This Biotech Destroys Cancer Proteins by Introducing Them to ‘Executioner’ Proteins
Nestled in the biotech hub of Cambridge, UK, is Polyprox. Less than a year old,…
10/05/2019 - 4 minutes
Startup of the Week
Every Friday, we pick a biotech you (or we) may not have heard of until it’s time for this feature! Check out the biotech of the week here.
This Biotech Makes Self-Healing Concrete Using Bacteria
Imagine walls and buildings that heal themselves just like your skin does. The Dutch biotech…
03/05/2019 - 3 minutes
This Biotech Turns Paper Waste into Biogas Using Enzymes
In sunny Turkey, the company Episome Biotech is developing a fermentation technique that digests paper…
26/04/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech Fertilizes Crops with Little Microbe Capsules
We’re zooming over to France this week. The biotech Kapsera makes capsules of microbes that…
19/04/2019 - 3 minutes
This Biotech Writes Long DNA Molecules From Scratch
Writing long stretches of DNA is difficult and expensive. The Austrian biotech Ribbon Biolabs is…
12/04/2019 - 3 minutes
This Biotech Is Making Tissue Bioprinting Child’s Play
3D printing living tissues is complex and technically tricky. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Cellink is…
05/04/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech Repurposes Drugs to Fight Huntington’s Disease
Barcelona-based SOM Biotech is developing treatments for incurable diseases such as Huntington’s disease with drugs…
29/03/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech Wants You to Age Well
Age is a risk factor in many diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. The…
15/03/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech Uses Bacterial Proteins to Purify Water Faster
Aquaporin is a company named after a protein that transports water molecules across a cell…
01/03/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech’s Algorithm Accelerates Cell Therapy Development
Mogrify is the new kid on the block for cell therapy. Based in Cambridge, UK,…
22/02/2019 - 3 minutes
This Lab-on-a-Chip Can Screen Millions of Bacteria in Parallel
Our French biotech of the week, Biomillenia, is developing a lab-on-a-chip that can screen millions…
15/02/2019 - 4 minutes
This Biotech Uses Genomics to Breed Super Peas
This week’s biotech, Equi-Nom, is based in Israel. With its genomics and computer modeling technology,…
08/02/2019 - 4 minutes
