Phase I Gives Hope for First Zika Vaccine
Results from a Phase I trial showed promising safety and efficacy of a potential first…
November 20, 2018 - 2 minutes
Zika
No More Mosquito Bites? Targeting These Genes Could Prevent Future Outbreaks!
Researchers may have found a way to stop the female mosquitoes from biting you, which…
January 22, 2018 - 3 minutes
Trouble in Paradise: How Biotech is Fighting Tropical Diseases
Tropical diseases are often neglected until an outbreak causes worldwide panic. Here’s how European biotech…
July 25, 2017 - 6 minutes
Video: Can Synbio Cure Malaria? – Fireside Chat with Oxitec’s CEO Hadyn Parry
In our fireside chat with Hadyn Parry, Clara had the chance to hear all about…
June 21, 2017 - 3 minutes
What Lies Ahead in Biotech for the UK’s Top Academic Entrepreneur?
Despite remaining firmly in academia, Greg Winter is a biotech legend. What's ahead for the…
June 5, 2017 - 7 minutes
French Researchers Discover a Target to Prevent Zika Birth Defects
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the Inserm have identified a protein target that, when…
May 8, 2017 - 2 minutes
New Results Show GM Mosquitoes Keep Dengue and Zika at Bay in Brazil
In its second year, Oxitec has reduced the mosquito population in a Brazilian neighborhood by…
April 3, 2017 - 2 minutes
CEVEC is Transforming Vaccine Development starting with Zika
CEVEC Pharmaceuticals recently partnered up with NewLink Genetics to use its CAP technology for the development…
February 20, 2017 - 6 minutes
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes will arrive in India to fight Dengue
Oxitec is preparing to start trials testing its solution to reduce the population of disease-transmitting…
January 25, 2017 - 3 minutes
Oxitec scales up Mosquito production with a new Factory in Brazil
Since Brazil became the first country in the world to deploy GM mosquitos, Oxitec has…
October 27, 2016 - 2 minutes
Vienna-based Themis Bioscience frontlines vaccine development against emerging diseases
From Switzerland, we depart once again, this time for Vienna. This week, we are visiting…
September 2, 2016 - 1 minute
This new vaccine could tackle both Zika and Dengue at once
These potentially fatal diseases have reached pandemic proportions and are starting to threaten the Western world. Excivion…
August 22, 2016 - 2 minutes
