News and Trends 21 Dec 2022 Artificial DNA can kill cancer …human cervical cancer- and breast cancer-derived cells, and against malignant melanoma cells from mice. The team created a pair of chemically synthesized, hairpin-shaped, cancer-killing DNA. When the DNA pairs were… December 21, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Apr 2018 Cancer Treatment Targeting DNA Repair is Tested in Humans for the First Time …cancer treatment last year. AsiDNA, is a short, double-stranded DNA molecule that mimics double-stranded DNA breaks found in damaged DNA. This attracts a host of enzymes that are involved in… April 25, 2018 - 1 minutemin - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 26 Jul 2022 How DNA sequencing can safeguard against biodiversity loss …many companies and initiatives working to safeguard nature. Sequencing environmental DNA As an animal goes about its daily life, it leaves behind environmental DNA (eDNA) in the form of shed… July 26, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 Nov 2022 AI works on artificial DNA for future drug development …being able to fully ‘read’ the DNA molecule’s instructions. Now we have succeeded in designing our own DNA that contains the exact instructions to control the quantity of a specific… November 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Podcast 19 Jan 2024 Epigenetic editing – the power of CRISPR without cutting DNA …cleaves the non-target DNA strand) in Cas9 via point mutations resulted in a nuclease-dead dCas9 that could bind to DNA. Using dCas9 to repress gene expression is called CRISPR interference… January 19, 2024 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Nov 2022 Enzymes could be key to understanding ‘origin of DNA errors’ …‘helicase’, which binds to one of the DNA strands and pulls it through itself, thereby forcing apart the DNA. Potential mutant DNA bases must survive this process to stand a… November 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Startup Scout 17 May 2019 This Biotech Detects Fraudulent Food by Checking its DNA …and trust in providers. DNA testing isn’t infallible on the other hand. One of the biggest challenges is getting good-quality DNA from some types of food. “DNA obviously is not… May 17, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Mar 2017 The First 3D Structure of Active DNA could advance Stem Cell Therapies …the 3D DNA structure. Regulatory regions within our DNA play a major role in regulating gene expression, but a requirement is that the regions come into spatial contact with the… March 14, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Aug 2022 Researchers invited to apply for DNA synthesized by Evonetix’s platform An early access program for semiconductor synthesized DNA has been opened by UK-based gene synthetic biology company, Evonetix. Evonetix’s DNA synthesis capability brings together semiconductor chip design and proprietary, thermally… August 17, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Jul 2023 Camena Bioscience raises $10M for DNA synthesis platform …used to scale operations and continue development of its DNA synthesis platform, gSynth. Camena Bioscience is the first company to offer the enzyme-based DNA synthesis technology. It has already signed… July 4, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Nov 2022 Touchlight receives new grant to further develop doggybone DNA vaccine platform …DNA vaccine platform. The program aims to build on evidence that Touchlight’s rapid enzymatic doggybone DNA vaccines can produce strong neutralizing antibodies and durable T cell responses following vaccine administration… November 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Nov 2018 DNA Repair Treatment Shows Early Promise for Treating Cancer …DNA linked to a cholesterol molecule. It induces the hyperactivation of the molecular mechanisms that cells use to repair DNA, so that the proteins involved are not available to repair… November 5, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email