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News and Trends 30 Jul 2018

This Transgenic Rice Could Prevent HIV Infections

Researchers in Spain have created a strain of genetically-engineered rice that could provide a cheap alternative to produce medicines for HIV prevention. The risk of HIV infections can be significantly reduced with oral medication. However, pricing is a big issue for people living in impoverished or developing countries who are at risk. Researchers at the […]

July 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Jul 2018

This Bulletproof Skin is Made of Goat Milk Spider Silk

Jalila Essaïdi is a Dutch artist and entrepreneur focused on biotech applications of spider silk, which she makes using the milk of genetically engineered goats. Spider silk is one of the strongest materials in nature. Jalila Essaïdi had her curiosity piqued when she read about the work of Randolph Lewis, a Professor at Utah State […]

July 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Jul 2018

EU Court of Justice Makes Restrictive Ruling on Genome Editing

Genetically-edited organisms that were until now excluded from GMO regulation will now be subject to EU GMO law, which according to experts could harm Europe’s leading position in genome editing. Following a petition from France’s Council of State, the Court of Justice of the EU has stated that mutagenesis techniques should be regulated under GMO […]

July 26, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Jul 2018

AI Company Raises €8.6M to Find Drugs for Rare Diseases Faster and Cheaper Than Ever

Cambridge-based Healx has raised $10M (€8.6M) in a Series A round to scale up its AI technology, which could significantly reduce the time and cost of developing drugs for rare diseases. Backed, among other investors, by the founder of Abcam, Healx plans to use the fundraising to double its workforce from 15 to over 30 […]

July 26, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Jul 2018

Two Drugs as Good as Three for Treating HIV

ViiV Healthcare reports promising data from two HIV treatments with two drugs instead of the usual three, which have the potential to reduce the side effects of antiretroviral therapy in the long term. People infected with HIV are treated with lifelong antiretroviral therapy, which traditionally consists of three or more different drugs. The British […]

July 25, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 19 Jul 2018

Kite Partners with Dutch Biotech to Develop a New Form of CAR-T Therapy

Kite will support Gadeta in the development of a new type of CAR-T therapy that could be more effective in solid tumors. Approved just last year, CAR-T cell therapy is offering hope to patients with severe forms of blood cancer. The developer of one of only two CAR-T therapies currently in the market, Kite, has […]

July 19, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 18 Jul 2018

Lab-Grown Meat Will Be on the Market in 2021

Dutch startup Mosa Meat has raised €7.5M in a Series A round, which will support the development of a first lab-grown meat product that is expected to make it to market by 2021. Mosa Meat is a Dutch startup co-founded by Mark Post, the scientist behind the world’s first lab-grown burger. After an early investment […]

July 18, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 16 Jul 2018

CRISPR-Cas9 Shown to Cause Previously Unseen DNA Damage

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK have found that gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9 can cause significantly more off-target damage to the DNA than previously thought. Published today in Nature Biotechnology, the study is the first to look at unexpected DNA changes caused by CRISPR across large regions of the genome. […]

July 16, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 14 Jul 2018

An Artist’s Insight into the Day-to-Day Life at the Francis Crick Institute

A new interactive art installation at the Francis Crick Institute in London lets visitors peek into what life at the famous research institute is like. “The Francis Crick Institute is this incredible, huge, imposing building of which the public can see very little inside,” Alex May, a British digital artist, told me during an interview. His […]

July 14, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Retinitis pigmentosa gene therapy Horama

News and Trends 11 Jul 2018

Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Tested in Humans for the First Time

French biotech Horama has treated the first patients with a gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa that could prevent the progressive loss of vision caused by this genetic condition. A Phase I/II trial with Horama’s gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is running at the Nantes University Hospital. The therapy is aimed at fixing genetic defects in a […]

July 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 8 Jul 2018

How Can Biology Help Us Prepare For Life in Space?

An exhibition at the Science Gallery Dublin explores how humans are preparing to live in the harsh conditions of outer space — and how microorganisms might help us do so. Space traveling is closer than many of us think. NASA has plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, and Elon Musk seems to […]

July 8, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Interview 3 Jul 2018

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Fast Molecular Diagnostics

Antimicrobial resistance is predicted to kill more people than cancer by 2050. Is it possible to prevent it? At our Refresh Meetup in Berlin, I talked with Achim Plum, CBO of the diagnostics company Curetis, about what are our best bets to turn the tables in the fight against the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The […]

July 3, 2018 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Articles by Clara Rodríguez Fernández

This Transgenic Rice Could Prevent HIV Infections

This Bulletproof Skin is Made of Goat Milk Spider Silk

EU Court of Justice Makes Restrictive Ruling on Genome Editing

AI Company Raises €8.6M to Find Drugs for Rare Diseases Faster and Cheaper Than Ever

Two Drugs as Good as Three for Treating HIV

Kite Partners with Dutch Biotech to Develop a New Form of CAR-T Therapy

Lab-Grown Meat Will Be on the Market in 2021

CRISPR-Cas9 Shown to Cause Previously Unseen DNA Damage

An Artist’s Insight into the Day-to-Day Life at the Francis Crick Institute

Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Tested in Humans for the First Time

How Can Biology Help Us Prepare For Life in Space?

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Fast Molecular Diagnostics

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