News and Trends 3 Jul 2017 From Rockets to DNA – From SpaceX to CRISPR With CRISPR being one of the most significant discoveries in genome engineering history, many scientists are now turning towards it as a basic foundation of their research. In response, companies… July 3, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Aug 2018 Vertex Partners Oxford Genome Analysis Firm To Develop New Personalized Therapies …human genome to 7000 molecular, physiological and disease-related outcomes. “Human genetics has already been shown to have a substantial impact on the success of novel drug targets. Our next generation… August 31, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 8 Jul 2024 Bridge RNA: A new gene editing technique that could overcome the limitations of CRISPR …into the genome of the bacterium E. coli with high precision, as well as to excise and invert another piece of DNA from the E. coli genome. How does bridge… July 8, 2024 - 5 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Jul 2018 EU Court of Justice Makes Restrictive Ruling on Genome Editing Genetically-edited organisms that were until now excluded from GMO regulation will now be subject to EU GMO law, which according to experts could harm Europe’s leading position in genome editing…. July 26, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Oct 2017 New and Improved CRISPR: More Precise Genome Editing Now Possible US Scientists have developed a new form of CRISPR, base editing, which can repair tiny genome segments, smaller than a single gene. Here at Labiotech, we focus on European biotech,… October 26, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Sep 2022 Lesaffre acquires genome editing company Recombia Biosciences …of a strategic partnership initiated in 2020 to leverage Recombia Biosciences’ genome-editing technologies and accelerate the development of yeasts for sustainable production of fermented ingredients. The partnership marked Lesaffre’s entry… September 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 Jun 2021 The Top European Biotech Investment Rounds in May Last month saw huge biotech investment rounds dedicated to Covid-19 vaccines in Europe, including IPOs by Valneva and Vaccitech. However, a €227M (£195M) private round by the DNA sequencing giant… June 10, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Feb 2019 Qiagen Gets Access to Largest Genetic Database on Antibiotic Resistance …resistance to antibiotics. A subsidiary of the infectious disease diagnostics company Curetis, Ares Genetics has assembled a huge database of data about pathogens, their genomes obtained from next-generation sequencing, and… February 21, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Feb 2023 Advancing cancer care with 3D genomics …being considerable, naturally high, biological variability and noise. Aided by rapid developments in high-throughput technologies, such as next-generation sequencing, this approach produces an unparalleled volume of data. The integration and… February 1, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Feb 2020 Update: Janssen and Maze Jump on Board Finnish Genomics Project …genome, like the UK’s 100,000 Genomes Project, FinnGen focuses on regions encoding genes, and the variations therein. The project has collected 222,000 samples since 2017, which makes up roughly 1… February 25, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 17 Apr 2019 What Does the Future Hold for European Biotech? Insights from Evotec’s CEO …human testing. Fortunately, many new technologies are helping the biotech industry get there. Genome sequencing is one of them. While 10 years ago it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars… April 17, 2019 - 7 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 4 Jan 2021 What Does the Next Decade Have in Store for European Biotech? …be picked up by the biotech and pharma industry. According to Bause, the big data we obtain from genome sequencing will be crucial to understand what is happening in our… January 4, 2021 - 9 minutesmins - By Karen O’Hanlon Cohrt Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email