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Best in Biotech 13 Mar 2025

Nine biotechs thriving in Seattle in 2025

In this article, let us take a look at some of the major biotech companies in Seattle that are contributing to the biotech industry at large.

March 13, 2025 - 12 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 10 Mar 2025

23andMe: the collapse of a genomics giant

23andMe was once worth $6 billion and is now a penny stock. Layoffs, data breaches, and mass resignations plagued the genomics giant. How did it all unfold?

March 10, 2025 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Best in Biotech 3 Dec 2024

Twelve gift ideas for a biotech enthusiast this holiday season

Explore our curated list of biotechnology-themed gifts, ranging from captivating board games to engaging DIY biology kits.

December 3, 2024 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Podcast 4 Oct 2024

Targeting telomerase to disrupt cancer

Listen to our conversation with Vlad Vitoc, CEO of MAIA, on the pioneering approach of telomere targeting

October 4, 2024

In Depth 29 Sep 2023

Illumina: DNA giant in troubled waters

A botched acquisition deal and unrest among company investors amid plummeting stocks have plagued Illumina, which was once part of the biotech big leagues that dominated the field of gene sequencing. Now, in fear of losing its ground to other players in the space, it has received a European Commission order to divest Grail, and […]

September 29, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 4 Jul 2023

Camena Bioscience raises $10M for DNA synthesis platform

Camena Bioscience, a synthetic biology company providing genes to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has closed a $10m Series A financing round, led by Mercia. The new funding will be used to scale operations and continue development of its DNA synthesis platform, gSynth. Camena Bioscience is the first company to offer the enzyme-based DNA synthesis […]

July 4, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 May 2023

HuidaGene Therapeutics creates world’s first ‘G to Y’ DNA base-editor

HuidaGene Therapeutics, a clinical-stage genome-editing company, says the National Science Review has published data from its study of the world’s first DNA base editor converting guanine to cytosine/thymine (pyrimidine), or G-to-Y. The company has filed an international patent application for the glycosylase-based guanine base editor (gGBE) and owns the exclusive global rights to the underlying […]

May 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

‘Birth of a chromosome’ could boost cancer and infertility research

Most chromosomes have been around for millions of years. However, researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have revealed the dynamics of a new, very young chromosome in fruit flies that is similar to chromosomes that arise in humans and is associated with treatment-resistant cancer and infertility. The researchers say the findings may lead […]

May 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

Exothera partners with Quantoom and launches DNA business unit

Exothera has partnered with Quantoom Biosciences to gain access to Quantoom’s Nfinity technology, a continuous production platform for RNA. The partnership will enable Exothera to be the first CDMO in the world to offer this off-the-shelf process for the continuous production of RNA as a service. Continuous manufacturing of RNA can provide significant advantages in […]

May 5, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Skilled labor shortage biopharma manufacturing

How is Quantoom Biosciences’ Ntensify™ technology changing mRNA production?

May 4, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 26 Apr 2023

20Med Therapeutics and Touchlight collaborating on novel vaccine delivery platform

20Med Therapeutics, a company working on non-viral delivery and development of gene therapies and vaccines, and Touchlight, a biotechnology company pioneering enzymatic DNA production to enable the genetic medicine revolution, have announced that both parties will collaborate on establishing a novel vaccination platform that combines Touchlight’s rapid enzymatic doggybone DNA platform with 20Med Therapeutics’ bioresponsive […]

April 26, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Mar 2023

How cancer cells repair DNA damage from radiotherapy

A team of scientists led by Kei-ichi Takata from the Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, has discovered a new type of DNA repair mechanism that cancer cells use to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy. Ionizing radiation (IR) therapy is frequently used in the treatment […]

March 17, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Nine biotechs thriving in Seattle in 2025

23andMe: the collapse of a genomics giant

Twelve gift ideas for a biotech enthusiast this holiday season

Targeting telomerase to disrupt cancer

Illumina: DNA giant in troubled waters

Camena Bioscience raises $10M for DNA synthesis platform

HuidaGene Therapeutics creates world’s first ‘G to Y’ DNA base-editor

‘Birth of a chromosome’ could boost cancer and infertility research

Exothera partners with Quantoom and launches DNA business unit

How is Quantoom Biosciences’ Ntensify™ technology changing mRNA production?

20Med Therapeutics and Touchlight collaborating on novel vaccine delivery platform

How cancer cells repair DNA damage from radiotherapy

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