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News and Trends 22 Nov 2017

Finnish Scientists Find Brain Cells Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer's disease is rapidly increasing in prevalence but we have no effective treatment. But, Finnish Researchers have found a new target to investigate. Researchers at the University of East Finland…

November 22, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

More News! 10 Oct 2017

Update: Finnish Biotech to Raise £10M for Rare Lung Disease Drug

Update (10/10/2017): Faron Pharmaceuticals' fundraising has been

October 10, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 6 Oct 2017

British-Finnish Alliance to Bring Gene Therapy to the Masses

FIT Biotech and Avacta hope to combine their technologies to produce highly specific, best-in-class gene therapy treatments. The two companies have spotted an opportunity to bring together their technologies and…

October 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 19 May 2017

Shining new Light on how to control Cell Circuits

Controlling genes with light is a new therapeutic avenue, and researchers from Finland are exploring how it can be used to tinker with the cell's biochemical circuitry. Their findings could…

May 19, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

Interview 13 Mar 2017

Meet the Omics Entrepreneur who also Co-Founded EMBL

If you haven’t heard of Kai Simons, his mile-long list of accomplishments will make you wonder why. He told us some of what he learned along the way. Our Head…

March 13, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 4 Mar 2017

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

Johanna Rotko creates living art with yeast to explore the perishableness of matter and how we interact with nature around us. Johanna Rotko is a visual artist and photographer based…

March 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 16 Dec 2016

Young Immuno-Oncology Biotechs attract Funding to Cure Metastasis

Amcure and TILT Biotherapeutics announced yesterday new financing rounds supporting the development of unique strategies to cure cancer metastasis. Amcure, in Germany, is fighting highly metastatic forms of cancer by…

December 16, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 24 Nov 2016

A Finnish Company opens a New Avenue to Alternative Protein

How do you solve a problem like the viability of small-scale biogas production? Protein feed with a side of bioplastic, according to the Technical Research Centre of Finland. This emission-reducing…

November 24, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 26 Oct 2016

Proteins can now Sing about their Anomalies to help cure Diseases

Researchers are generating melodies from proteins' structures. It could be used to understand protein folding and anomalies that contribute to disease. Protein folding is an infamously difficult phenomenon to understand…

October 26, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 14 Oct 2016

This Biotech makes DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy Possible in Lapland

After Grenoble, we fly north to Finland to meet Santa's reindeer and earn his good graces before Christmas. After a trip to the sauna and down time with Angry Birds,…

October 14, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 28 Sep 2016

Little Biotechs manoeuvre to outfox Big Pharma in Immuno-Oncology

Giants like BMS and GSK have been throwing all the money they can at developing immuno-oncological treatments. In twin deals, four smaller companies are forging new paths to cure cancer…

September 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 4 May 2016

How the UK is Engineering Bacteria to produce Propane for Greener Fuels

Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology are working in engineering a microbe capable of producing propane - an increasingly important fuel. Propane is an emerging fuel, used from heating to transport fuel. Therefore,…

May 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 25 Apr 2016

AstraZeneca partners up with Genomics Elite for new Biobank

AstraZeneca has announced it will create a new Centre for Genomics Research in Cambridge (UK) - joining the Wellcome Sanger, a Craig Venter Biotech and a Finnish specialist Institute to do so. AstraZeneca is betting…

April 25, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 4 Feb 2016

Finland, France and Harvard Bioprint Brains to Understand the 3D Structure

Researchers at Harvard University in collaboration with French and Finnish academic institutions have managed to 3D-bioprint a brain with the distinctive folds; An essential adaptation for our cognitive development. Harvard University…

February 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 18 Dec 2015

Biotech of the week: Forendo Pharma, Finland hasn’t only got Santa Claus!

This week we leave Copenhagen but stay in Scandinavia, pass through Norway and arrive at this week's destination, Finland. This country is famous being the home of Santa Claus (very…

December 18, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 23 Nov 2015

Making Propane From Gut-Bacteria: A UK-Finland Team Want to Say Ciao to Fracking

Five genes introduced in the bacterial genome of E.coli can modify its metabolism to synthesise propane, which can be then converted to liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as an alternative source…

November 23, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 12 Jun 2015

Polaris, a new Nordic leader in Immuno-Oncology

Immuno-oncology is a busy market to take on by yourself due to the existing fierce competition. Targovax and Oncos Therapeutics have decided to merge to earn a spot in the field. Polaris,…

June 12, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 29 Apr 2015

Giant Baupost Group bets on Biotie

Finland-based Biotie Therapies will receive an investment of more than €92M from Baupost group. However, the investment is conditional and linked to the result of the appointment of a new board…

April 29, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

News and Trends 27 Oct 2014

Forendo Pharma Closes 12 Million Euros to Develop Novel Targeted Therapy

Forendo Pharma successfully closed €12M for further development of treatment against endometriosis. Novartis Venture Fund and MS Ventures will participate in the financing round, alongside the current major shareholders Karolinska Development, Novo…

October 27, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

More News! 6 Oct 2014

Flying to New York Thanks to Cooking Oils Recycled From Restaurants

Finnair, a pioneer in sustainable flying and the first airline listed in the Leadership Index of the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project, operated its flight from Helsinki to New York on…

October 6, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

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