In Depth 24 Jan 2024 A new chapter in cell therapy: engineered B cells reach the clinic for the first time …genetic instructions to them in the lab, before packaging those instructions into a transposon, which is a DNA sequence that can naturally integrate into a cell’s genome using a cut-and-paste… January 24, 2024 - 7 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 11 Sep 2017 Could a Protein in Yeast hold the Secret to Escaping Age-Related Diseases? …yeast genome. Nutrient restriction and moderate stress extend lifespan and under these conditions, yeast expresses Gcn4 to regulate protein synthesis. The aim is now to find out whether Gcn4, which… September 11, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 18 Jun 2020 Belgian mRNA Vaccine for Covid-19 Receives €34M Series B Boost …than other viral components, thus increasing the chances of developing resistance. eTheRNA’s vaccine is targeting a broad section of the viral genome. While this means there are more antigens to… June 18, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Oct 2016 Meet the ‘Haut-Couturiers’ of Bioengineering …bioengineering”. Furthermore, this technology manipulates the genome without stimulating antibiotic resistance. That’s really important to avoid the addition of highly expensive antibiotic molecules during the process. Moreover, this obviates the… October 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Sep 2017 Spanish Scientists Identify How Gene Activity in Bacteria is Controlled …of specific genes for a particular application. Highly active genes were identified in Mycoplasma pneumoniae, selected for its small genome, using a quantitative tagging technique called ELM-seq. When the DNA… September 8, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 19 Apr 2023 How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics …to slow down the spread COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna received emergency use approvals from the FDA, and subsequently the EMA, within 11 months of China sharing the genome… April 19, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 May 2017 Oxford Synbio Startup with Eyes on Therapeutics gets hold of CRISPR …favour of Charpentier earlier this year. Oxford Genetics will apply CRISPR to its genome engineering services, cell lines and gene therapy viral vectors, as well as in the production of… May 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 24 Jul 2023 Sarcoma research: is a breakthrough in sight? …Meanwhile, California-based genome writing company Replay’s partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson), which gave rise to the oncology-focused company Syena, has developed an engineered… July 24, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Mar 2017 Researchers Develop New Virus to Selectively Attack Tumor Cells …have inserted sequences into the genome of an adenovirus, which recognize CPEB proteins. With this strategy, they achieved attenuated viral activity in normal cells, while in tumor cells the virus… March 16, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 16 Jun 2023 Flamingo Therapeutics receives €1.7M to advance RNA-targeting oncology portfolio …MALAT-1, through readiness for phase 1 in solid tumors. LncRNAs are a large and untapped class of disease-causing targets within the “dark matter” of the human genome. Receipt of this… June 16, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 21 May 2024 Eight companies spearheading Philadelphia’s biotech industry …disorders. These therapies aim to knock in healthy copies of disease-causing genes, meaning, introducing a functional copy of a gene directly into the genome of a patient’s cells. The company’s… May 21, 2024 - 10 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Expert Advice 12 Sep 2025 Eight biotech career paths where demand is skyrocketing …The technology allows scientists to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding, or altering sections of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence. As you can imagine, this is an extremely… September 12, 2025 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email