Startup Scout Archives

Startup Scout 19 Dec 2022

Green Bioactives grows medicines in plant cells

Though plants may hold the key to new, effective medicines, sourcing these compounds sustainably is difficult. Green Bioactives devises eco-friendly…

December 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 13 Dec 2022

Biomemory is making DNA hard drives cheap and sustainable

The world is running out of ways to store the mountains of data we produce. Biomemory is creating DNA-based hard…

December 13, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 21 Nov 2022

Osivax is designing future-proof influenza and Covid vaccines

Viruses causing influenza and COVID-19 continually evolve to escape our vaccine protections. The French firm Osivax is developing vaccines that…

November 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 15 Nov 2022

Nagi Bioscience tests drugs on worms using microfluidics

The Swiss startup Nagi Bioscience aims to speed up drug and chemical safety testing by automating research on a worm…

November 15, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 10 Nov 2022

ResQ Biotech is using bacteria to discover Alzheimer’s treatments

Protein misfolding underlies many incurable conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The Greek startup ResQ Biotech…

November 10, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 2 Nov 2022

Breakpoint Therapeutics sabotages DNA repair in cancer cells

The Hamburg-based Evotec spinout Breakpoint Therapeutics is working on cancer treatments that block the ability of tumor cells to repair…

November 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Persephone Bisociences Microbiome health

Startup Scout 28 Oct 2022

Persephone Biosciences studies the microbiome in baby poop

Disruption in the gut microbiome is linked to a wide range of health problems in newborn babies and patients with…

October 28, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Startup Scout 19 Oct 2022

Neobe Therapeutics breaks down tumor defenses with bacteria

Many cancer patients cannot benefit from cancer immunotherapy because their tumors are protected from the immune system. Neobe Therapeutics’ bacterial…

October 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

boston bioworks precision fermentation Elena Resko

Startup Scout 13 Oct 2022

Boston Bioworks helps precision fermentation startups scale up

Precision fermentation startups have few options when looking for ways to scale up their technology. The newly launched scaling service…

October 13, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 29 Sep 2022

Baseimmune makes future-proof vaccines with AI

Baseimmune is using artificial intelligence (AI) to design vaccines that can protect against future variants of infectious diseases including COVID-19…

September 29, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Cartography biosciences cancer immunotherapy Elena Resko

Startup Scout 22 Sep 2022

Cartography Biosciences unearths cancer immunotherapy targets

Despite its meteoric growth in the last twenty years, cancer immunotherapy research is hamstrung by a lack of viable drug…

September 22, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Cell therapy manufacturing adva biotechnology

Startup Scout 15 Sep 2022

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims…

September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Startup Scout 8 Sep 2022

Stratosvir is overcoming the viral immunotherapy delivery bottleneck

The U.K. startup Stratosvir is working to tackle the barriers to developing viral immunotherapies for cancer, including allowing intravenous delivery…

September 8, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

epic bio crispr epigenome editing gene therapy Elena Resko

Startup Scout 26 Aug 2022

Epic Bio makes gene therapies by editing the epigenome

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing has changed the game for gene therapy, but carries safety risks when cutting DNA. The new U.S.…

August 26, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

microfluidics lab on a chip miDiagnostics

Startup Scout 1 May 2020

Belgian Company Harnesses Lab-on-a-Chip Technology to Diagnose Disease

The Belgian startup miDiagnostics is developing technology to diagnose diseases quickly, accurately, and at the point-of-care using a silicon lab-on-a-chip…

May 1, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith