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Base by Base

Base by Base explores advances in genetics and genomics, with a focus on gene-disease associations, variant interpretation, protein structure, and insights from exome and genome sequencing. Each episode breaks down key studies and their clinical...more

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451: Prion protein lowering is disease-modifying across stages and strains

Episode 451

August 25, 2026

451: Prion protein lowering is disease-modifying across stages and strains

Minikel EV et al., Nucleic Acids Research - This study uses antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to lower prion protein (PrP) RNA in mice and shows...

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00:24:36

450: ASOs que reduzem PrP prolongam a sobrevida [PT]

Episode 450

August 24, 2026

450: ASOs que reduzem PrP prolongam a sobrevida [PT]

Raymond GJ et al., JCI Insight - This episode covers a 2019 study showing that sequence-specific antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting the prion protein (PrP)...

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00:24:57

449: siRNA divalente para doença priônica [PT]

Episode 449

August 24, 2026

449: siRNA divalente para doença priônica [PT]

Gentile JE et al., Nucleic Acids Research - Discovery and preclinical development of divalent siRNA candidates targeting PRNP, identifying 2439-s4 as a potent, durable...

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00:28:46

448: PrP‑lowering ASOs prolong survival in prion‑infected mice

Episode 448

August 23, 2026

448: PrP‑lowering ASOs prolong survival in prion‑infected mice

Raymond GJ et al., JCI Insight - This study tests antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting Prnp in wild‑type mice infected with RML prions and shows...

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00:25:16

447: Divalent siRNA for prion disease

Episode 447

August 23, 2026

447: Divalent siRNA for prion disease

Gentile JE et al., Nucleic Acids Research - This study develops and tests divalent siRNA molecules that lower prion protein (PrP) in the brain,...

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00:23:33

446: Cilia, Synuclein, and Survival: G51D Mice Reveal a Shared Parkinson’s Pathway

Episode 446

August 23, 2026

446: Cilia, Synuclein, and Survival: G51D Mice Reveal a Shared Parkinson’s Pathway

Lin Y‑E et al., PNAS - Knock‑in SncaG51D/G51D mice show selective loss of primary cilia in specific striatal interneurons, astrocytes, piriform cortex PV cells...

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