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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 and Zika Viruses using new vaccine delivery technology. Following on Sanofi’s initiatives to combat the spread of Zika and Dengue viruses, a transatlantic partnership between […]

August 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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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 Zika-transmitting species could decrease by 90%. Located in the tropics, the Cayman Islands are one of the territories at risk of the spread of Aedes […]

August 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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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 to produce the compound. Recently, the Zika went from being considered a mild virus to a public health emergency. As the virus was linked with infant microcephaly, there […]

July 27, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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 extended its existing license agreement with Institut Pasteur in Paris, which grants the company a broad access to a well-established virus vaccine vector technology. The […]

July 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

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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 from Oxford University, Oxitec specialises in using genetic engineering to control insect pest populations with the ‘Sterile Insect Technique’. This is an interesting alternative to pesticides […]

March 14, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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 on a vaccine? And what is exactly this virus which has everyone hot and bothered? Literally meaning ‘overgrown‘ in the Luganda language, the Zika Virus name comes from the […]

February 4, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Nicolas Sainte-Foie

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