Expanding the gene editing landscape

The Expanding Landscape of the Thiol Redox Proteome.

Cysteine occupies a unique place in protein chemistry. The nucleophilic thiol group allows cysteine to undergo a broad range of redox modifications beyond classical thiol-disulfide redox equilibria, including S-sulfenylation (-SOH), S-sulfinylation (-SO(2)H), S-sulfonylation (-SO(3)H), S-nitrosylation (-SNO), S-sulfhydration (-SSH), S-glutathionylation (-SSG), and others. Emerging evidence sugg...

Obeticholic acid: expanding the therapeutic landscape of NASH.

Currently treatment options for Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), the aggressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and one of the commonest causes of cirrhosis worldwide, are mainly limited to promotion of life style changes in diet and exercise habits as well as to control of comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia.1,2 With regard to pharmacotherapy, ...

The expanding epigenetic landscape of non-model organisms.

Epigenetics studies the emergence of different phenotypes from a single genotype. Although these processes are essential to cellular differentiation and transcriptional memory, they are also widely used in all branches of the tree of life by organisms that require plastic but stable adaptation to their physical and social environment. Because of the inherent flexibility of epigenetic regulation...

The changing landscape of carrier screening: expanding technology and options?.

The therapeutic landscape of HIV-1 via genome editing

Current treatment for HIV-1 largely relies on chemotherapy through the administration of antiretroviral drugs. While the search for anti-HIV-1 vaccine remain elusive, the use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) have been far-reaching and has changed HIV-1 into a manageable chronic infection. There is compelling evidence, including several side-effects of ARTs, suggesting that erad...