German National Academy of Sciences challenges myths about dangers of agricultural biotechnology – Genetic...
From the point of view of many scientists, the applicable laws are incomprehensible and important research is being slowed down. In a statement, the National Academy of Sciences and the German Research Foundation (DFG) write...
What A Trip: Delix Therapeutics is Treating Mental Health at Scale with Psychoplastogens
Mark Rus, MSc., Chief Executive Officer and Director of Delix Therapeutics.
Clinical interest in psychedelic chemicals—classic hallucinogens like LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide) and dissociative drugs like ketamine—is becoming increasingly mainstream. In 2019, the U.S. Food...
StockWatch: BioNTech Sees No Bounce from Promising Cancer Vaccine Data
BioNTech (BNTX) recently took a significant step toward life beyond COVID-19 when it presented some promising data during the recent European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022 held in Paris.
Prof. Andreas Mackensen, MD,...
Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies – Labiotech.eu
The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims to use automation, optical sensing and artificial intelligence to remove the manual component from...
Scalable rAAV: Maximizing Productivity and Full Capsids
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Broadcast Date: October 4, 2022Time: 8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 17:00 CET The possibilities for gene therapies are being realized as candidates come to market with hundreds more in development. Adeno-associated virus...
Public knowledge of monkeypox increases
PHILADELPHIA – The public’s knowledge about monkeypox has increased rapidly in recent weeks though misconceptions and uncertainty persist, and over a quarter of Americans say they are not likely to get vaccinated against monkeypox...
Scientists harness the potential of bacteria to help create synthetic cells with lifelike functionality
Scientists have harnessed the potential of bacteria to help build advanced synthetic cells which mimic real life functionality. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published today in Nature, makes important progress...
Bringing Distributed Manufacturing to the Benchtop
Distributed manufacturing is among the hottest trends in biomanufacturing. Here, GEN talks to Laura Crowell, PhD, director of research & development at Sunflower Therapeutics about bringing protein manufacturing to the benchtop in low- and...
NIH researchers identify specific network of proteins critical to restore hearing in zebrafish
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study, led by investigators at the National Human Genome Research...
Engineering an enzyme against antibiotic-resistant anthrax
In the 2001 “Amerithrax” attacks, anthrax-causing spores were sent through the mail to media outlets and members of Congress, sickening at least 22 people and killing five. Antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria are of...
