First-of-its-kind mRNA production lab in Asia paves way for pandemic preparedness
Prof Choo said the facility has started working on the pre-clinical RNA samples for the development of mRNA vaccines against influenza outbreaks, including the H5N1 bird flu strain. Researchers can ...
First-ever case of H5N1 bird flu in pig in the US: Why it's concerning
The first confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig has been reported by the USDA. The infected pig, part of a ...
Scientific American6d
Bird Flu Is One Step Closer to Mixing with Seasonal Flu Virus and Becoming a Pandemic
As the H5N1 avian influenza virus continues its rampage through ... A flu virus’s genetic material is made up of eight RNA ...
It’s Time to Get Your Covid and Flu Shots. Everything to Know About This Year’s Vaccines.
It’s time to start thinking about seasonal vaccinations. Getting those annual jabs isn’t quite as simple as it was before the ...
STAT19d
Potential competition for RSV prophylactic Beyfortus
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is expanding the footprint of its RNA-based gene-silencing heart drug, vutrisiran, CEO Yvonne Greenstreet said yesterday during the 2024 STAT Summit in Boston. The drug’s ...
Sydney Morning Herald19d
H5N1 bird flu strain hits South America
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Oropouche Virus Spreads; CDC Warns It Might Be Sexually Transmissible
CIDRAP reports that federal health officials know of 90 cases of Oropouche virus from five states, mostly from Florida, although none of the cases is known to have been sexually transmitted. Plus: ...
STAT20d
Alnylam’s CEO on welcoming competition, turning a profit, and a ‘spine-tingling moment’
For the last 20 years Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has converted Nobel-winning research on RNA-based gene-silencing into medicines, winning approvals for drugs delivered to the liver. That’s where ...
C&EN20d
Protein Recruitment to Dynamic DNA-RNA Host Condensates
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Bentley University20d
Herd Immunity: Public Health and H5N1
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in late March that dairy cattle in three states had been sickened by H5N1 — a virulent and often deadly disease known scientifically as highly ...
GEN21d
Wave Clinical Trial Shows First Successful RNA Editing in Humans
Wave Life Sciences said today its alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) candidate WVE-006 succeeded in the first-ever clinical demonstration of RNA editing in humans by achieving positive proof-of ...
Hoard's Dairyman21d
HPAI (H5N1) in Dairy Cattle
In the past 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of HPAI (H5N1) in 12 dairy herds in three states. Access the ...