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News and Trends 3 Jan 2020

Update: CARB-X Grants Antabio Additional €4M to Develop Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic

Update (03/01/2020): The global non-profit partnership CARB-X has awarded Antabio €4M ($4.4M) as a second grant installment funding development of a novel antibiotic for use against Pseudomonas infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. This is the second installment of a grant worth up to €7.6M awarded to Antabio in 2017. The French biotech was awarded […]

January 3, 2020 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Jan 2018

Update: Pocket Device makes its Debut in Whole Human Genome Sequencing

Update (30/01/2018): Oxford Nanopore has published a study in Nature Biotechnology outlining the first use of its pocket MinION device to sequence a human genome. The device was able to read sequences of DNA that are “hundreds of times larger than usual,” helping scientists better reconstruct the whole genome sequence. MinION costs less than $1,000 and […]

January 30, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 6 Sep 2017

Europe Gives the Antibiotic Resistance Fight a Major Cash Injection

Six European countries, the UK’s Wellcome Trust and South Africa have committed €56.5M to the GARDP to work on breaking antibiotic resistance. The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) has received this week €56.5M of funding to boost its activity, focused in promoting the development of new antibiotics. The investment comes mainly from Germany, […]

September 6, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 18 Mar 2017

Wellcome Image Awards: These are the Best Biology Images of the Year

The UK’s Wellcome trust has selected 22 pictures and images that capture the wonders of the life sciences. They’re now on exhibition in the UK and Ireland. The Wellcome Image Awards celebrates this year 20 years of bringing us the best biology images around the world. The awards are destined to visual masterpieces that communicate key aspects […]

March 18, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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

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Update: CARB-X Grants Antabio Additional €4M to Develop Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic

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