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More News! 14 Jul 2018

An Artist’s Insight into the Day-to-Day Life at the Francis Crick Institute

A new interactive art installation at the Francis Crick Institute in London lets visitors peek into what life at the famous research institute is like. “The Francis Crick Institute is this incredible, huge, imposing building of which the public can see very little inside,” Alex May, a British digital artist, told me during an interview. His […]

July 14, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 3 Feb 2018

Deconstructing Patterns: First Science and Art Exhibition Opens at the Francis Crick Institute

Deconstructing patterns, the first exhibition of its kind at the Francis Crick Institute, is the result of months of collaborations between scientists and artists. I got a chance to see it at the opening earlier this week. The new exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute puts into perspective the groundbreaking research happening in the scientists’ […]

February 3, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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Interview 24 Jul 2017

Discussing Open Science with the Head of Translation at The Francis Crick Institute

Officially opened less than a year ago, The Francis Crick Institute is already conducting top-level biomedical research, has launched two spin-outs and struck research partnerships with both AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline. I spoke to the Head of Translation, Dr. Véronique Birault, to learn more about the Crick’s unique model of translation and the key for its […]

July 24, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 6 Oct 2016

New UK Hero Will Fight Against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Achilles Therapeutics was born yesterday in the UK with a €15M funding round. The company will focus on the development of personalized neo-antigentherapies for non-small lung cancer. The newborn Achilles Therapeutics made its debut yesterday with a splashy fundraising round and a licensing agreement. The startup has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize any neo-antigen technology that […]

October 6, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 19 Sep 2016

Abingworth launches UK Immuno-Oncology Startup with Seed Funding

Just when we thought it couldn’t become any more intense, the field of immuno-oncology is heating up. VC giant Abingworth has seeded a new UK startup, GammaDelta Therapeutics, to bring its T cell therapy to the clinic. Abingworth, a huge British VC firm, has thrown its weight behind a new London-based immuno-oncology startup, GammaDelta Therapeutics. […]

September 19, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

News and Trends 1 Feb 2016

Huge Milestone: UK Approves CRISPR Editing on Human Embryos

This could be a HUGE game-changer for Europe’s research on stem cells, and more broadly Gene Editing…. Research on human embryos is a very touchy subject. And when you want to allow the use of the most powerful gene-editing tool on them, it’s becomes even touchier. Research on human embryos has been forbidden almost everywhere (with exception to China […]

February 1, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 7 Oct 2015

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015: DNA Repairing Mechanisms that Keep you Alive

DNA repair mechanisms are crucial to our existence. Without them, we would not survive because of DNA damage caused by the environment (e.g UV light damage, radiation etc.). This crucial research into discovery of three DNA repair mechanisms was led by Thomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar who jointly received this years Nobel Prize […]

October 7, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 27 Sep 2015

What Happened this Week? Human Embryos Back on the Bench, Stem Cells in your Heart and New Antibiotics

Monday: Nabriva Therapeutics launched its $100M IPO on the NASDAQ to develop new antibiotics Tuesday: the Francis Crick Institute announced its application to conduct new research on human embryos Wednesday: Israeli NovoCure announced an IPO on NASDAQ with a target of €170M Thursday: Belgian TiGenix NV released the phase I results of their cardiac stem-cell therapy […]

September 27, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Joachim Eeckhout

News and Trends 22 Sep 2015

Francis Crick Institute pushes to do human embryo research

The Francis Crick Institute from London has announced its application to conduct non-clinical purpose research on human embryos. The Francis Crick Institute is a cutting-edge collaboration of the UK’s leading medical research organisations: the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, various London academic institutions and the Wellcome Trust. Currently still under construction, it is based in […]

September 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 15 Jul 2015

GSK becomes the first Pharma to collaborate with the Francis Crick Institute

The future Francis Crick Institute has established its first industrial collaboration, even before opening its doors. And the lucky nominee couldn’t have been any other than GlaxoSmithKline, the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company. The partners are seeking to better understand human diseases, hoping that the research will lead to innovative drugs against a broad range of disorders. The […]

July 15, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Lourdes Riquelme

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An Artist’s Insight into the Day-to-Day Life at the Francis Crick Institute

Deconstructing Patterns: First Science and Art Exhibition Opens at the Francis Crick Institute

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New UK Hero Will Fight Against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Abingworth launches UK Immuno-Oncology Startup with Seed Funding

Huge Milestone: UK Approves CRISPR Editing on Human Embryos

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015: DNA Repairing Mechanisms that Keep you Alive

What Happened this Week? Human Embryos Back on the Bench, Stem Cells in your Heart and New Antibiotics

Francis Crick Institute pushes to do human embryo research

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