DOE funds next-generation Center for Bioenergy Innovation to advance renewable jet fuel

The Center for Bioenergy Innovation has been renewed by the Department of Energy as one of four bioenergy research centers across the nation to advance robust, economical production of plant-based fuels and chemicals. CBI,...

StockWatch: Icahn Pursues Illumina Board Seats, and a Sell-Off of Grail

Activist investor Carl C. Icahn Illumina (ILMN) has been enmeshed for more than two years in trying to acquire cancer blood test developer Grail, only to find itself fighting antitrust regulators in the U.S. and...

Yuri and the Centre for Genomic Regulation Agree to Jointly Study “Space Bacteria”

The Barcelona-based Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) signed an agreement with Yuri, a commercial space biotech company in Germany, to study microgravity in space and its impact on human health, cells, and plant biology. “In...

Disproportionate percentage of females with unexplained infertility have gene variants known to cause heart...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 17, 2023) – About 17% of women with unexplained infertility also have gene variants known to cause disease, from common conditions like heart disease to rare problems like ALS, Medical College...

Supporting the Clinical Adoption of Enzymatic DNA in Advanced Therapy Manufacturing

Broadcast Date: April 18, 2022Time: 8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 16:00 CET REGISTER NOW DNA is used widely as a critical starting material in advanced therapy manufacturing, including mRNA and viral vector production (AAV...

Liver Cancer Finding May Lead to New Class of Antitumor Therapies

Researchers at the NIH and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston say they have uncovered a potential new approach against liver cancer that could lead to the development of a novel class of anticancer drugs....

Artificial pancreas developed at UVA improves blood sugar control for kids ages 2-6, study...

An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology improves blood sugar control in children ages 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. Details...

Teknova and Sartorius BIA Separations Collaborate on Gene Therapy Process Development

Alpha Teknova and Sartorius BIA Separations agreed to collaborate to help gene therapy companies streamline the downstream purification process. Teknova produces reagents for the research, discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, vaccines, and...

Owlstone Medical Enters Partnership with Bicycle Therapeutics for the Development of Antigen-Targeted EVOC Probes...

Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced that it has entered into a Research Agreement with Bicycle Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:...

Women-focused diagnostics start-up wins INTEGRA Biosciences’ EVOLVE pipettes

Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics start-up, has been chosen as the first winner of the recently launched INTEGRA supports start-ups competition, receiving 30 EVOLVE manual pipettes to help the company further develop its...