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RNA modifications can protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Researchers have revealed that post-transcriptional RNA modifications protect against the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This mechanism may also […]

“The Silent Liver Disease”: How one company is helping biopharma tackle this growing epidemic

The growing epidemic of “The Silent Liver Disease” Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is experiencing a meteoric rise globally. NAFLD […]

AI used to develop new protein delivery system

Gene therapies are often touted as the future of healthcare, yet delivery of the relevant materials to human cells remains […]

Nanorobots that Navigate to Inflamed Sites: A New Method of Drug Delivery?

In a recent paper published in Science Advances, a research team has developed a twin-bioengine yeast nanorobot for gastro-intestinal (GI) […]

CRISPR-based therapy alleviates Huntington’s disease symptoms in mouse models

Researchers have investigated the application of RNA-targeting CRISPR technology in the treatment of Huntington’s disease (HD). The study, published in […]

Gene therapy for neurological diseases possible with new brain-targeting viral vectors

A major challenge in the field of gene therapy is ensuring that treatments are delivered to the correct location in […]

Multi-omics data integration approach aids liver cancer subtyping

Written by Lauren Robertson, Science Writer As the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, liver cancer represents a significant […]

A Spotlight On: Rare Disease – Marshall Summar, Director of the Rare Disease Institute at the Children’s National Hospital

Marshall Summar is Director of the Rare Disease Institute at the Children’s National Hospital. He runs the genetics and metabolism […]

Resolving tissue heterogeneity in bone, kidney and liver cancer using in situ spatial transcriptomics

The winners of the 2021 Spatial Biology EACR & NanoString Grant program, in collaboration with Illumina, will present cancer research […]

What’s the Best Way to Deliver Prime Editing?

Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer  Prime editing is a new type of genome editing technology. It essentially builds on […]