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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
News and Trends 19 Mar 2020
Labiotech.eu’s Coverage of the Covid-19 Coronavirus
…interview. Democratized DNA Synthesis: A Game-Changer Against Covid-19 DNA synthesis is one of the pillars of Covid-19 research that has suffered supply disruptions during lockdowns. Thomas Ybert, CEO of DNA…
More News! 16 May 2019
UK Scientists Open Bacterial Genome Up to Making Artificial Proteins
…in nature. There are lots of redundancies in the DNA code, meaning there is sometimes more than one DNA sequence that can result in the same protein being made. Scientists…
