News and Trends 20 Mar 2019 Czech Cell Therapy Increases Survival in Ovarian Cancer by 62% The Czech biotech company Sotio has shown in a phase II trial that its cellular immunotherapy can decrease the risk of a patient dying from ovarian cancer by 62%. The cell therapy was tested in people with the most severe stages of recurrent ovarian cancer, in combination with second-line chemotherapy when cancer returned after […] March 20, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 20 Mar 2019 Unlocking the Potential of Fast DNA Synthesis While the price and speed of reading DNA have dropped massively, writing DNA fast and affordably still remains a challenge. Philip talked to Sylvain Gariel, COO of the French company DNA Script, who strives to reinvent DNA synthesis. DNA has become a basic necessity in any biology lab. Thanks to new technologies we can now […] March 20, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Mar 2019 Shares Drop 40% as Allergy Therapeutics Announces Failed Phase III Trial Allergy Therapeutics has revealed that its immunotherapy for birch pollen allergy did not result in a significant symptom improvement when compared to a placebo. As a direct result of the announcement, the shares of Allergy Therapeutics on the London Stock Exchange dropped over 40% within two hours. The phase III trial enrolled 582 people across […] March 18, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Mar 2019 Monthly Injection Proves as Good as Daily Pills Against HIV in Phase III Two phase III trials conducted by ViiV Healthcare have concluded that a monthly injection of two anti-HIV drugs is as effective as the standard daily treatment taken by people infected with HIV. The results showed that, after 11 months, the monthly treatment achieved virus suppression levels of over 90% and similar to those of conventional […] March 11, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 11 Mar 2019 The Three Steps Needed to Fully Automate the Artificial Pancreas New advances in diabetes research are making it possible to develop a fully automated insulin delivery system that can control blood sugar without any input from the patient. This so-called artificial pancreas could be here within the next decade, but there are still three main challenges that scientists have to address to get us there. […] March 11, 2019 - 11 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 11 Mar 2019 The Man Behind Next-Generation Sequencing Nick McCooke shares the story behind the invention of next-generation sequencing at Solexa and his latest adventure in the sequencing world with the company DNA Electronics. Nick McCooke led the pioneer team at Solexa that invented next-generation sequencing, a technology to read DNA at high speed that is nowadays used worldwide and has laid the […] March 11, 2019 - 9 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Feb 2019 From Saving Endangered Rhinos to Enabling Lab-Grown Meat Researchers at the University of Oslo are building a biobank of animal cells, the first of its kind, to help researchers develop lab-grown meat and contribute to the conservation of endangered species. Gareth Sullivan became familiar with stem cell technology while working in the group of Ian Wilmut, the scientist behind cloning Dolly the sheep. […] February 19, 2019 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 19 Feb 2019 How New Microbiome Diagnostic Technologies Can Save Lives With the rise of a whole new field of research around the microbiome, what role are new technologies to identify microorganisms playing in the future of healthcare? Traditionally, microbes have been seen solely as a threat. But in the last few years, microbiome research has started to shift this view. Today, we know certain microorganisms […] February 19, 2019 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 13 Feb 2019 Embracing Risk to Succeed in Biotech Biotech can be a very risky business, but embracing the risk can be the key to success. At our last Labiotech Refresh in Heidelberg, we got to talk to Friedrich von Bohlen, scientist, entrepreneur and investor, about how he approaches risk and what he thinks about the future of biotech. Friedrich von Bohlen is the […] February 13, 2019 - 6 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 8 Feb 2019 Swiss Firm Launches Cancer Test That Gives Results in Minutes Lunaphore Technologies has launched a device for automated testing of cancer tissue samples that gives results in under 30 minutes. Lunaphore has developed a piece of next-generation equipment to perform immunohistochemistry (IHC) tests, a common technique used to find specific cancer biomarkers in tissue samples from cancer patients after a biopsy. The equipment, called LabSat, will […] February 8, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 6 Feb 2019 British Biotech Spin-Offs Get €40M Funding to Treat Narcolepsy Orexia and Inexia, two new virtual companies spun out of Sosei Heptares, will develop drugs for neurological diseases such as narcolepsy with funding from Medicxi Ventures. The companies will develop drugs that activate two molecules called OX1 and OX2. These molecules act as receptors of orexin, a protein that regulates arousal, wakefulness and sleep. The […] February 6, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Feb 2019 Engineered Chicken Eggs: The Future of Cheap Drug Production? Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have produced high-quality human proteins in chicken eggs, a method that could be significantly cheaper than the current standard. The researchers engineered the DNA of chickens to make them produce human proteins in the egg white, from where they can be easily purified. In a study published on the […] February 6, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email