News and Trends 28 Sep 2022 Project to tackle biodiversity crisis using the power of DNA data and genomics launched A project to tackle the biodiversity crisis using DNA data, genomic science that will fundamentally change conservation science and policy has been launched by European experts. The new pan-European Biodiversity… September 28, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 17 Jul 2017 Pinning Down Elusive Targets: Interviewing the Co-Founder & CSO of Heptares Heptares is expanding into a range of indications with its GPCR platform. I caught up with CSO & co-founder Fiona Marshall to hear more about the strategy. Fiona Marshall has… July 17, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 Aug 2017 Merck Ventures Joins Series A of Brisith Biotech Using Macrophages to Fight Cancer Merck Ventures has joined the team of investors behind Macrophage Pharma, a biotech in Windsor, UK, using macrophages against cancer. Macrophage Pharma is a young biotech working on a new… August 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 30 Oct 2018 British Diagnostics Firm Develops More Accurate Fetal Health Screen A lab kit from British diagnostics company Angle could make non-invasive fetal health screens more accurate by analyzing whole fetal cells in the mother’s blood. To screen your unborn baby… October 30, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 8 Mar 2023 Research looks to make drug appear like brain tumor ‘food’ New research has shown that the blood vessels that feed aggressive brain tumors have receptors that could allow a new type of drug-containing nanoparticle to be used to starve the… March 8, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 9 May 2017 AI-Based Drug Discovery Biotech is Recruited by Sanofi in €250M Deal As part of the deal with Sanofi, Exscientia will tackle the discovery and design of new bispecific drugs using artificial intelligence algorithms. Exscientia, based in Scotland, is a company that… May 9, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Oct 2016 Oxitec scales up Mosquito production with a new Factory in Brazil Since Brazil became the first country in the world to deploy GM mosquitos, Oxitec has opened a factory there to produce its Friendly Aedes aegypti. Oxitec has opened a large-scale… October 27, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Nov 2022 New function of CRISPR gene scissors discovered For several years, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors have been causing a sensation in science and medicine. Researchers from the Institute of Structural Biology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) in… November 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Nov 2017 The EU Gives €6.3M Grant to Anti-Cancer Consortium The consortium of companies will use the EU’s money to support the development of personalized therapies for breast and rectal cancers. Horizon 2020 is the biggest ever EU Research and… November 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Nov 2016 NHS adopts Next-Gen Sequencing to Test for Birth Defects Despite a lawsuit from Illumina, Premaitha forged ahead with its NGS-based non-invasive prenatal test; the NHS just adopted it as a standard screen. With its seemingly infinite applications, next-generation sequencing… November 2, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Nov 2016 Results from 45% of Clinical Trials are kept Secret A new transparency study has identified Sanofi, Novartis and GSK as the companies that keep the most clinical trial results unreported. TrialsTracker is a tool developed at the University of… November 7, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 11 Feb 2017 This Musician Plays Piano Duets with a Microorganism Eduardo Miranda researches, composes and performs contemporary music at the interface of biology, computing and the human mind. Eduardo Miranda, Professor of Computer Music at Plymouth University, is the first… February 11, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email