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AstraZeneca analysed rare variant contribution to human disease AstraZeneca analysed rare variant contribution to human disease

AstraZeneca scientists, based in Cambridge UK, have analysed over 18,000 phenotypes in combination with whole exome sequencing data from nearly 300,000 UK Biobank research participants.

Potential new drug for incurable vascular dementia Potential new drug for incurable vascular dementia

A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused by damaged and ‘leaky’ small blood vessels in the brain, according to research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Touchlight extends funding round to US$125M as demand for its dbDNA™ grows rapidly Touchlight extends funding round to US$125M as demand for its dbDNA™ grows rapidly

Demand for Touchlight’s synthetic DNA vector has grown rapidly since last year.dbDNA™ is driving biomedical innovations such as DNA and mRNA vaccines, synthetic DNA-based neutralising antibody therapies, and more.Touchlight’s synthetic DNA vector is revolutionising genetic medicine manufacture by offering a superior alternative to traditional plasmid DNA.