OTS Member Highlight – Dr. Timothy Yu
The sometimes twisty, sometimes intuitive, sometimes amazingly elegant hidden logic of the natural world has always fascinated Dr. Timothy Yu. Knowledge we now take for granted — the genetic code, machinery of transcription, or the layered biological logic of developmental patterning — were once completely mysterious. The ability to discover this hidden knowledge and apply it in the real ...
FDA’s Plausible Mechanism Pathway for Personalized Therapies to Treat Rare Diseases
The clock was ticking as soon as baby KJ was born in the summer of 2024. Within two days of his birth, he was lethargic and struggled to breathe. His blood test results showed elevated ammonia levels, leading to a diagnosis of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1) deficiency. This ultra-rare disease affects around 1 in 1,300,000 individuals, and only half ...
Zilganersen Trial Shows Slowed Disease Progression and Improvement in Gait Speed
Hailey was born a healthy baby, her mom says, hitting all her infant milestones like rolling over and sitting up. But at nine months old, she began falling over when she sat up and having constipation and little sleep. Her concerned mom brought it up at a pediatric appointment, but she was dismissed as being a nervous first-time parent. ...
Targeting APOC3: Redemplo Joins the Growing Landscape of Treatment for FCS
When Julie was just 18, her blood results revealed alarmingly high triglyceride levels at over 1,000 mg/dL. Two years later, she had her first acute pancreatitis attack. Although she would suffer from monthly pancreatitis flares after having her son and her triglycerides would escalate to over 10,000 mg/dL, she wouldn’t receive a diagnosis of familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) for ...
TfR1-Targeted Bicyclic Peptide-Oligonucleotide Conjugates for Improved Potency and Enhanced Muscle Delivery
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are uniquely suited to address single-gene diseases affecting skeletal and cardiac muscles. While distributed broadly, they are more likely to accumulate in the liver and kidneys than muscles, thus limiting their treatment applicability. Additionally, the anticipated dose levels needed for unconjugated ASOs to reach these muscles are very high. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, ...
OTS Member Highlight – Dr. Rebecca Miles
The incoming OTS President, Dr. Rebecca Miles, has always been curious about the way things work, and in high school, a human anatomy and physiology class sparked her passion for researching human diseases. As the first person in her family to pursue higher education, she was initially unsure which career would be the best path for understanding the human ...
OTS Member Highlight – Dr. Timothy Yu
The sometimes twisty, sometimes intuitive, sometimes amazingly elegant hidden logic of the natural world has ...
FDA’s Plausible Mechanism Pathway for Personalized Therapies to Treat Rare Diseases
The clock was ticking as soon as baby KJ was born in the summer of ...
Zilganersen Trial Shows Slowed Disease Progression and Improvement in Gait Speed
Hailey was born a healthy baby, her mom says, hitting all her infant milestones like ...
Targeting APOC3: Redemplo Joins the Growing Landscape of Treatment for FCS
When Julie was just 18, her blood results revealed alarmingly high triglyceride levels at over ...
TfR1-Targeted Bicyclic Peptide-Oligonucleotide Conjugates for Improved Potency and Enhanced Muscle Delivery
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are uniquely suited to address single-gene diseases ...
OTS Member Highlight – Dr. Rebecca Miles
The incoming OTS President, Dr. Rebecca Miles, has always been curious about the way things ...
