Raffaele De Francesco

Development of an investigational epigenetic silencer therapy to transcriptionally inactivate viral DNA in chronic hepatitis B

Approved chronic hepatitis B therapies rarely result in functional cure, as they fail to permanently silence all transcriptionally active hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA. CRMA-1001 employs an optimized epigenetic silencer that represses viral transcription through targeted deposition...

Cell senescence emerges as a hallmark and therapeutic target of chronic intracellular infection

<title>Abstract</title> Intracellular pathogens are ideal candidates for modelling the pathophysiology of chronic infection, as they hide within host cells and avoid conventional immune clearance through a controlled reshaping of cellular fate. This study unveils how the emerging...