Biomimicry in Biotech: Taking Inspiration from Nature
Scouring the natural world can be an effective way of finding design inspiration for new…
14/06/2021 - 7 minutes
Farhan Mitha
Farhan is a science communicator based in the UK with a background in the biotech sector. He is currently studying for a masters degree in Evolutionary Genomics. Find him on twitter - @FarhanMitha
The Coming of Age Story of RNAi Technology
The first RNA interference therapy was approved in 2018, after 20 years in development. What…
02/06/2021 - 6 minutes
How Are European Biotechs Tackling the Cardiovascular Disease Problem?
Cardiovascular diseases may not regularly grab the headlines, but they’re the leading cause of mortality…
01/03/2021 - 9 minutes
Exosome Therapy: Borrowing from Nature’s Toolbox
In just a few years, exosomes have started gaining recognition as a solution to deliver…
24/02/2021 - 11 minutes
Enemy or Valuable Ally? How Biotech Uses Viruses for Good
Taking advantage of the ability of viruses to manipulate life is opening new doors for…
21/12/2020 - 7 minutes
Biomining: Turning Waste into Gold with Microbes
High-value metals make the modern world go round, but the way we extract and dispose…
18/11/2020 - 9 minutes
The Return of Gene Therapy
Gene therapy is a hot area in the biotech industry right now, with many treatments…
04/11/2020 - 8 minutes
An Alzheimer’s Vaccine Challenged the Consensus for 25 Years
For decades, Alzheimer's disease research focused on a hypothesis that has increasingly been contested. A…
02/09/2020 - 8 minutes
Life at its Limits: The Biotech Industry Embraces Extremophiles
Sometimes in biotech, when your standard E. coli just won't cut it, something more exotic…
12/08/2020 - 7 minutes
The Age of Agrochemicals is Ending: It’s Time for Agricultural Biotechnology
As Europe moves to reduce its reliance on agrochemicals in the farming system over the…
22/06/2020 - 9 minutes
The Search for a Better Biofuel: Can Biotech Deliver?
With dire climate change reports landing one after another in 2018 the need for sustainable,…
18/03/2019 - 7 minutes
Could These Groundbreaking Therapies Make Conventional Antibiotics a Thing of the Past?
With the rise of antimicrobial resistance across the globe, and with a dire lack of…
25/07/2018 - 5 minutes
