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Best in Biotech 26 Sep 2023

Eight anti-aging startups on a mission to extend lives

The longevity biotech industry revolves around the goal of increasing the period of life that a person spends in good health. There has been a rapidly expanding effort in recent…

September 26, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 10 May 2023

Cell rejuvenation for age-related diseases

By Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson, CSO, Life Biosciences Cellular rejuvenation is quickly becoming a hot topic in the development of novel therapeutic modalities for a range of diseases. The leading approaches to…

May 10, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 14 Apr 2023

biomodal launches new multiomics sequencing technology

biomodal, formerly known as Cambridge Epigenetix, has launched its new duet multiomics solution, which it says reveals the combinatorial power of genetic and epigenetic information from a single low volume…

April 14, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Mar 2023

Genomic medicine company Chroma raises $135M

Chroma Medicine, Inc., a genomic medicine company advancing single-dose epigenetic editing therapeutics, has completed a $135 million Series B financing. The funding was led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation…

March 2, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 28 Oct 2022

‘Dark matter’ creates a whole new level of cancer gene activity in tumors, researchers say

A whole new level of control of cancer gene activity within tumors, has been described by researchers as ‘dark matter’. It was recently discovered and published in two major studies…

October 28, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 15 May 2018

An Epigenetic Drug for Prostate Cancer Gets $26M to Enter Clinical Trials

CellCentric has raised a private round to fund the development of a first-in-class drug with potential to tackle treatment-resistant prostate cancer. Cambridge-based CellCentric has raised $26M from Morningside Venture Investments. The company…

May 15, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 25 Jun 2018

Update: Could Epigenetics Treat Alzheimer’s? A Spanish Biotech May Give Us Answers

Update (25/06/2018): Oryzon enrolls first patients in the UK in its clinical trial testing its epigenetic Alzheimer's drug. The company plans to enroll a total of 90 patients in Spain, France…

June 25, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 19 Oct 2017

Austrian Researchers Identify Target for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is the most common disease of the CNS in young adults. Researchers may have stumbled across a new approach for its treatment. Researchers at the Medical University of…

October 19, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 13 Sep 2017

Epigenetics Drug Proves Effective in Phase I for Lethal Cancer

4SC's partner Yakult Honsha has presented positive results at ESMO 2017 for the epigenetics drug resminostat in a Phase I trial run in Japan. The histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor resminostat has…

September 13, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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In Depth 5 Sep 2017

The Next Generation of Genetic Medicine: A Review of Epigenetics

The field of genetics has long been an object of global fascination, beginning with Mendel’s pea plant experiments in the 19th century and peaking when the human genome was sequenced…

September 5, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

Cancer immunotherapy resistance mechanism University Hospital Zurich

News and Trends 27 Jul 2017

Swiss Researchers Unveil Cancer Immunotherapy Resistance Mechanism

Scientists from the University of Zurich have identified an epigenetic control switch responsible for turning melanoma unresponsive to immune checkpoint inhibitors. A study published this week in Cell Reports describes a…

July 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 21 Jul 2017

Roche Abandons Spanish Cancer Epigenetics Drug

Roche has decided to terminate its license agreement with Spanish biotech Oryzon Genomics after rearranging its portfolio priorities. Oryzon Genomics, a biotech based in Barcelona working on epigenetics, was notified…

July 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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