IN BRIEF: Roquefort Therapeutics sees positive results in cancer study
Roquefort Therapeutics PLC - London-based biotech company - Will present results from its anti-cancer RNA pre-clinical study on Tuesday afternoon at European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy in Edinburgh. Results show that a splice switching RNA medicine can impair Midkine action. RNA turns genetic information into proteins. Midkine appears to enhance the proliferative features of cancer. Roquefort treatment reduces full length Midkine and generates a "non-functional shortened Midkine" by inducing a change in the Midkine mRNA. Read More