In Depth 14 Apr 2023
mRNA vaccines: a promising future
In 1978, nearly two decades after the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), the concept of a vaccine made from mRNA was materialized. Like its name suggests, mRNAs are messengers that…
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More News! 20 Nov 2018
Phase I Gives Hope for First Zika Vaccine
Results from a Phase I trial showed promising safety and efficacy of a potential first vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus, developed by French biotech Valneva and US biopharma Emergent…
News and Trends 22 Jan 2018
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 could help to prevent the spread of diseases like malaria. Scientists at the University of…
In Depth 25 Jul 2017
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 is preparing for the next one. “What we really need is a very fast and…
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Interview 21 Jun 2017
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 Oxitec's exciting technology that could save us from Dengue and Zika. Oxitec's GM mosquitoes have the…
Interview 5 Jun 2017
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 serial entrepreneur, and where does he see biotech going? Sir Greg Winter is one of…
News and Trends 8 May 2017
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 overexpressed, can block Zika infections. The recent Zika epidemics in the Pacific and South America…
News and Trends 3 Apr 2017
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 81%, demonstrating the long-term potential of GM insects. Oxitec is a spin-out from the University…
News and Trends 20 Feb 2017
CEVEC is Transforming Vaccine Development starting with Zika
CEVEC Pharmaceuticals recently partnered up with NewLink Genetics to use its CAP technology for the development of new vaccines against the Zika virus. We had the opportunity to ask CEVECs CSO a…
News and Trends 25 Jan 2017
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 insects in India with its own genetically modified mosquitoes. Oxitec, a spin-out from Oxford University,…
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News and Trends 27 Oct 2016
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 opened a factory there to produce its Friendly Aedes aegypti. Oxitec has opened a large-scale…
News and Trends 2 Sep 2016
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 Themis Bioscience, our Biotech of the Week (and also stopping for schnitzel). City: Vienna, Austria Founded:…
News and Trends 22 Aug 2016
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 (UK) and Xenetic (US) have announced a partnership to develop a combined vaccine for Dengue…
News and Trends 1 Aug 2016
The Cayman Islands will now also release GM Mosquitoes against Zika Virus
A court finally allowed the release of Oxitec's 'friendly' mosquitoes in the Grand Cayman (1 of the 3 islands). If the technique repeats its recent successes, the local population of…
News and Trends 27 Jul 2016
SynBio Nootkatone now in trials to stop the Spread of Zika
The grapefruit aroma nootkatone is now in field trials to assess its effectiveness against mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus. Good news for Evolva, which figured out a SynBio process…
News and Trends 14 Jul 2016
Institut Pasteur & Austrian Biotech also join the World Zika Vaccine Plan
Themis is a Vienna-based vaccine developer. Together with the Institut Pasteur, it is now planning to use a measles vaccine construct to develop and start Zika vaccine trials within the next 12 months. Themis has successfully…
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News and Trends 14 Mar 2016
Florida to release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to stop Zika Virus
Oxitec (UK) is on track to be allowed to trial their self-limiting, genetically engineered mosquitoes in the US - and stop the spread of Dengue and Zika. As a spin-off…
News and Trends 4 Feb 2016
Zika Virus: Who in Biotech is Working to Stop its Spread?
The Zika virus epidemic could infect up to 4 Million people. As a cousin to Dengue Fever, what are the risks? Who in the Biotech and pharma world are working…
