iXCells Biotechnologies reaches iPSC line delivery milestone in collaboration with global biotechnology company
iXCells Biotechnologies USA, Inc. ("iXCells"), a leading provider of human cell-based solutions and custom iPSC services, today announced the delivery of over 500 characterized induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines as part of a...
Nanoparticles Trigger In Vivo CAR T Cell Generation to Eliminate B Cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed what they describe as a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles (NPs) that can “educate” the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells throughout the body. The targeted,...
Simplified nanoparticles “educate” the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles that can "educate" the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells throughout the body. The study, they say, advances...
DNA-based barcoding reveals which nanoparticles successfully deliver genetic therapies
Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells. Findings of the study spearheaded...
$270M RNA Drug Spinout Targets Rare Genetic Cardiomyopathies
Avidity Biosciences found an eager buyer for its neuroscience pipeline when Novartis shelled out approximately $12 billion to acquire the RNA drug developer, in a deal completed late last month.
But when it came to...
Resident Macrophages Play a Role in Maintaining Murine Intraocular Pressure
When the eye’s drainage system clogs, intraocular pressure (IOP) builds up and causes damage. The pressure can lead to glaucoma and vision loss. Researchers headed by a team at Duke University School of Medicine...
New collaboration aims to accelerate biomedical innovation and education
The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) have announced a new collaborative research partnership designed to accelerate biomedical innovation through joint research programs, faculty collaboration, and expanded student training...
Cytotrait secures £3 M seed funding to address global food security and sustainable agriculture
Cytotrait, a biotechnology spinout company from The University of Manchester focussed on the development of novel traits for food and agriculture, today announced the close of its £3 M seed funding round. The investment...
StockWatch: Under Fire from FDA, uniQure Stock Roller-Coasters
uniQure (NASDAQ: QURE) shares finished the regular trading week down only 9% despite the FDA’s hard-line stance and public criticism against the company’s Huntington’s disease (HD) gene therapy candidate AMT-130.
But the agency’s broadsides against...
New optovolution technique uses light to guide protein evolution
Evolution is biology's powerful method of engineering. It works by generating many variants of DNA, RNA, and proteins inside cells and letting nature "select" the organism that performs best. Early farmers started taking advantage...
