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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2025

ASOBIOTICS 2024: an interdisciplinary symposium on antisense-based programmable RNA antibiotics.

Jörg Vogel, Franziska Faber, Lars Barquist, Anke Sparmann, Linda Popella, Chandradhish Ghosh

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. High-Throughput Tiling of Essential mRNAs Increases Potency of Antisense Antibiotics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jörg VogelHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany joerg.vogel@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Franziska FaberHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8700-6522
Lars BarquistHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4732-2667
Anke SparmannHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7695-2049
Linda PopellaUniversity of Würzburg, Medical Faculty, Institute of Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5309-5838
Chandradhish GhoshHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0745-9116

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The international symposium ASOBIOTICS 2024 brought together scientists across disciplines to discuss the challenges of advancing antibacterial antisense oligomers (ASOs) from basic research to clinical application. Hosted by the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, Germany, on September 12-13, 2024, the event featured presentations covering major milestones and current challenges of this antimicrobial technology and its applications against pathogens, commensals, and bacterial viruses. General design principles and modification of ASOs based on peptide nucleic acid (PNA) or phosphorodiamidate-morpholino-oligomer (PMO) chemistry, promising cellular RNA targets, new delivery technologies, as well as putative resistance mechanisms, were discussed. A panel discussion noted the challenge of nomenclature: antibacterial ASOs lack a single, universally used name. To address this, the term "asobiotics" was proposed to unite a community of like-minded scientists that are committed to advancing ASOs as antimicrobials. A consistent name will simplify literature searches and help scientists and funders appreciate the potential of programmable RNA antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance and enable precise microbiome editing.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, AntisenseAnimalsBacteriaHumansPeptide Nucleic AcidsAnti-Bacterial AgentsOligonucleotides, AntisensePeptide Nucleic AcidsRNA, Antisenseantibioticsantisense oligonucleotidemicrobiome editingmorpholinopeptide nucleic acidphage

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PMID39814459
PMCPMC11912906

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