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News Archive<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bifacial \u03b3PNA triplets target rCUG repeats and displace MBNL1 in Myotonic Dystrophy type 1<\/a>, Base by Base Podcast, January 18, 2026<\/p>\n

Breakthrough in RNA Research Could Lead to Treatment for Neuromuscular Disorders<\/a>, Mellon College of Science News, January 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Breakthrough in RNA Research Could Lead to Treatment for Neuromuscular Disorders<\/a>, Mellon College of Science News, January 9, 2026<\/p>\n

Molecular Converter Switches Genetic Information from Right- to Left-Handed<\/a>, Mellon College of Science Press Release, December 13, 2018<\/p>\n

Synthetic molecule invades double-stranded DNA<\/a>, EurekAlert!, November 12, 2018<\/p>\n

Two-faced molecule could lead to Huntington\u2019s disease treatment<\/a>, Department of Chemistry, September 14, 2018<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Wei-Che for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis! Aug 28, 2018<\/p>\n

In utero gene editing<\/a>, ScienceVio on YouTube, June 26, 2018<\/p>\n

Fetal gene editing with synthetic nucleotides cures beta-thalassemia in mice<\/a>, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, July 10, 2018<\/p>\n

Cancer researcher explores new tack<\/a>, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 13, 2018<\/p>\n

New gene-editing trick discovered just in time for J-Lo\u2019s \u201cCRISPR\u201d TV series<\/a>, Washington Post, October 26, 2016<\/p>\n

Engineers made fake DNA to fix genetic disorders<\/a>, YouTube, December 22, 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cThe passion of a budding scientist\/engineer\u2014Adam Simpson\u201d<\/a>, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, January 12, 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cA train without a brake\u201d<\/a> (Profile of Danith Ly, 2015)<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Arunava for successfully defending his Ph.D thesis! May 27, 2015<\/p>\n

CNAST receives $3.1M gift to develop the next-generation nucleic acid codes<\/a>, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, September 18, 2014<\/p>\n

Five CMU professors were awarded research grant from the Kaufman Foundation<\/a>, Mellon College of Science Press Release, July 25, 2013***<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon Scientists create mimic of disease-fighting cyclic peptide<\/a>, HealthCanal, April 13, 2012<\/p>\n

Danith Ly wins Mellon College of Science award for education<\/a>, Mellon College of Science Press Release, April 11, 2012***<\/p>\n

PNA Innovations participates in Innovations Works Investor Day<\/a>, PNA Innovations press release***<\/p>\n

Danith Ly co-founded a start-up company in Pittsburgh<\/a> ***<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Raman Bahal for his successful thesis defenses in 2012!<\/p>\n

DSF Charitable Foundation gives $3.9M to support CNAST<\/a>***, Mellon College of Science Press Release, March 15, 2011<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Raman Bahal for winning the Chair's Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the 2011 Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference<\/a>*** for his poster entitled \"Targeting CUG RNA Triplet Repeat with mini-PEG \u03b3PNA\".<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Matthew Crawford and Iulia Sacui for their successful thesis defenses in 2011!<\/p>\n

Research Profiles: An insight into the Ly Lab<\/a>, The Tartan, May 01, 2006<\/p>\n

Promising synthetic DNA star of symposium<\/a>, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 24, 2006<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon University Scientist Develops Way To Deliver Promising Genetic Tool into Living Cells<\/a>, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, December 3, 2004***<\/p>\n

Danith Ly to study stem cells<\/a>, The Tartan, April 22, 2002***<\/p>\n

New Answers to Age-Old Question<\/a>, Wired, April 1, 2000<\/p>\n

The Genetics Of Aging<\/a>, Science a GoGo, March 31, 2000<\/p>\n

The Genetics Of Aging: New Study Says Cell Division Errors May Be The Common Link<\/a>, Science Daily, March 31, 2000<\/p>\n

Research: Genetic Errors Cause Aging<\/a>***<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.chem.cmu.edu\/ly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}