News and Trends 27 Nov 2017
You Can Now Play DNA Tetris Thanks to This Irish Startup
How cool would it be to program DNA at home to make gifs or play Tetris? Well, this device will soon let you do just that. Cell-Free Technologies wants to…
Search Results for: dna
Startup Scout 2 Nov 2022
Breakpoint Therapeutics sabotages DNA repair in cancer cells
…DNA. In the case of tumor cells that are already impaired with mutations in their DNA repair machinery, this strategy can quickly kill the tumor. However, current DDR drugs can…
News and Trends 28 Nov 2017
Cheap DNA Tests for Everyone! Italian Biotech Launches €149 Kit
…a number of biotechs in this area, including DNAlytics’ test for arthritic diseases and Ampligen’s HPV test for uterine cancer. DNA testing technology is now becoming more and more accessible…
Best in Biotech 18 Jul 2017
Is DNA the Future? The Best Biotech Talks of the Year
…development of recombinant DNA technology to the current state of the field. With DNA sequencing and synthesis costs lower than ever, Berry thinks our ability to control genes precisely will…
ADVERTISEMENT
News and Trends 20 Mar 2018
DNA Sequencing Unicorn Oxford Nanopore Raises £100M Round at £1.5Bn Valuation
…DNA in real time with high accuracy. As DNA passes through the nanopore, it causes changes in current which can be detected and used to sequence the DNA. Oxford Nanopore…
News and Trends 5 Oct 2016
€365M deal for a Danish ‘DNA barcode’ Drug Screening Platform
…of big Pharma? Nuevolution’s high-throughput drug discovery platform, Chemetics, uses DNA barcodes to identify every molecule. The candidates that bind best to the desired target can then be quickly identified…
News and Trends 2 Nov 2022
Could DNA nanotransporters treat cancer?
A team of Canadian researchers from Université de Montréal has designed and validated a new class of drug transporters made of DNA 20,000 times smaller than a human hair. The…
News and Trends 25 Jul 2022
Replay launches with $55M to reprogram biology by writing and delivering big DNA
Replay, a genome writing company reprogramming biology by writing and delivering big DNA, has launched with $55 million in seed financing. The round was led by KKR and OMX Ventures,…
Startup Scout 11 May 2018
This Oxford Biotech is Using DNA to Find New Peptide Drugs
Today, we’re in Oxford, UK, visiting Orbit Discovery. The biotech develops peptide drugs for chronic diseases using DNA to tag potential therapeutic proteins. Mission: Orbit Discovery develops peptide drugs for…
News and Trends 6 Jun 2018
German DNA Treatment Reduces Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms
Sterna Biologicals has obtained positive Phase IIa data for an ulcerative colitis treatment that uses DNA to inhibit inflammatory proteins, which could add to the diverse approaches being developed to…
News and Trends 18 Feb 2020
OncoDNA Secures €19M to Progress Precision Cancer Treatment Technology
Belgian biotech OncoDNA has raised €19M in Series B funding to further develop its cancer diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making software. The funding was led by Vesalius Biocapital, a Luxembourg-based VC…
News and Trends 14 Oct 2016
This Biotech makes DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy Possible in Lapland
…developed its Gene Transfer Unit (GTU) that safely and efficiently transfers DNA to target cells. The technology can be used to make DNA-based vaccines and in gene therapies. Though FIT…
