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News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Novel branched lipid boosts mRNA delivery to cells

A novel branched lipid that is highly stable in storage and is highly efficient in delivering mRNA to cells has been developed. Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a biological molecule that transfers the information coded by genes in the nucleus to the cytoplasm for protein synthesis by ribosomes. mRNA sequences can be designed to encode specific […]

November 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Minoryx and Neuraxpharm announce license agreement to further X-ALD treatment

Minoryx Therapeutics and Neuraxpharm Group have announced the completion of a strategic license agreement. Minoryx is a biotech company that focuses on the development of treatments for orphan central nervous system (CNS) disorders while the Neuraxpharm Group is a pharmaceutical company focused on CNS therapies. Under the agreement, Minoryx grants Neuraxpharm exclusive European rights to […]

November 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

The red cancer cell uses the white protein Memo1 to bind the green copper ions.

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Looking for cancer clues? Copper may open new drug treatment doors

For cancer cells to grow and spread around the human body, they need proteins that bind copper ions. New research about how cancer-related proteins bind the metal and how they interact with other proteins may open up potential new drug targets in the fight against cancer. Human cells need small amounts of the metal copper […]

November 10, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

New radiopharmaceutical shrinks prostate cancer tumors

Researchers in Japan and Germany say a radiopharmaceutical treatment targeting a prostate-specific membrane antigen effectively shrinks prostate tumors in mice. The team reported the anti-cancer treatment zeroes in on tumor cells with ‘laser precision.’ Recent developments, such as targeted α-therapies as a type of theranostics, are trying to tackle cancer. Theranostics is a one-two punch […]

November 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 10 Nov 2022

Funding for NRG Therapeutics to work on mitochondria link to Parkinson’s and ALS

NRG Therapeutics, Ltd. has closed a £16 million ($18.2 million) series A financing. The funding was led by Omega Funds and joined by additional new investor Brandon Capital and founding investor Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech. NRG Therapeutics is using mitochondrial biology to develop disease-modifying therapeutics to slow or halt the progression of neurodegenerative disorders such as […]

November 10, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 9 Nov 2022

PrecisionLife supports Sosei Heptares to treat chronic diseases in more personalized way

PrecisionLife, developers of precision medicine for chronic diseases, will be supporting biopharmaceutical group, Sosei Heptares, to develop better, more personalized treatment options. Specifically, global techbio PrecisionLife, will assess the precision medicine potential of a neuroscience target nominated by Sosei Heptares, that specializes in structure-based drug design targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Sosei Heptares will leverage […]

November 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Better Juice Launches Commercial Sugar Reduction Plant 002

More News! 9 Nov 2022

Better Juice launches naturally converting fruit juice sugars to prebiotics

A new site housing technology to naturally turn the composition of fruit juice sugars including sucrose, glucose and fructose into better-for-you prebiotics has been opened by Better Juice Ltd. The Israeli sugar-reduction startup launched its first full-capacity manufacturing plant for full commercial production of sugar-reducing immobilized enzymes. The new facility, the company says, will allow […]

November 9, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 9 Nov 2022

Wyss Center’s ABILITY system to improve quality of life for people with severe paralysis

The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering has shared the latest signals recorded by its fully plantable ABILITY brain computer interface (BCI) at a Society for Neuroscience meeting. ABILITY is designed to improve quality of life and independence for people with severe paralysis and demonstrates safety and efficacy in pre-clinial trials. New details of the […]

November 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 9 Nov 2022

Sensorium closes $30M deal to advance drug discovery engine

Sensorium Therapeutics, announced the closing of a $30 million series a financing to advance its initial asset, SENS-01, and Biodynamic Discovery Platform (BDP). The platform is a drug discovery engine that rapidly identifies, synthesizes, and enhances targeted molecules as therapeutics. The round was led by Santé Ventures, a specialized healthcare and life sciences investment firm […]

November 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

GHO Capital and Vistria Group to acquire CDMO Alcami

Global Healthcare Opportunities, (GHO Capital Partners LLP), and The Vistria Group, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Alcami Corporation, a pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), from funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and Ampersand Capital Partners. Headquartered in North Carolina, Alcami is involved in drug product […]

November 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

Does covid vaccination boost cancer treatment?

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the tumor. It was feared that vaccination against Covid-19 could reduce the success of cancer treatment or cause severe side effects. However, a recent study by the universities of Bonn, Germany, and Shanxi, China, say this isn’t the case. According […]

November 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

Google and Meta AI could boost cancer research and drug discovery

Encoded in the DNA, a protein may be represented as a thread of hundreds of individual molecules called amino acids, linked together. Depending on the particular amino acids combination, a protein folds in a particular way, resulting in a functional 3D shape. The shape makes the function, and with 20 different amino acids available, the […]

November 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Novel branched lipid boosts mRNA delivery to cells

Minoryx and Neuraxpharm announce license agreement to further X-ALD treatment

Looking for cancer clues? Copper may open new drug treatment doors

New radiopharmaceutical shrinks prostate cancer tumors

Funding for NRG Therapeutics to work on mitochondria link to Parkinson’s and ALS

PrecisionLife supports Sosei Heptares to treat chronic diseases in more personalized way

Better Juice launches naturally converting fruit juice sugars to prebiotics

Wyss Center’s ABILITY system to improve quality of life for people with severe paralysis

Sensorium closes $30M deal to advance drug discovery engine

GHO Capital and Vistria Group to acquire CDMO Alcami

Does covid vaccination boost cancer treatment?

Google and Meta AI could boost cancer research and drug discovery

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