codon

MARCH 19, 2024

Most cells (excluding T-cells and B cells after V(D)J recombination) in our body contain the same DNA but appear and behave in distinct ways: A neuron looks and acts very differently from a hepatocyte. While DNA is relatively stable , the epigenome is not; it has to orchestrate changes in cell state, cell type, and more.

DNA

PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 2, 2024

Will an effort to determine the sex chromosome constitutions of nearly 600,000 men whose DNA is being analyzed in the Million Veteran Program provide helpful health information – or highlight another possible source of genetic judgment? appeared first on DNA Science. It launched in 2011.

DNA

Codon

APRIL 2, 2024

in physics at Princeton University, he had a remarkable idea: What if it were possible to build a circuit out of DNA, rather than electronics, and use it to “program” a living cell? Elowitz: Well, I definitely had no idea whether it was going to work. In 1997, as Michael Elowitz was studying for a Ph.D.

RNA

Codon

JUNE 30, 2024

Modern biotechnology began in 1972 when biochemists at Stanford University spliced together DNA from two different organisms. The race to exploit recombinant DNA technology was on. Chakrabarty genetically cross-linked the plasmids using X-rays and then placed the newly assembled sequence into Pseudomonas putida.

DNA

Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In its latest iteration, the soup-to-nuts guidance runs to 43 pages, including a section on definitions and abbreviations but excluding appendices. Developers should establish the connection between these sample types and tumor tissue DNA, so that ctDNA or CTC can be used as surrogates to detect molecular alterations in tumors.

Clinical Trials

Codon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

” The definition was nebulous, but there were agreed-upon themes. Given the fuzziness of the definition, it was unclear which of the released projects deserved the name. Some emerged from a “DNA is all you need” worldview, investing heavily in better long-read sequencing and chromatin accessibility data.

Engineering

Agency IQ

MAY 31, 2024

Specifically , the sponsor is proposing an indication for the detection of “colorectal cancer derived alterations in cell-free DNA from blood collected in the Guardant Blood Collection Kit.” The Shield blood test is an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) product intended to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC) markers in blood.

FDA

Codon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Erasing methyl groups on DNA is necessary for normal egg and sperm development. The most important step seems to be erasing DNA methylation. Methyl groups attached to DNA are first artificially erased using a chemical inhibitor to mimic the erasure that happens during germline commitment.

DNA