PPRHs lower levels of PCSK9 and cholesterol in transgenic mouse without causing toxicity

June 19, 2025

Researchers from the Universitat de Barcelona and Oregon Health & Science University have developed a novel gene silencing technique using polypurine reverse Hoogsteen hairpins (PPRH) to target and inhibit the expression of PCSK9.

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Mesothelin is biomarker, potential target in arthritic bone damage

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In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers from the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences...

Epigenetic technology could eliminate misfolded prion proteins

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The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal...

Gene therapies aim for the big goal of edits in vivo

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The field of gene therapy is experiencing major advances driven by precise editing technologies, such as base and prime editing, and by the design of increasingly...