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Stay at the RNA frontier with Hongene — Cutting edge science, technology breakthroughs, and industry insights.
Nov 21, 2025David Butler, CTO
Developing new RNA therapeutics requires years of dedicated effort. However, taking a program from the promise of preclinical models into the reality of clinical development presents the fundamental challenge of scale. Innovators must find a way to manufacture their drug, scaling up from grams to kilograms or even tons, all while maintaining quality, consistency and […]
Oct 1, 2025David Butler, CTO
The rise of nucleic acid therapeutics (NATs) — including oligonucleotides such as siRNA, mRNA-based products, and CRISPR-based drugs — is transforming modern medicine. These precise and potent modalities are advancing rapidly through development, posing new challenges for achieving scalable and compliant manufacturing. Early-stage NAT developers often rely on multiple specialized vendors across different production […]
Mar 18, 2025David Butler, CTO
This article explores the limitations of SPOS, and provides an overview of chemoenzymatic ligation, its mechanism, and comparative advantages in siRNA and sgRNA synthesis.