News and Trends 17 Oct 2022 The challenges of translating CRISPR to the clinic …it can be prone to rare, unintended editing away from the target gene. While it is true that CRISPR can edit at unintended sites of the genome, raising valid safety… October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Apr 2023 LincRNA discovery could lead to targeted treatments …used to make, or express proteins,” said Yu Hamba from the Tsunoda Lab at the University of Tokyo’s Department of Biological Sciences. LincRNAs in our genome. The genome can be… April 26, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 3 Apr 2024 Hepatitis B: are we edging closer to a cure? …hepatitis B. They are well tolerated and effective in suppressing genome replication, but because the genome persists even in the absence of replication, cure is rarely achieved,” said Bill Schneider,… April 3, 2024 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Apr 2025 Beyond CRISPR: Brink Therapeutics raises $4 million with engineered recombinases …a more controlled way. “Site-specific recombinases (SSRs) are nature’s genome editors, evolved to allow MGEs to proliferate successfully within host cells, for example, by integrating their DNA into the genome… April 16, 2025 - 7 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 18 Dec 2024 AI + CRISPR: The explosive fusion that will redefine biotechnology …genome. Base editing requires extreme precision to avoid unintended edits. AI helps design optimal guide RNAs that target the exact location in the genome while minimizing off-target effects. AI also… December 18, 2024 - 6 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 Oct 2020 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded to CRISPR-Cas9 Pioneers …the scientific understanding of genome editing and thereby, establish its safety,” said Europa Bio. “The biotechnology ecosystem is continuously working towards enhancing the precision and efficiency of genome editing tools… October 9, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Nov 2022 New EU project looks to unlock the potential of genomics …creating data infrastructure. The project involves a consortium of partners from 20 European countries and will facilitate a cross-border federated network of national genome collections for biomedical research and personalised… November 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 6 Oct 2022 15 biotech companies shaking up the scene in Cambridge …The Wellcome Sanger Institute, where part of the human genome was sequenced, is located on the outskirts of the city, next to the European Bioinformatics Institute. There are also a… October 6, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Jan 2018 Gene Synthesizing Biotech Gets $12M to Boost the Synbio Field …companies like Oxford Nanopore, which sequenced a human genome for the first time using its pocket MinION device and Dante Labs, which has committed to unraveling the genomes of 10,000… January 31, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 22 Jul 2020 Artificial Intelligence: A Superpower in the Fight Against Covid-19 …advancements in rapid genome sequencing technologies. Artificial intelligence can then use this information to predict which compounds are most likely to be effective against a specific target. But for this… July 22, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By David Kirk Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 9 Mar 2023 5 advancements in kidney disease research over the past year …sera of patients with minimal change disease. Using methods like genome sequencing, renal biopsy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests, the researchers found circulating nephrin autoantibodies which have a pathogenic… March 9, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 13 Mar 2017 Meet the Omics Entrepreneur who also Co-Founded EMBL …don’t move into mainstream areas such as oncology or genome sequencing. They are so overcrowded that the likelihood that you can bring something really competitive on the market is almost… March 13, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email