News and Trends 12 Oct 2017 Can Catalonia Keep its Record Biomedical Investment After the Bank Drain? A new study reveals Catalonia achieved a record investment in biomedicine last year. But can the region keep it up after its main banks moved out last week? CataloniaBio has released an annual report on the performance of the biomedical sector in Catalonia. The results reveal that the sector raised a record €153M in 2016, an […] October 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2017 This New Approach Simplifies Protein Analysis Analyzing your protein sample can be a right hassle. It takes time, energy and a LOT of nerves. Especially, when the experiment has not worked out the way one wanted it to. But there is a way around it, and this company has found the solution! The use of protein biomarkers has become an essential […] October 12, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2017 No More Seasonal Flu Shots: British Biotech’s Universal Antiviral Raises £13M VirionHealth kicks off the development of a broad spectrum antiviral for all influenza strains and other viruses like RSV with a £13M investment in Series A. VirionHealth is developing a new type of antiviral therapy with the potential to target multiple types of viruses at once. The treatment is based on natural antivirals called defective interfering viruses. They consist […] October 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2017 Deadly Parasite Could be Stopped by Scottish Researchers’ Discovery A study in Scotland has improved our understanding of how a dangerous parasite functions, creating a new target for combatting deadly infections. Research from the University of Edinburgh has identified a therapeutic target in Leishmania, a parasite that infects 1 million people each year, resulting in 20,000-30,000 deaths. The study, published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, used clever […] October 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2017 Scottish Scientists Could Hold the Key to Unlocking Parkinson’s Disease A decade of work has culminated in researchers reconstructing a protein that is key to defending the brain against Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a breakthrough by uncovering the 3D structure of an enzyme, PINK1, that can protect the brain against Parkinson’s disease. The disease is characterised by the degeneration […] October 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Oct 2017 French Gene Therapy to Cure Retinitis Pigmentosa Enters the Clinic Horama has been authorized to start a Phase I/II trial in France testing HORA-PDE6B, a one-off gene therapy with the potential to cure retinitis pigmentosa. Based in Paris, Horama develops gene therapies to treat genetic diseases affecting vision. The company will now start a Phase I/II clinical trial that will recruit 12 patients at the Nantes […] October 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 11 Oct 2017 Are Precision Medicine and Digital Health Here Yet? I connected online with digital health, genomics and precision medicine expert Vishal Gulati to talk about how the advent of data-based healthcare will reshape how patients are treated. A partner at VC firm Draper Esprit, Vishal Gulati focuses his investments on genomics and digital health. Or, as he describes it, on “companies that create value for patients using the […] October 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 Oct 2017 Market Ready HIV Self-Test Gets the Thumbs Up from the European Union Technology allowing individuals to accurately test themselves for HIV has received a CE Mark from the EU, meaning it can soon be released onto the market. The EU has awarded a CE Mark to an HIV self-test, developed by world-leading diagnostics developer, Atomo Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia. The world’s first at-home device detects the presence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus […] October 10, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 10 Oct 2017 Buongiorno Biotech! Top 4 Companies Making Milan Europe’s Next Biotech Hub Italy may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of biotech, but the sun is rising in a new dawn for Italian biotechs that are taking their respective fields by storm. Italy is home to a lot of things; food, fashion, Ferraris… but it is now quickly growing a biotech scene […] October 10, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 10 Oct 2017 Update: Finnish Biotech to Raise £10M for Rare Lung Disease Drug Update (10/10/2017): Faron Pharmaceuticals’ fundraising has been October 10, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Oct 2017 British Scientists Regenerate Bone By Mimicking Nature Nano-sized vesicles that are generated naturally during bone formation have the potential to regenerate bone, teeth and cartilage. Researchers from the University of Birmingham have mimicked the body’s natural healing process to repair damaged tissue, for example, bone. The study, which is published in Scientific Reports, has found that vesicles produced by stimulated cells outperform the […] October 9, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 9 Oct 2017 The Woman Developing the Next Generation of Cancer Immunotherapy Özlem Türeci discusses the future of individualized cancer therapy and her journey to become an entrepreneur and take science to patients. As a trained physician and immunologist, Dr. Özlem Türeci has led her own research group with Prof. Ugur Sahin at the University of Mainz, Germany, since 2000. But academic research was not enough for her, […] October 9, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email