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ArticleAnnual review of chemical and biomolecular engineering2021

RNA Engineering for Public Health: Innovations in RNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics.

Walter Thavarajah, Laura M Hertz, David Z Bushhouse, Chloé M Archuleta, Julius B Lucks

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Article in Annual review of chemical and biomolecular engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Walter ThavarajahDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA; email: jblucks@northwestern.edu.
Laura M HertzCenter for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
David Z BushhouseCenter for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Chloé M ArchuletaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA; email: jblucks@northwestern.edu.
Julius B LucksDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA; email: jblucks@northwestern.edu.

Funding

Developing Capacity to Evaluate Training Programs via Development of Human, Institutional and Social CapitalT32GM008449 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LEONARD, JOSHUA NATHANIEL · 1993 to 2023
$7.8M
Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern UniversityT32GM008382 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI RADHAKRISHNAN, ISHWAR · 1990 to 2020
$4.3M
Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern UniversityT32GM140995 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Heather Wendy Pinkett, Reza Vafabakhsh · 2021 to 2026
$2.5M
Functional Roles of Nascent RNA Structure in Regulating and Coordinating Gene Expression - supplementR01GM130901 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LUCKS, JULIUS BEAU · 2020 to 2023
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130901NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008382NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008449NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM140995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA is essential for cellular function: From sensing intra- and extracellular signals to controlling gene expression, RNA mediates a diverse and expansive list of molecular processes. A long-standing goal of synthetic biology has been to develop RNA engineering principles that can be used to harness and reprogram these RNA-mediated processes to engineer biological systems to solve pressing global challenges. Recent advances in the field of RNA engineering are bringing this to fruition, enabling the creation of RNA-based tools to combat some of the most urgent public health crises. Specifically, new diagnostics using engineered RNAs are able to detect both pathogens and chemicals while generating an easily detectable fluorescent signal as an indicator. New classes of vaccines and therapeutics are also using engineered RNAs to target a wide range of genetic and pathogenic diseases. Here, we discuss the recent breakthroughs in RNA engineering enabling these innovations and examine how advances in RNA design promise to accelerate the impact of engineered RNA systems.

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Genetic EngineeringRNAPublic HealthSynthetic BiologyRNACRISPRdiagnosticpublic healthRNAsynthetic biologytherapeutic

Identifiers

PMID33900805
PMCPMC9714562

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