Interview 14 Sep 2017
Inside the Lab Building a Stem Cell Gun to Heal Skin
…fast routes to receive and send fresh samples to their network of collaborators. “The first time we thought it was so cool to just walk out of the lab and…
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In Depth 25 Jun 2025
ALS: how close are we to a cure?
…drugs to always make it to the market. Nevertheless, as different kinds of therapies seem to be on the horizon at present, it is more likely that with the ramped-up…
News and Trends 10 Jul 2023
Existing cancer drug could be repurposed to fight certain aggressive cancers
…through alternative pathways, rather than activating telomerase. This mechanism is known as the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT). To date, there is no clinically approved targeted treatment for ALT cancers….
Best in Biotech 23 Mar 2023
Hearing loss research: Five advancements in the past year
…which had an activated brainstem learned faster and responded to the tasks quicker. These rats completed the auditory task within three days while those that did not receive the boost…
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In Depth 9 Oct 2024
Promising cure for COPD: Is a breakthrough treatment within reach?
…This makes the drug the first biological treatment for patients with COPD in the U.S. Dupixent is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the signaling of the IL4 and…
News and Trends 14 Sep 2022
Pancreatic cancer study using dual-cell therapy yields positive results
…while also destroying the tumor’s surrounding ‘helper cells’. Traditional chemotherapeutics in this area have only targeted tumor cells and not the surrounding helper cells, and therefore their treatment effect is…
News and Trends 4 Jul 2022
Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation
…HeLa cells. They looked at the effect of heating through nanoHT, and found that at a temperature increment of about 11.4°C, the heated HeLa cells died after only a few…
News and Trends 12 May 2016
Sperm Cells Enlisted as Nanobot Delivery Guys
…would be toxic for the body. So, instead they turned to nature’s toolkit for potent biomotors, and came up with….Sperm. Two types of motion for unicellular microorganisms. Sperm cells have…
News and Trends 1 Feb 2018
3D Printing with Living Cells Could Revolutionize Tissue Engineering
…cells and fluid. Their approach offers a promising alternative to current 3D printing techniques that tend to use heat or UV light, which damage living cells. Tissue engineering has the…
Startup Scout 2 Nov 2022
Breakpoint Therapeutics sabotages DNA repair in cancer cells
The Hamburg-based Evotec spinout Breakpoint Therapeutics is working on cancer treatments that block the ability of tumor cells to repair their own DNA. In the last decade, a new class…
In Depth 26 Sep 2024
The radiopharmaceutical revolution: From diagnosis to treatment, oncology and beyond
…dynamic at the moment. But what can we expect in the years to come? Indeed, Ghoshal thinks it is this blend that makes the field so promising and prone to…
News and Trends 16 Oct 2019
GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech
…a limited time, Takeda will also have the option of acquiring Adaptate Biotherapeutics. Gamma delta T-cells are a rare type of immune T-cells. Unlike the T-cells used in most cancer…
