Interview 2 May 2023 Generative AI in novel drug development Within months of its release, ChatGPT is finding use in almost all industries, including biotech, pharma, and healthcare. ChatGPT and other large language models like it belong to a family of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies dubbed generative AI. Based on statistical associations gathered from large datasets, generative AI models produce content similar to the data […] May 2, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 19 Apr 2023 How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in our defenses. Vaccine platforms will be powerful tools for reacting faster to future pandemics. Multiple COVID-19 vaccines became available across the world to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling a historic moment for vaccine development due to the speed at which they were created. And with scientists believing that […] April 19, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 11 Jan 2023 Drug repurposing emerges as viable option for rare disease treatment With few options available for the treatment of rare diseases, the practice of drug repurposing has gained traction as an effective strategy. With genome sequencing revealing new rare diseases, it is now known that at least 5% of the world population lives with a rare disease. Drug development must pick up the pace to keep […] January 11, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 18 Jul 2022 Deep phenotyping brings accuracy to precision medicine Biotech companies are leveraging the wealth of omics and imaging data to study deep phenotypes for a range of clinical applications including precision medicine approaches to liver disease, neurodegenerative disorders and infertility. With dozens of omics and imaging technologies in its arsenal, the biopharma industry is generating unprecedented amounts of data compared to just a […] July 18, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 1 Jul 2022 Continuous cell culture paves the way for better biomanufacturing The development of continuous cell culture technologies is cutting the costs and resources required for biomanufacturing, benefiting biotech processes ranging from growing cultured meat to manufacturing drugs. The idea of replacing livestock with cell culture to produce meat could reduce animal cruelty, lower greenhouse gas emissions and would require far less land to produce equivalent […] July 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 30 May 2022 Decentralized autonomous organizations are changing how biotechs are run Built on the emerging ecosystems of Web3 and blockchain, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) allow communities to collectively fund and advance biotech research. The majority of biotech companies are highly centralized with much of the data siloed away in their proprietary databases. Companies have no incentives to openly share this data, which slows down progress in […] May 30, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 7 Mar 2022 Multiplexing Speeds up Writing and Editing DNA While scientists can read DNA fast, editing and writing it is not that easy. Increasing the speed of editing and writing DNA sequences will be critical to ushering in new applications of genome engineering. Much of biotech is about reverse-engineering the designs that billions of years of evolution have put together. To be able to […] March 7, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 19 Jan 2022 Glycans Hit the Sweet Spot in Diagnostics The surface of our cells are covered in sugar molecules called glycans. The field of glycomics leverages their enormous diversity to develop better and more precise diagnostics. More commonly known as sugars or carbohydrates, glycans are involved in a range of crucial biological roles, including maintaining tissue elasticity, tackling pathogens, and modulating the immune system. […] January 19, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 8 Nov 2021 Blockchain Makes Biotech Supply Chains Traceable Blockchain technology can be used to reliably trace entire supply chains, preventing counterfeit drugs and foods from making their way to consumers. Supply chains are long, often spanning multiple continents, complex, and dotted with blind spots. These opaque gaps leave room for unethical agents to interfere with the supply chain. If you were running a […] November 8, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 15 Sep 2021 Blood Cells: The Future of Drug Delivery From red blood cells to platelets, the cells in our own blood could prove an effective way of delivering drugs to their target and improving their safety. Many pharmaceutical drugs in the market come with side effects that generally arise from their effects on parts of the body other than their intended target. Even when […] September 15, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 28 Jul 2021 Tracking Covid-19 Cases with Wastewater Testing Researchers have been using DNA testing technology to detect traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind Covid-19 in wastewater streams in order to predict and prevent outbreaks locally. Wastewater testing can be a useful method to study the behavior of people living in a specific region. For example, a European study conducted back in 2014 looked […] July 28, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 28 Jun 2021 Transforming Food Waste into Bioenergy Food waste is one of the many environmental problems caused by modern agriculture. Biotechnology innovations may help us tackle it by turning waste into energy. For decades now, bioenergy has been posited as a renewable and clean source of energy. Biomass, particularly from forestry, is the largest source of renewable energy in the UK. However, […] June 28, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email