Sequence- and Structure-Dependent Cytotoxicity of Phosphorothioate and 2′-O-Methyl Modified Single-Stranded Oligonucleotides
Authors: Laura V. Croft Mark Fisher, Tabassum Khair Barbhuiya, Serene El-Kamand, Samuel Beard, Aleksandra Rajapakse, Roland Gamsjaeger, Liza Cubeddu, Emma Bolderson, Ken O’Byrne , Derek Richard derek.richard@qut.edu.au, and Neha S. Gandhi Published Online: 17 June 2024 Abstract Single-stranded oligonucleotides (SSOs) are a rapidly expanding class ...
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Successes, Milestones, and Upcoming Innovation
Authors: Jillian Belgrad, Hassan H. Fakih, and Anastasia Khvorova Published Online: 3 April 2024 Abstract Nucleic acid-based therapies have become the third major drug class after small molecules and antibodies. The role of nucleic acid-based therapies has been strengthened by recent regulatory approvals and ...
ALS: From Genetic Complexity to Treatment Challenges and Advances
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disorder of the motor neurons that causes progressive muscle weakness and respiratory failure (1). ALS is the most common motor disease among adults (2), affecting around 60,000 people in the U.S. and ...
Inherited Retinal Disorder: In Vivo CRISPR Therapy Provides Vision Improvements
Inherited retinal disorders (IRDs) are the leading cause of visual impairment, affecting approximately 1 in 2,000 people of all ages worldwide (1). There are many types of IRDs, each caused by a gene variant that affects how the retina functions, with one of the ...
Angelman Syndrome Treatment Efforts and a Novel Prenatal Strategy
Imagine finding out your child may never walk, talk, feed, or dress themselves. Never have a job, get married, or have children. Never live independently. This long list of milestones never to be met is the experience for many parents with children diagnosed with ...
Treating Genetic Causes of Dravet Syndrome
In September 2014, identical twins Hudson Blake and Grady Lee were born and appeared seemingly perfect. However, when their mom went to return to work when the boys were 12 weeks old, she started to notice they both had an odd shiver. When Hudson ...
Hope of New Treatments for Chronic Liver Disease MASH (NASH)
In the early stages of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), many patients are asymptomatic, though some may feel weak or fatigued or have an ache in their upper right abdomen. While lifestyle changes can help patients diagnosed early enough, more advanced stages of the disease ...
RNA Single-base Editing Therapy that Treats Genetic Lung and Liver Disease Entered Clinical Trials
When Peggy's mom was in her forties, she started to have trouble breathing. Although she had never smoked, she had been exposed second-hand earlier in her life. Eventually, her mother ended up at the Mayo Clinic, where she was the 36th patient to be ...
Jennifer Doudna – Seeking to Improve the World with CRISPR
At 10:53 p.m. on Oct. 7, Jennifer Doudna woke to a buzzing sound. Picking up her phone — which she noticed had multiple missed calls and messages — she was greeted by the voice of Nature journalist Heidi Ledford. The day before, Doudna had ...
FDA Approved the First CRISPR Treatment – Potential Cure for People with Sickle Cell Disease
Victoria Gray was diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD) when she was just three months old; since then, episodes of pain and frequent hospitalizations have been a part of her life. Many of her dreams seemed like far-off impossibilities when the smallest things, like ...
