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News and Trends 9 Jul 2018

Abingworth Closes €268M to Invest in Life Science Companies

Abingworth has closed $315M (€268M) for its most recent fund, Abingworth Bioventures VII, which invests in European and US life science companies. In the current fundraising, Abingworth surpassed its target of $300M. The new fund will invest in life science companies in all stages of development, including early and late-stage venture deals. The company plans to […]

July 9, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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More News! 8 Jul 2018

How Can Biology Help Us Prepare For Life in Space?

An exhibition at the Science Gallery Dublin explores how humans are preparing to live in the harsh conditions of outer space — and how microorganisms might help us do so. Space traveling is closer than many of us think. NASA has plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, and Elon Musk seems to […]

July 8, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Jul 2018

A New HIV Vaccine Could Protect Patients Against Multiple Viral Strains

A new HIV vaccine is moving into a Phase IIb trial and could potentially protect patients against multiple HIV strains worldwide. Recent findings from a Phase I/IIa trial published in The Lancet show that a new HIV-1 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response against HIV 393 healthy adults, as well as in a […]

July 6, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 5 Jul 2018

Series A Round Could Bring French Microbiome Treatment for Bowel Disease Into the Clinic

Netbiotix has raised €7.5M to bring its lead candidate for inflammatory bowel disease into clinical trials. The treatment uses a bacterium found in the gut to prevent and dampen inflammation. The company, based in Paris, develops treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that consist of a single microbial strain that interacts with cells in the […]

July 5, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 4 Jul 2018

Stem Cells Could Help Patients Recover From Heart Attacks

Viscofan BioEngineering has a green light in Spain to start clinical testing for its stem cell technology in patients with weakened heart muscles after a heart attack. While Viscofan BioEngineering’s main focus is on making sausage casings out of collagen, its technology could also help patients with weak heart muscles after suffering from a heart […]

July 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

More News! 3 Jul 2018

NASA Studies How Outer Space Affects the Immune System

NASA is using an antibody assay to investigate the effect of space flight on white blood cells in astronauts on the International Space Station. The assay used by NASA measures blood levels of a part of an antibody called a free light chain, in order to reveal the levels of activity of B cells. This […]

July 3, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

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Interview 3 Jul 2018

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Fast Molecular Diagnostics

Antimicrobial resistance is predicted to kill more people than cancer by 2050. Is it possible to prevent it? At our Refresh Meetup in Berlin, I talked with Achim Plum, CBO of the diagnostics company Curetis, about what are our best bets to turn the tables in the fight against the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The […]

July 3, 2018 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 3 Jul 2018

French Lupus Vaccine Ready to Move Into Phase III

Neovacs, a French biotech, has shown its lupus vaccine can be effective in treating this severe autoimmune disease. Its lupus vaccine works by stimulating the patient’s immune system to produce antibodies against a protein called IFNα that regulates the immune system and is involved in the disease. The study enrolled 185 patients around the globe […]

July 3, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

More News! 2 Jul 2018

New Blood Test Brings Cheaper Hepatitis B Diagnosis

European and African researchers are developing a hepatitis B blood test that could help identify patients in Africa’s poorest regions who need immediate treatment. While treatments for hepatitis B are now available at a low cost, managing treatments effectively is still a challenge in Africa. This is because some patients who are infected with the […]

July 2, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 2 Jul 2018

Dutch Snake Venom-Derived Clotting Agent Comes Closer to the Clinic

Dutch biotech raises €12.5M to complete the preclinical development of its lead compound for acute internal bleeding and bring the drug into clinical trials. VarmX, based in Leiden, the Netherlands, raised a Series A round of €7.5M led by BioGeneration Ventures, with an additional €5M provided by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency as an Innovation Credit. The […]

July 2, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By Alexander Burik

Best in Biotech 2 Jul 2018

13 Biotech Leaders You Should Know in the UK’s Golden Triangle

After listing the top biotech leaders in Munich, we investigated the ‘golden triangle’ in the UK to find out who are the most influential biotech leaders there. The so-called ‘golden triangle’ of universities in Oxford, Cambridge and London concentrates a large percentage of the UK’s biotech research and industry, ranging from big pharma, like AstraZeneca and GSK, […]

July 2, 2018 - 8 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 30 Jun 2018

Glass Microbiology: From the Microscope to the Art Gallery

Artist Luke Jerram is behind Glass Microbiology, a series of beautiful glass-blown microbes that are changing the way we perceive viruses and bacteria. We’ve all seen at some point brightly-colored illustrations of viruses, most likely the feared HIV or an alien-like bacteriophage. These representations feed our imagination and help us understand the tiny but complex world of […]

June 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Abingworth Closes €268M to Invest in Life Science Companies

How Can Biology Help Us Prepare For Life in Space?

A New HIV Vaccine Could Protect Patients Against Multiple Viral Strains

Series A Round Could Bring French Microbiome Treatment for Bowel Disease Into the Clinic

Stem Cells Could Help Patients Recover From Heart Attacks

NASA Studies How Outer Space Affects the Immune System

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Fast Molecular Diagnostics

French Lupus Vaccine Ready to Move Into Phase III

New Blood Test Brings Cheaper Hepatitis B Diagnosis

Dutch Snake Venom-Derived Clotting Agent Comes Closer to the Clinic

13 Biotech Leaders You Should Know in the UK’s Golden Triangle

Glass Microbiology: From the Microscope to the Art Gallery

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