News and Trends 4 Nov 2024 Top biotech deals of October 2024 …$1.3 billion by Merck. With this buyout, Merck aims to employ Modifi’s preclinical candidates to repair DNA defects in difficult-to-treat cancers. That’s not the only card that Merck played last… November 4, 2024 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Sep 2022 WhiteLab Genomics raises $10M for AI-powered genomic therapies platform …Currently, WhiteLab Genomics’ customer base spans from biotech and pharmaceutical companies in Europe and the U.S. to provide solutions for new drug development programs including RNA, DNA and cell-based therapies…. September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Oct 2022 Way to transform Cas-9 protein into spherical nuclear acid developed …of life. Mirkin is famed for his invention of SNAs, structures typically comprised of spherical nanoparticles densely covered with DNA or RNA, giving them chemical and physical properties radically different… October 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 Aug 2021 The Top European Biotech Funding Rounds in July …UK oncology specialist Artios Pharma. The company is well known for developing drugs that prevent cancer cells from repairing damaged DNA, called DNA damage response inhibitors. Biotechs from the Nordic… August 10, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Oct 2022 Scientists say RNA production inhibitors important in cancer research …compound as a therapeutic target for developing tailored strategies for treating cancer. The RNA polymerase enzyme, the RNA production machine in cells, is essential for repairing breakages in human DNA… October 31, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 28 Jan 2020 10 Scientists Behind Modern Biotech You Probably Don’t Know …her PhD with Swiss scientist Werner Arber and in the process discovered restriction enzymes, proteins that can cut DNA at precise points. It was already known that bacteria could break… January 28, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Aug 2022 Patient dosed in phase 1 trial evaluating treatment for those with tumors and malignancies …cancer cells’ ability to repair damaged DNA, in a mechanism also known as synthetic lethality or the DDR. Repair mechanisms Jim Coward, professor at the University of Queensland School of… August 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 18 Apr 2023 Gene therapy: a powerful tool for hemophilia B? …though the vector that is inserted is a non-integrating one – where the DNA in the human cell and the genetic material from the vector remain separate – and consequently… April 18, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Feb 2017 UPDATE: More Promising Results from Mologen’s New HIV Therapy …on its own HIV therapy. Mologen’s lefitolimod is a DNA molecule designed to bind to the toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9), which activates a broad response from the innate immune system…. February 17, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Feb 2023 Scancell looking to partner after positive COVID vaccine data …vaccine-naïve subjects, prior to testing the candidates as a booster in SARS-CoV-2 pre-infected or pre-vaccinated volunteers. SCOV1 and SCOV2 are both plasmid DNA vaccines based on the company’s ImmunoBody technology… February 14, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 18 Sep 2017 David Chiswell: “We are getting close to the best way of making antibodies” …himself helped develop to be used for antibodies. It consists of a library of DNA sequences encoding antibodies that is expressed by bacteriophage viruses fused to their coating protein. Those… September 18, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 19 Mar 2024 The 9 hottest private biotech companies in San Diego …including its non-viral piggyBac DNA Delivery System that can stably integrate DNA into the genome, its Cas-CLOVER Site-Specific Gene Editing System, and nanoparticle and hybrid gene delivery technologies. The company’s… March 19, 2024 - 11 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email