ANALYTICAL/QUALITY ARTICLES
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From Supporting Component to Strategic Driver: The Evolving Role of gRNA in CRISPR Therapeutics
Guide RNA is evolving from a simple targeting reagent into a complex, engineered molecule shaped by expanding CRISPR modalities, increasing length and modification demands, and tighter integration with manufacturability, analytical control, and regulatory expectations.
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5 Key Questions On How To Accelerate mRNA Development
Stakeholders are working to solve key mRNA manufacturing challenges, including how raw materials impact product quality and how to address scale up. Though existing analytical and manufacturing technologies may fall short for mRNA, investment in innovative techniques will help meet increasing demand for personalized therapeutics.
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The RNA Ties That Bind: 3 Takeaways From The OPT Congress
Here, I unpack three takeaways I had from the OPT Congress, each of which I’d argue are indicative of the interconnectedness across the genetic medicines field.
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Rethinking ATMP Assurance When Sterility Timelines, Reality Misalign
The compendial 14-day sterility testing window exposes product and patient to numerous risks, but settling on a rapid alternative also presents its own set of challenges.
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MicroRNA Therapeutics In Metabolic Liver Disease: Context-Driven Drug Discovery
Realizing the therapeutic potential of miRNAs in liver disease requires confronting a problem the field has not fully reckoned with.
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Inside Alnylam's Playbook For High Volume siRNA Production
As one of the first companies to establish a chemoenzymatic ligation platform, Alnylam's Maines and Nechev are in the perfect position to espouse wisdom on the practical aspects and remaining challenges of implementing enzymatic ligation at a large scale. Here in this installment, Maines and Nechev outline what they’ve learned thus far about the science of enzymatic ligation, while also paying credence to the unknowns and existing barriers that, as a frontrunner, Alnylam will inevitably (but willingly) be tasked with facing in the future.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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Precision In Nanoparticle Processing And Monodispersed Lipid Nanoparticles For Advanced Therapeutics
Precision in nanoparticle processing is key for drug delivery and vaccines. Learn how monodispersed formulations enhance reproducibility and stability for next-generation therapeutics, like RNA-LNPs.
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Selection And Evaluation Of Hybridization Capture Probes For LC/MS Analysis Of Oligonucleotides
To overcome challenges in oligonucleotide LC/MS bioanalysis, consider optimizing probe design by evaluating alternative chemistries like PNA for improved recovery and chromatographic performance.
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Future-Proofing mRNA Drug Manufacturing: The Value of Continuous Improvement
With so many uncertainties permeating the mRNA market, this largely preclinical industry is still seeking answers on how to reach successful therapeutic development. Identifying optimizations, both sequence-dependent and otherwise, to enhance the manufacturing process is crucial for advancing mRNA product development, which holds vast potential to address a wide range of indications.
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Probing RNA Base Pairing And Ligand Interactions In Solution With Infrared-Based MMS
Discover why Microfluidic Modulation Spectroscopy (MMS) is a novel, label-free, solution-based infrared technique for probing RNA base pairing and ligand interactions.
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Best Practices For Analysis Of In Vitro Transcribed (IVT) mRNA
Learn best practices for high-resolution analysis of IVT RNA using automated capillary electrophoresis. Improve accuracy and precision in quantifying critical quality attributes.
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Demystifying CRISPR gRNA Chemical Modifications
Chemical modifications on CRISPR gRNAs enhance stability, editing efficiency, and reduce immune responses, enabling in vivo applications and clinical success.
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Quality Assurance In IVT RNA Vaccine Development Using Electrophoresis
Discover advanced solutions for IVT RNA synthesis, focusing on enhancing fidelity in throughput, innovative technologies, and methodologies to optimize your RNA research and development processes.