More News! 30 Oct 2018 British Diagnostics Firm Develops More Accurate Fetal Health Screen …screen fetal DNA fragments that are passed into the mother’s bloodstream. These techniques can accurately predict more common chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down Syndrome, but for other conditions, such as… October 30, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 30 Nov 2020 Can Anti-Aging Research Keep Us Healthy in the Long Run? …stem cells in tissues, and unstable DNA. Targeting ‘zombie’ cells Most cells in our body are programmed to die after a certain period of time. All the cells that form… November 30, 2020 - 10 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 11 Jul 2023 Immune memory research could lead to next generation of epigenetic drugs A team of researchers has discovered that the memory of the immune system relies on characteristic epigenetic features and a specific 3D arrangement of the DNA in the nucleus of… July 11, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 5 Mar 2025 Seven biotech companies keeping Taiwan dynamic in 2025 …Senhwa Biosciences Technology: Next-generation DNA Damage Response (DDR) therapeutics Lead candidates: Silmitasertib (CX-4945) and pidnarulex (CX-5461) Recent news: Initiated phase 1/2 study of silmitasertib in pediatric patients with relapsed refractory… March 5, 2025 - 8 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 12 Nov 2025 Swiss biotech going strong in 2025: 19 companies to put on your radar …2019 Focus: Precision oncology therapeutics targeting DNA replication stress (DRS) and DNA damage response (DDR) pathways Lead candidate: FORX-428 FoRx Therapeutics is a Swiss biotech company developing small-molecule drugs that… November 12, 2025 - 20 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 3 Apr 2024 Hepatitis B: are we edging closer to a cure? …it a highly desirable outcome for patients. A complete cure and a sterilizing cure remain elusive due to the persistence of the covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), the template for… April 3, 2024 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 18 Oct 2024 The AI boom in cancer: Game-changer or just hype? …biopsies, particularly in detecting circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). One standout example is a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine, where AI was used to improve the detection of cancer recurrence… October 18, 2024 - 14 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 30 Mar 2020 10 Unusual Applications of CRISPR Gene Editing …the goal — a nice big birthday cake that she could have that tastes pretty good.” Another research group, in the Netherlands, is using CRISPR-Cas9 to modify the DNA of… March 30, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Dec 2021 UK Startup Lands €5M Seed Round to Produce Gene-Edited Crops with AI …evolve non-coding DNA to control expression of genes in novel ways,” said Phytoform’s co-founder and CTO, Nicolas Kral. The goal, according to Kral, is to make the minimum amount of… December 17, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Dan Samorodnitsky Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 23 Jan 2025 mRNA, RNAi, circRNA, ASOs: A comparative guide to RNA therapeutics You’ve certainly heard about antibodies, peptides, and even DNA as therapeutics, but what about RNA? In this review, we take a look at what’s happening in a field that some… January 23, 2025 - 11 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 29 Jun 2022 7 biotech books to dive into this summer …Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Author: Walter Isaacson Despite being told by a high school counselor that girls don’t become scientists, Jennifer Doudna persisted…. June 29, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Sep 2022 Finnish researchers use machine learning to unlock clinical cancer samples’ genomic code …due to the poor DNA quality. Formalin causes severe damage to DNAs, which therefore place an inevitable challenge to analyze cancer genomes in preserved tissues,” said lead author Qingli Guo… September 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email