LEIDEN, Netherlands & CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProQR Therapeutics NV. (Nasdaq: PRQR) (ProQR), a company dedicated to changing lives through transformative RNA therapies based on its proprietary Axiomer® RNA editing technology platform, today announced a presentation at the RNA Editing Summit, July 11-13, 2023 in Boston, MA, USA.  

The 2023 edition of the RNA Editing Summit will focus on optimizing RNA editing technology to safely deliver novel payloads, enhancing potency and durability to achieve clinical validation in patients faster.

ProQR presentation

Presentation title: Harnessing chemical modifications to improve ADAR potency and unlock Axiomer broad applicability
Presenter: Lenka van Sint Fiet, PhD, Senior Director Technology
Presentation type: Oral presentation
Session: Optimizing Chemical Modifications & Innovating Synthetic Tools to Boost Potency & Durability
Date: July 12, 2023, at 4:00pm EDT

This presentation will detail:

• Ongoing effort led by ProQR to put in place effective strategies to increase RNA editing yields of ADARs using chemical modifications and oligonucleotide design
• The potential of the Axiomer platform in multiple organs, as well as its applicability for the treatment of liver-originated disorders, including data from preclinical models

About Axiomer^®

ProQR is pioneering a next-generation RNA base editing technology called Axiomer^®, which could potentially yield a new class of medicines for diverse types of diseases. Axiomer^® “Editing Oligonucleotides”, or EONs, mediate single nucleotide changes to RNA in a highly specific and targeted way using molecular machinery that is present in human cells called ADAR (Adenosine Deaminase Acting on RNA). Axiomer^® EONs are designed to recruit and direct endogenously expressed ADARs to change an Adenosine (A) to an Inosine (I) in the RNA – an Inosine is translated as a Guanosine (G) – correcting an RNA with a disease-causing mutation back to a normal (wild type) RNA, modulating protein expression, or altering a protein so that it will have a new function that helps prevent or treat disease.

About ProQR

ProQR Therapeutics is dedicated to changing lives through the creation of transformative RNA therapies. ProQR is pioneering a next-generation RNA technology called Axiomer^®, which uses a cell’s own editing machinery called ADAR to make specific single nucleotide edits in RNA to reverse a mutation or modulate protein expression and could potentially yield a new class of medicines for both rare and prevalent diseases with unmet need. Based on our unique proprietary RNA repair platform technologies we are growing our pipeline with patients and loved ones in mind.

Learn more about ProQR at www.proqr.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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ProQR Therapeutics N.V.

Investor contact:
Sarah Kiely
ProQR Therapeutics N.V.
T: +1 617 599 6228
skiely@proqr.com
or
Hans Vitzthum
LifeSci Advisors
T: +1 617 430 7578
hans@lifesciadvisors.com

Media contact:
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FTI Consulting
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