News and Trends 3 Jan 2017 Bacteria can Protect each other: a New Challenge in Antibiotic Resistance Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which antibiotic-resistant bacteria can protect non-resistant pathogens. What are the implications? Scientists have described a new strategy that pathogens use to survive our efforts to eliminate them: resistant bacteria can inactivate antibiotics and allow their neighbor pathogens to grow once the active compound has reached low enough levels. The […] January 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Dec 2016 UPDATE: UniQure keeps afloat with a New CEO and More Clinical Data UniQure’s gene therapy for Hemophilia B is performing well in clinical trials, but the company faces many challenges with its current financial situation. Can it manage to make it to the market? UniQure is famous for launching Glybera, the first globally approved gene therapy, which has been a commercial failure. The company is now indefinitely missing […] December 20, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Dec 2016 Microbial Dresses and a Dishcloth that tells you it’s Time to Wash it From microbial fashion to a fabric that changes colors in the presence of pathogens, Neffa is exploring the many benefits and applications of combining microbiology and textiles. Aniela Hoitink is an artist based in Amsterdam that specializes in incorporating microbiology into textiles. Her trademark Neffa englobes a series of projects that seek to translate innovations in these […] December 17, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Dec 2016 Curing Cancer with Safer Transplants: UK Approval to start Clinical Trials Kiadis Pharma has received approval to test in the UK an immune therapy to address the big challenges of bone marrow transplants, currently the only cure for blood cancers. Kiadis Pharma, based in Amsterdam, is working on therapies to improve the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), a common treatment for multiple types of […] December 15, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Dec 2016 Meet Photanol: Harnessing Cyanobacteria’s Powers for Green Chemicals Producing fuels and chemicals from CO2 and light has long been a dream of Biotech, and Amsterdam-based Photanol is working on making it an industrial reality with engineered cyanobacteria. I had a chat with Ross Gordon, Director of Business Development, about Photanol’s strategy. Photanol was present at the latest European Bioplastics Conference to present how it uses cyanobacteria, […] December 12, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Dec 2016 Mind, Mood and Microbes: Harnessing the Power of Probiotics The canals of Amsterdam have attracted us this week to the capital of the Netherlands, where Winclove Probiotics has been working for more than 20 years in targeting the human microbiome. This field is now resurging, with research pointing to a close link between gut bacteria and human health. City: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Founded: 1991 Employees: 50+ Financial […] December 2, 2016 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Nov 2016 Finally a Cure for the Common Cold? And it’s Needle-free! Mucosis is starting Phase I trials for SynGEM, a needle-free vaccine against RSV, which causes 200k deaths per year and has a huge cost for both healthcare and the economy. Mucosis is a biotech from the Netherlands developing needle-free vaccines. The company has now initiated the first human trial for SynGEM, a nasal spray vaccine against […] November 28, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Nov 2016 Which Teams are taking home Lego Trophies from iGEM this year? The iGEM 2016 results are in! The world’s largest synthetic biology competition took place in Boston from the 24th to the 31st of October, and European teams took home the grand prizes in two of the three tiers, Postgraduate, Undergraduate and High School. The winners and their projects are listed below. Originally launched by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, […] November 3, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Oct 2016 Meet the Bioartist that wants to Replace all your Furniture with… Fungi! Can you imagine a future where everything in your daily life is made out of fungi..? It’s actually not such a stretch idea: this bioartist is showing the world all these microorganisms can do. Maurizio Montalti is an artist that uses fungi to build his own furniture and homeware. In 2010, he founded Officina Corpuscoli in Amsterdam […] October 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 21 Oct 2016 New Partnership comes to the Rescue in Neurological Diseases Developing effective treatments for neurological diseases is a big challenge in medicine. But here come UCB and Evotec with a new partnership that could help those suffering from epilepsy and Parkinson’s. UCB is a Biotech from Brussels that focuses on neurological and immune diseases. The company has multiple products on the market, including an antibody drug for arthritis and […] October 21, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email