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In Depth 5 Jun 2023

The biggest private biotech investments in May 2023

The companies ElevateBio, ReNAgade Therapeutics and Carmot Therapeutics bagged the biggest biotech investments in May 2023. Around the world, biomanufacturing and oncology players attracted the biggest funding rounds. A lot…

June 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 31 May 2023

Biotechnology in developing countries: challenges and opportunities

Choosing to grow their biotechnology sectors can offer developing countries vast opportunities, helping them to grow economically, providing new jobs, and supporting sustainable development, public health, and environmental protection. In…

May 31, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 26 May 2023

Could new Lyme disease tests help to prevent chronic infection?

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S. - a new CDC estimate suggests that approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year - and…

May 26, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 23 May 2023

New antidepressants: tackling treatment resistant depression

Depression is thought to affect approximately 5% of adults worldwide. It encompasses several different depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and persistent depressive disorder, all of which…

May 23, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 19 May 2023

Can cardiovascular diseases be cured? The future of heart treatment

Cardiovascular diseases, characterized as a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels, are the leading cause of death worldwide. In fact, in the U.S. alone, it is thought…

May 19, 2023 - 11 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 11 May 2023

Battling food allergies: emerging immunotherapies

While for most individuals, picking a restaurant to dine at could simply be based on what they might be craving at the moment, for about one to five per cent…

May 11, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 5 May 2023

The biggest private biotech investments in April 2023

April 2023 saw the companies Orbital Therapeutics, Sangon Biotech, and Alentis Therapeutics bag the biggest biotech investments of the month. Around the world, oncology, drug discovery, food and biomaterials attracted…

May 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 3 May 2023

Immunotherapy in the fight against solid tumors

Ever since William Coley first attempted to harness the immune system in 1891 to treat bone cancer, immunotherapy has been explored in the treatment of various different cancers - both…

May 3, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 2 May 2023

The future of asthma treatment: is a cure possible?

For around 300 million people in the world, whipping out their inhaler - a medical device that delivers medicine to the lungs to open up narrowed airways - before puffing…

May 2, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Vaccine for honeybees from Dalan Animal Health

In Depth 26 Apr 2023

Vaccine for honeybees: a new hope for American foulbrood disease

In the last few years, there has been an ongoing movement to ‘save the bees’, and the U.S. biotech Dalan Animal Health is playing its part in doing just that,…

April 26, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 25 Apr 2023

What are biotech companies doing to tackle malaria?

The bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito abets the entry of Plasmodium sporozoites in the bloodstream of humans, marking the beginning of the parasite’s life cycle. The sporozoites then…

April 25, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 21 Apr 2023

Gut microbiome: a promising target for Parkinson’s

Home to around a thousand microbial species, the gut’s role in nutrient and drug metabolism is pivotal for immune function. As trillions of bacteria that thrive in the gastrointestinal system…

April 21, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

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…

April 19, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

In Depth 18 Apr 2023

Gene therapy: a powerful tool for hemophilia B?

The approval of HEMGENIX, the first-ever gene therapy for hemophilia B, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed by the European Commission, has been momentous in rare disease…

April 18, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 14 Apr 2023

mRNA vaccines: a promising future

In 1978, nearly two decades after the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), the concept of a vaccine made from mRNA was materialized. Like its name suggests, mRNAs are messengers that…

April 14, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 11 Apr 2023

Is a vaccine for Parkinson’s disease possible?

Finding a truly effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease - that goes beyond simply managing symptoms - has long been a challenging task and, to this day, there are no available…

April 11, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 11 Apr 2023

How to overcome clinical trial challenges

There can be many challenges associated with starting clinical trials. These can include, but are not limited to, ensuring diversity, site selection, regulatory barriers and patient retention. And, with rare…

April 11, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 5 Apr 2023

Antimicrobial peptides: a promising class to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming was a momentous moment in the world of healthcare, eventually leading to the development of antibiotic drugs that allowed physicians to…

April 5, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 31 Mar 2023

How has the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank affected the biotech industry?

When investors got wind of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) being forced to sell its treasury bonds at a loss, owing in part to surging interest rates in the past year…

March 31, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

In Depth 28 Mar 2023

Stem cell therapy: a potential cure for hearing loss?

The dawn of the 21st century witnessed the success of the Human Genome Project, the quiver of the Braille glove and the ease of obtaining both an ancestry profile and…

March 28, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

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