GenEdit Tackles “Delivery, Delivery, Delivery” with Up-to-$644M Genentech Collaboration
Addressing the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting in 2016, four years before being awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering research in CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, PhD,...
Soap bark discovery offers a sustainability booster for the global vaccine market
A valuable molecule sourced from the soapbark tree and used as a key ingredient in vaccines, has been replicated in an alternative plant host for the first time, opening unprecedented opportunities for the vaccine...
Ancient Brazilian genomes may hold the secrets of treponemal evolutionary history
In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers conducted cutting-edge genomic research on 2,000-year-old Brazilian human remains to investigate the evolution and emergence of ancestral treponemal genomes within the Americas and the...
Cancer Mutation That Spurs Cell Division Helps Heart Models Run at Full Gallop
A broken heart will mend over time. However, this isn’t the case for heart tissue following a heart attack. While skin and many other tissues of the body retain the ability to repair themselves...
Study establishes the ideal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation
Currently used Food and Drug Administration-approved transplant drugs -; with the addition of an also already FDA-approved complement inhibitor -; are the optimal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney transplants, according to a landmark discovery...
Study links European West Nile outbreaks to agriculture, urbanization, and bird migration
The spread of West Nile virus in Europe is strongly linked to agricultural activities, urbanization, and bird migration, according to a modelling study published January 25, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by...
Arnold Lab Uses Directed Evolution to Create Siloxane-Busting Enzyme
An artist’s depiction of an artificially evolved enzyme breaking a silicon-carbon bond.
For the first time, scientists have engineered an enzyme that can break the stubborn man-made bonds between silicon and carbon that exist...
Advanced Full-color image sensor technology enabling simultaneous energy harvesting and imaging
Organic-based optoelectronic technology is increasingly recognized as an energy-efficient solution for low-power indoor electronics and wireless IoT sensors. This is largely due to its superior flexibility and light weight compared to conventional silicon-based devices....
Improving Flow through the Cell Therapies Bottleneck
Few biomedical breakthroughs have produced such a rapid and significant impact as the emergence of CRISPR-based gene editing. It was only eleven years ago when Doudna, Charpentier, and colleagues published the first demonstration that...
RNA Therapies in Liver Disease: Insights from Ochre Bio’s CEO
insights from industryJack O'Meara Co-Founder and CEOOchre-Bio In this interview, we speak with Jack O'Meara, co-founder and CEO of Ochre Bio, a pioneering force in liver disease treatment. O'Meara shares insights into Ochre Bio's...
