A review of some recently published scientific studies, including researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County identifying a single nucleotide that controls two forms of the HIV virus’ RNA.

Thermo Fisher Scientific inked a deal with Janssen Biotech, part of Johnson & Johnson, to co-develop a companion diagnostic for cancer. The diagnostic test will support global clinical trial enrollment.

One of the companies working on the cutting edge of the field of gene silencing is Pasadena, California-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, which expectS 2020 to be a real inflection point.

Clarivate Analytics pegged 11 drugs set to enter the market during 2020 as potential blockbusters by 2024

Carlsbad, California-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals licensed the company’s IONIS-MAPTRX antisense therapy to leading biotech firm Biogen Inc.

Alnylam’s gene-silencing therapy for a rare kidney disorder met the main goal of a late-stage study, bringing the company a step closer to marketing the first approved treatment for the condition.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. priced the company’s gene silencing drug to treat patients with a rare genetic disorder that can cause severe pain at $575,000 per year after receiving an early U.S. approval.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have identified a key switch that has the potential to eliminate dormant HIV reservoirs.

Allogene Therapeutics inked a research collaboration deal with Stanford University to work on a novel nucleic acid delivery system for CAR-T therapy.

British Columbia-based Chinook Therapeutics burst onto the scene with $65 million in hand and a goal of driving a portfolio of compounds aimed at kidney diseases into the clinic by 2021.