In this episode of a16z bio Journal Club, general partner Vijay Pande, bio
deal team partner Andy Tran, and bio editor Lauren Richardson discuss a novel
CRISPR-Cas-based anti-viral strategy.
The discussion covers the differences between this newly developed
prophylactic strategy, traditional vaccines, and anti-viral drugs; how this
strategy can be engineered to target a huge range of coronavirus and influenza
strains; and the next steps needed to go from paper to practice:
* “
Development of CRISPR as an Antiviral Strategy to Combat SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza” in
Cell (April 2020), by Timothy Abbott, Girija Dhamdhere, Yanxia Liu, Xueqiu Lin, Laine Goudy, Leiping Zeng, Augustine Chemparathy, Stephen Chmura, Nicholas Heaton, Robert Debs, Tara Pande, Drew Endy, Marie La Russa, David Lewis, and Lei Qi
a16z Journal Club (part of the a16z Podcast), curates and covers recent
advances from the scientific literature -- what papers we’re reading, and why
they matter from our perspective at the intersection of biology & technology
(for bio journal club). You can find all these episodes at
a16z.com/journalclub.
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In this episode of a16z bio Journal Club, general partner Vijay Pande, bio
deal team partner Andy Tran, and bio editor Lauren Richardson discuss a novel
CRISPR-Cas-based anti-viral strategy.
The discussion covers the differences between this newly developed
prophylactic strategy, traditional vaccines, and anti-viral drugs; how this
strategy can be engineered to target a huge range of coronavirus and influenza
strains; and the next steps needed to go from paper to practice:
* “
Development of CRISPR as an Antiviral Strategy to Combat SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza” in
Cell (April 2020), by Timothy Abbott, Girija Dhamdhere, Yanxia Liu, Xueqiu Lin, Laine Goudy, Leiping Zeng, Augustine Chemparathy, Stephen Chmura, Nicholas Heaton, Robert Debs, Tara Pande, Drew Endy, Marie La Russa, David Lewis, and Lei Qi
a16z Journal Club (part of the a16z Podcast), curates and covers recent
advances from the scientific literature -- what papers we’re reading, and why
they matter from our perspective at the intersection of biology & technology
(for bio journal club). You can find all these episodes at
a16z.com/journalclub.
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