Clara Rodríguez Fernández, Author at Labiotech.eu

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News and Trends 4 Mar 2017

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

Johanna Rotko creates living art with yeast to explore the perishableness of matter and how we interact with nature around us. Johanna Rotko is a visual artist and photographer based in Kotka, Finland, that decided to explore alternative photographic methods. The result were yeastograms, living images made with yeast on petri dishes that disappear over […]

March 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 3 Mar 2017

An HIV Vaccine Eliminates the Virus in a Patient for 7 Months

An HIV vaccine developed at the University of Oxford has kept 5 out of 15 patients completely free of HIV. One of the patients has already been clear for 7 months. AIDS affects over 36.7 million people. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most common treatment, which kills those cells in which the virus is active. However, HIV can remain inactive and […]

March 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 1 Mar 2017

Lab-Grown Meat Could Hit the Market as Soon as 2020

Cultured meat could be a sustainable, healthy and inexpensive food alternative in a future that might be closer than we think. We recently attended the 2nd International Conference on Cultured Meat, where we had the chance to meet the key players in this revolutionary field. There, we learned that cultured meat, grown in the lab without […]

March 1, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 28 Feb 2017

It’s Global Rare Disease Day! What Cures is Biotech Cooking Up?

We’ve compiled a list of some of the latest advances of biotech in the field of rare disease to contribute to Rare Disease Day 2017. The European Organization for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) is once again coordinating Rare Disease Day, which takes place on the last day of February every year. The aim is to raise awareness of […]

February 28, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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More News! 27 Feb 2017

Fundraising in the UK will Support Rare Disease Diagnostics Worldwide

Congenica has raised £8M in its Series B financing round to sustain the international rollout of its clinical genome analysis platform Sapientia. Congenica is a genomic diagnostics company in Cambridge’s biotech cluster. Its genome analysis platform, Sapientia, takes on the challenge of interpreting the avalanche of genomic data becoming available in healthcare. The £8M (€9.5M) raised will sustain the […]

February 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 25 Feb 2017

Art Made with Human DNA Explores the Future of Genetics in Birmingham

Gene Craft: Art in the Biogenetic Age opened this week at Birmingham Open Media (BOM) in the UK. Aiming to explore the social, economic and emotional implications of the most recent breakthroughs in genetics, the exhibition features two living art pieces created with human DNA by bioartists Laurie Ramsell and Gina Czarnecki. After the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) […]

February 25, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 23 Feb 2017

NGS Metagenomics Test could Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

PathoQuest has shown its metagenomics sequencing technology can identify more pathogens in immunocompromised patients than the standard procedures, keeping antibiotic-resistant infections at bay. PathoQuest, a spin-off from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, develops next-generation sequencing (NGS) metagenomics tests. The company just announced the publication of results from a clinical trial comparing its iDTECT Blood technology […]

February 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Infographics 21 Feb 2017

Infographic: The Biggest Biotech Company in Each European Country

We had a look into European biotech and created a map with the biggest biotech companies in each country, according to their market cap. Biotech is one of the biggest employers in Europe, where companies of all sizes strive to bring the most innovative technology to the market. To illustrate the dynamic biotech ecosystem in […]

February 21, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 20 Feb 2017

Alphamer Technology gets Seed Fundraising to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Centauri Therapeutics has raised £1.2M in the second part of its seed round, which will be directed at bringing its first alphamer to the preclinical stage. Centauri Therapeutics, a young British biotech, is developing alphamer technology to fights infectious disease and cancer. Today, the company has announced the addition of £1.2M from existing and new investors […]

February 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 18 Feb 2017

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

Sarah Craske describes herself as a “British artist, without category.” Her work, at the intersection of art and science, revolves around the development of her own discipline: Biological Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics refers to the interpretation of texts, a term commonly used regarding the bible or philosophy. Craske translates the concept to biology by exploring the role […]

February 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 17 Feb 2017

Gene Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis gets Approval to Start Clinical Trials

Arthrogen will start a Phase Ib trial for a gene therapy aiming to treat rheumatoid arthritis with a single injection and reduce costs for patients. Arthrogen, based in Amsterdam, is developing local gene therapies for inflammatory diseases. The biotech company has now announced it has received approval to start a Phase Ib trial with its lead […]

February 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 17 Feb 2017

UPDATE: More Promising Results from Mologen’s New HIV Therapy

Update (17/02/2017): Mologen has announced more positive data for lefitolimod in HIV, as the Danish Aarhus University Hospital showed for the first time that the drug can induce a local antiviral immune response in patients undergoing ART. Definitive results are expected later this year. Originally published on 11/01/2017 Mologen’s partner in the development of an HIV therapy has […]

February 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Articles by Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

An HIV Vaccine Eliminates the Virus in a Patient for 7 Months

Lab-Grown Meat Could Hit the Market as Soon as 2020

It’s Global Rare Disease Day! What Cures is Biotech Cooking Up?

Fundraising in the UK will Support Rare Disease Diagnostics Worldwide

Art Made with Human DNA Explores the Future of Genetics in Birmingham

NGS Metagenomics Test could Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

Infographic: The Biggest Biotech Company in Each European Country

Alphamer Technology gets Seed Fundraising to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Microorganisms in the Library: Bringing Centuries-Old Books to Life

Gene Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis gets Approval to Start Clinical Trials

UPDATE: More Promising Results from Mologen’s New HIV Therapy

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Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

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These 7 biotechs are shaping the next generation of endometriosis care

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Catalonia: A biotech hub going from strength to strength, with Barcelona at its core

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