The development and improvement of ribonucleic acid therapy strategies

Y Zhao, R Shu, J Liu - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2021 - cell.com
The biological understanding of RNA has evolved since the discovery of catalytic RNAs in
the early 1980s and the establishment of RNA interference (RNAi) in the 1990s. RNA is no …

piRNAs as modulators of disease pathogenesis

KJ Rayford, A Cooley, JT Rumph, A Arun… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advances in understanding disease pathogenesis correlates to modifications in gene
expression within different tissues and organ systems. In depth knowledge about the …

The infinite possibilities of RNA therapeutics

EC Mollocana-Lara, M Ni, SN Agathos… - Journal of Industrial …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Although the study of ribonucleic acid (RNA) therapeutics started decades ago, for many
years, this field of research was overshadowed by the growing interest in DNA-based …

The world of pseudogenes: new diagnostic and therapeutic targets in cancers or still mystery molecules?

M Stasiak, T Kolenda, J Kozłowska-Masłoń… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudogenes were once considered as “junk DNA”, due to loss of their functions as a result
of the accumulation of mutations, such as frameshift and presence of premature stop-codons …

Current advances in overcoming obstacles of CRISPR/Cas9 off-target genome editing

G Aquino-Jarquin - Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 2021 - Elsevier
CRISPR/Cas9-based technology has revolutionized biomedical research by providing a
high-fidelity gene-editing method, foreshadowing a significant impact on the therapeutics of …

Nucleic acid-based treatments against COVID-19: potential efficacy of aptamers and siRNAs

J Khanali, M Azangou-Khyavy, Y Asaadi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite significant efforts, there are currently no approved treatments for COVID-19.
However, biotechnological approaches appear to be promising in the treatment of the …

A bird's eye view of the advanced approaches and strategies for overshadowing triple negative breast cancer

N Malavia, K Kuche, R Ghadi, S Jain - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive form of breast cancer. It
is characterized by the absence of estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth …

Non-coding RNAs and their bioengineering applications for neurological diseases

T Das, TK Das, A Khodarkovskaya, S Dash - Bioengineered, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Engineering of cellular biomolecules is an emerging landscape presenting creative
therapeutic opportunities. Recently, several strategies such as biomimetic materials, drug …

RNA therapeutics for cardiovascular disease

C Boada, R Sukhovershin, R Pettigrew… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
RNA therapeutics is a rapidly emerging field of biotherapeutics based upon a powerful and
versatile platform with a nearly unlimited capacity to address unmet clinical needs. These …

A synthetic circuit for buffering gene dosage variation between individual mammalian cells

J Yang, J Lee, MA Land, S Lai, OA Igoshin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Precise control of gene expression is critical for biological research and biotechnology.
However, transient plasmid transfections in mammalian cells produce a wide distribution of …