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News and Trends 11 Nov 2015

Using Algae and NanoTech to Kill Cancer: An Australian-German Collaboration

Algae diatoms are now being used to kill cancer! A new research paper on nano-particles from Adelaide (Australia) has worked with researchers at the Dresden University of Technology (TUD) to create an algae-encapsulated chemotherapy, as published in Nature. This is certainly exciting stuff. Diatoms are a type of microalgae that have a silica based ‘shell’, […]

November 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 11 Nov 2015

French-Danish Clinical Trial Made Blood Cancer Disappear in 72% of Patients

Onxeo is the French orphan-drug specialist in Oncology who has various pipelines for certain cancers. Now their phase I clinical trial of belinostat (trade name Beleodaq) combined with chemo for relapses in non-Hodgkin Lymphomas has shown an 89% response rate. Originally developed by TopoTarget (a biotech in Copenhagen) Belinostat is now under Onxeo’s portfolio (along […]

November 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 11 Nov 2015

Oxford’s Nightstar Gene Therapy for Blindness in Men Shines with $35M Fundraiser

Choroideremia is a rare X-linked recessive retinal disease which eventually leads to blindness. A series B funding round has landed the NightstaRx (‘Nightstar’) biotech in Oxford an additional $35M for their vision-improving gene therapy. Since the mutation causing Choroideremia is sex-linked, sufferers are almost always males, with the onset of symptoms in childhood often starting […]

November 11, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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News and Trends 10 Nov 2015

What the FUGT? We tried the Algae Bar Beer for the TransArt Fest in Copenhagen!

We went to the TransArt Festival at the stunning ‘Dome of Visions‘ in Copenhagen on Friday. There, we met loads of scientists and members of the public who were just as entranced as us by the home-grown BioArt. After our blogger Julie covered the Fab Foundation’s ‘Biohacking’ movement last Monday, I was really intrigued by […]

November 10, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 10 Nov 2015

The 10 Hottest Bioincubators in Europe

A Bioincubator is a launch-pad structure for entrepreneurs to make their project in the sciences real. In Europe, we have many incubators within each industry, responsible for strategic investment, development and providing a support network for start-ups. Bioincubators are considered as the first ‘home’ for young biotech companies, providing entrepreneurs access to research laboratories, technology platforms, specific […]

November 10, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

News and Trends 9 Nov 2015

A Group of French Medics are Questioning the Fastest-Growing Big Biotech in the World…

Approved drugs can always show bad signs once injected massively. Four physicians from Paris sent a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine to report that Gilead’s Hepatitis C blockbuster drug, Sovaldi, can cause abnormally slower heart rates and risks of Heart Failure… The French Physicians report used data based on 415 patients treated […]

November 9, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 9 Nov 2015

This French Biotech has a ‘Super-Insulin’ up its Diabetes Sleeve

Human insulin produced in Bacteria is already a miracle for Diabetes…but sometimes, it’s not as efficient as it could be. The French Biotech Adocia is developing a super-insulin and showed successful efficiency data in a early-stage human trials. Adocia is a Lyon-based Biotech we have discussed before. Even if its logo is a bit strange […]

November 9, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 9 Nov 2015

Leading TCR Immuno-oncology Biotech shows Promising Results against Cancer

Cell-based Immune-oncology therapies continue to deliver amazing results. After Cellectis wondersaving from last week, Oxford’s Adaptimmune has some surprisingly good results too. Adaptimmune is a British, Oxford-based immuno-oncolgy company. It held a massive IPO last year, raising up to €150M on the NASDAQ, and its CEO was interviewed by BIO (video here) where he seemed […]

November 9, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 7 Nov 2015

What Happened this Week? BIO-Europe 2015, mRNA deal, Cellectis CAR-T

Monday: The French Scientist Who Also ‘Discovered’ CRISPR is Finally Recognized with a Prize too Tuesday: €100 Million Investment Round Prepares CureVac For Vaccine Expansion Wednesday: €1.37Bn Deal for Sanofi with Germany’s Fastest Growing mRNA Cancer Biotech Thursday: Damn, that was BIO-Europe 2015 in Munich! Friday: Cellectis’ Miraculous Saving of a Baby Girl. What’s the impact on […]

November 7, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

Cellectis’ Miraculous Saving of a Baby Girl. What’s the impact on the CAR-T field?

About 30%. That’s how Cellectis‘ NASDAQ stock price has jumped between the 4th and the 5th of November. But why? Basically, because of the first human success of their allogeneic CAR-T therapy! The Great Ormond Street Hospital (UK) treated a young patient with refractory relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) with Cellectis’ allogeneic UCART19 product candidate in June. To […]

November 6, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

The Danish ‘Algae Cathedral’ is Manufacturing Proteins that Make Flamingos Pink

A project at the Symbiosis Center Denmark has found a way to use Algae brewing bio-reactors to produce proteins for use in the Biotech industry. One such protein is the hotly sought after in biomedical research is Astaxanthin, also known for making Flamingo birds pink. The Center brings together many biotech businesses, which recycle each […]

November 6, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 6 Nov 2015

Biotech of the Week: Synpromics, the Scottish company enabling precise Gene Expression

This week we leave the wonderful weather of Mallorca and head North, through France, England and across Hadrian’s Wall where we land in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. This city is famous for many things, being one of the most haunted cities in the world to being built on an extinct volcano however, it […]

November 6, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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Using Algae and NanoTech to Kill Cancer: An Australian-German Collaboration

French-Danish Clinical Trial Made Blood Cancer Disappear in 72% of Patients

Oxford’s Nightstar Gene Therapy for Blindness in Men Shines with $35M Fundraiser

What the FUGT? We tried the Algae Bar Beer for the TransArt Fest in Copenhagen!

The 10 Hottest Bioincubators in Europe

A Group of French Medics are Questioning the Fastest-Growing Big Biotech in the World…

This French Biotech has a ‘Super-Insulin’ up its Diabetes Sleeve

Leading TCR Immuno-oncology Biotech shows Promising Results against Cancer

What Happened this Week? BIO-Europe 2015, mRNA deal, Cellectis CAR-T

Cellectis’ Miraculous Saving of a Baby Girl. What’s the impact on the CAR-T field?

The Danish ‘Algae Cathedral’ is Manufacturing Proteins that Make Flamingos Pink

Biotech of the Week: Synpromics, the Scottish company enabling precise Gene Expression

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