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Best in Biotech 11 Jul 2024

From data to discovery: Five bioinformatics companies you should know in 2024

Bioinformatics integrates computer technology to analyze biological data to boost R&D. Here are five companies at the top of their game in 2024.

July 11, 2024 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Expert Advice 19 Apr 2024

What are the necessary skills to work in the biotech industry and how to leverage them?

Building a career in biotech can be a daunting task without the right skills. Delve into the strategies to improve and leverage them.

April 19, 2024 - 9 minutesmins - By Jules Adam

News and Trends 2 Feb 2023

AstraZeneca creates FRAGLER for DNA synthesis

“Plasmids are critical for so many processes in early drug discovery,” says David Öling, associate principal scientist at AstraZeneca. “From protein production, cell line engineering, CAR-T cell therapy, viral vector generation, therapeutic genome editing, mRNA/vaccine production and more. The time it takes and the cost of producing plasmids for DNA constructs is a critical limiting […]

February 2, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Dec 2022

HKUMed discovery may lead to therapeutic targets for cancer

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have discovered a novel subtype of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and EBV-associated immunosuppression in the tumor-microenvironment (TME). These findings have provided novel insights into the traditional NPC pathogenesis model and highlights EBV-specific […]

December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Oct 2022

Almaden Genomics launches g.nome platform

Almaden Genomics has launched g.nome, a cloud-native platform designed to streamline genomic workflows and accelerate genomic discovery. Leveraging a visual drag-and-drop workflow builder and curated library of toolkits, Almaden Genomics said g.nome enables users to have confidence in their results, get to market faster and scale their business profitably. The g.nome platform condenses bioinformatic pipeline […]

October 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 28 Sep 2022

The 5 hottest private biotechs in South Africa

Biotechnology companies are sprouting in South Africa’s maturing life sciences industry. We’ve listed five private biotech companies that have turned heads in the last few years. South Africa boasts the second biggest economy in Africa after Nigeria. While famous for its rich mineral wealth, South Africa’s economy has diversified widely in the past decades to […]

September 28, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

So much data – Spanish researchers develop The Bioteque to pool biological knowledge

There’s a lot of research going on around the world, and that means lots of data. On a personal level, we’ve seen computer hard drives jump in memory constantly to keep pace with all of the information, bigger images, and so on. Many people have an external drive with 1TB (terabyte) or 2TB of storage. […]

September 15, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Clinical stage biopharma company Enterome has presented new data from its two phase 1/2 clinical trials of its OncoMimics cancer immunotherapy EO2401. The trails are in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) +/- bevacizumab (Avastin), in patients with first progression/recurrence of glioblastoma (ROSALIE trial), and in combination with nivolumab in patients with non-resectable adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) and […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Metagenomics: unlocking the secrets of microbial communities

The combination of advanced sequencing technologies and user-friendly data analysis solutions is bringing metagenomics into the reach of more scientists, creating new opportunities to ask and answer exciting research questions. New ways to look at microbes Metagenomics is a relatively new field that is radically changing how microbial analyses are performed and making it possible […]

August 30, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Julia Kaiser

News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Biogen, citing insurance challenges, shutters one of its Aduhelm studies

A company says it was forced to end an observational trial of Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, after a ruling by US federal insurance program, Medicare. Biogen said a recent coverage decision by Medicare has forced it to abandon the trial of the drug after enrolling just 29 participants. The company said it made the decision to […]

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 29 Apr 2022

Denmark Recruits Lifebit to Boost Personalized Medicine with Genomics

The Danish National Genome Center has teamed up with the UK firm Lifebit to improve the access and sharing of genomic data as the nation moves towards the adoption of personalized medicine. Personalized medicine is capturing the attention of healthcare authorities across the world. By harvesting genome sequences from patient populations, researchers can mine vast […]

April 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

world health organization genomics pathogen pandemic

News and Trends 5 Apr 2022

WHO Beefs up Worldwide Genomic Surveillance to Prevent Pandemics

The World Health Organization has released a 10-year plan to monitor the genetic make-up of pathogens across the globe. The strategy highlights how far genomics has come during the Covid-19 pandemic and how far there is to go. The past two years have seen unprecedented global collaboration as researchers raced to better understand the epidemiology, […]

April 5, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

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