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Since the approval of Vitravene (for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis) in 1998, antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies have evolved into a prominent class of therapeutics. In addition to the seven drugs, based on such molecules, that are commercially available, around 160 candidates are under development. Examples of recently approved antisense therapeutics include (in reverse chronological order) Viltepso (duchenne muscular dystrophy, March 2020), Vyondys 53 (duchenne muscular dystrophy, December 2019) and Waylivra (hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis, May 2019).
Given their ability to target the root cause of diseases, at the protein expression level, these disease-modifying interventions have potential applications across a wide range of therapeutic areas (including but not limited to oncological disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, respiratory disorders, and even certain
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NSF seeks to lessen the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and STEM education research and development. Known impacts include decreased faculty research productivity and difficulty in initiating and/or maintaining a career trajectory in either STEM or STEM education research and development. The goal of this funding opportunity is to support sustained research productivity and career progression of early career researchers who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Such support could sustain the research careers of new or current postdoctoral researchers, as well as help mitigate pandemic-related reductions in research productivity of early career faculty.
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He also impressed upon the college officials, falling in the aforesaid age bracket, to come forward and get vaccinated in order to boost their immunity against the deadly virus. Prof. Lone also stressed that other age groups, including college officials and students be also vaccinated at the earliest.
Others who were present on the occasion and facilitated the daylong drive included NSS Program Officers, Prof. Arshad Ahmad Yatoo, Dr. Kaiser Ahmad Dar, and Dr. Syed Masarat Geelani besides NSS volunteers of the college.
The drive culminated with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr. A. R. Malik, Secretary, Staff Council of the college.
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