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The world's first-in-class miRNA therapeutics to cure diabetes by pancreatic beta cell regeneration
SEOUL, South Korea, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

RNA therapeutics, a breakthrough for major modern diseases such as Corona 19, 
orphan diseases, and chronic diseases

Nexturn Bio Inc. completed its first investment review on RosVivo Therapeutics 
Inc., a new miRNA drug company in the U.S.

Nexturn Bio Inc., a subsidiary of Nexturn Bioscience Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:89140), 
has selected its first technological investment target to expand its new bio 
business. Nexturn Bio announced that it has secured a 50% stake in RosVivo 
Therapeutics, Inc. as its final investment destination under support from its 
parent company Nexturn Bioscience Co., Ltd. RosVivo, planned to receive 
investment from Nexturn Bio Inc., is an R&D company for miRNA (MicroRNA) new 
drugs in Nevada.

While the development of RNA vaccines has been spotlighted since the Corona-19 
outbreak, RSVI-301, a new drug pipeline of RosVivo targeting diabetes, also 
uses miRNA (micro RNA). Consisting of 20–24 nucleotide, miRNA is known as a 
"small cleaner" in the body that naturally regulates metabolic processes of 
genes and proteins. Since these miRNA treatments inject human-derived genetic 
materials, they are expected to be of greater value in stability than 
conventional mRNA treatments using external genetic materials like viruses.

In particular, miR-10-5p study, underlying study of the new drug development, 
enables the researchers to observe the world's first pancreatic beta cell 
regeneration. Nexturn Bio Inc. and RosVivo Therapeutics, Inc. said they will 
appoint Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for thorough verification as it is 
important precedent for diabetes research. The advisors will be staffed at 
several major national Hospitals, such as Stanford University of Medicine, to 
support professional advice throughout the drug development.

Beta cells have been regenerated as much as normal mice (first) after 
miR-10a-5p injection in diabetic mice (third), induced by high-fat carbohydrate 
diet.

Nexturn Bio Inc. plans to catch both "innovation" and "marketability" through 
RosVivo's new miRNA drug. It has been reported that CEO Song Myung-Seok  
participated to discover candidates while establishing a subsidiary. "RosVivo 
is the first official investment of Nexturn Bio, and RSVI-301 of RosVivo will 
be an innovative opportunity to open a new era of medicine after mRNA and 
challenge the complete cure of diabetes," said the CEO. 

SOURCE NEXTURN Bio Inc.

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   Caption: miR-10-5p performs as a key factor in GI dysmotility and Diabetes 
via the KLF11-KIT pathway

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