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PYC's Lead Investigational Drug, VP-001, Demonstrates Another Key Functional Improvement in Patient-Derived Models


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NEW YORK and PERTH, Australia, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PYC Therapeutics (ASX: PYC), a biotechnology company developing a new generation of precision RNA therapeutics to change the lives of patients with inherited diseases, today announced that the Company s lead investigational drug, VP-001, for the treatment of RP11 has restored function of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium, the target cells for the therapy, in patient-derived models of the disease.
Figure 1. Structure of the retina and changes in RP-11 patients
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Figure 2. VP-001 treatment improves barrier function in penetrant patient iPSC-RPE Barrier function is assessed by trans-epithelial electrical resistance, T.E.E.R. (measured in Ω.cm2), with increasing Ω.cm2 representing increasing barrier function. Statistical significance calculated as one-way ANOVA = p ≤ 0.05 in cells from a single patient across two technical replicate ....

Deborah Elson Matthew Deyoung , Sahm Nasseri , Leo Vartorella , Drug Administration , Retinal Pigment Epithelium , Blood Retina Barrier , Adeno Associated Virus , Investigational New Drug , Cell Penetrating Peptides , Mol Ther Methods Clin , Matthew Deyoung , Pyc Therapeutics , டெபோரா எல்சன் மேத்யூ டியூன் , இரத்தம் விழித்திரை தடை , மோள் தெர் முறைகள் கிளினிக் , மேத்யூ டியூன் , பய்க் சிகிச்சை ,