Biotech around the World: The West Coast of the United States
GEN begins an exploration of many of the world’s top biotech hubs starts. We’ve labeled the series Biotech around the World. The first article begins on the U.S. West Coast, talking with local execs...
Promising new technique for high throughput protein purification
Jun 25 2019
Postnova Analytics has published an application report that describes a promising new protein purification technique based on diffusion.
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Sana Biotechnology boosts IPO range, looks to raise $517 million – GeekWire
Sana’s technology (screen grab via IPO filing)
Sana Biotechnology — the Seattle upstart that’s looking to treat a variety of diseases through gene therapy and cell engineering — is generating buzz on Wall Street.
Sana boosted...
Biological Clock Temperature Cycles Explained by Waveform Distortion
Most biochemical reactions accelerate as temperature increases, but our daily circadian rhythms, which are underlain by gene regulatory and biochemical networks, remain constant, even as temperatures rise. Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa, PhD, at...
Building Better Bacteriophage with Biofoundries to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Resistance to antibiotics is an escalating global crisis, presenting a major health, social, and economic burden. An underexplored alternative to antibiotic treatment is phage therapy whereby bacteriophages are used to infect and kill pathogenic...
Ginkgo to Expand Applications of Cell Programming Platform with $290M Series E Financing
Ginkgo Bioworks said today it has raised $290 million in Series E financing, with plans to use the capital toward expanding synthetic biology applications for its cell programming platform.
The $290 million financing brings Ginkgo’s...
Protein tells developing cells to stick together
Credit: Tohoku University
Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. How...
Avecho Biotechnology raises $5.06m to develop pharmaceutical cannabinoid products – Small Caps
Avecho chief executive officer Dr Paul Gavin said the strong support for its placement was “indicative of the strong commercial momentum” gathering in the medicinal cannabis space.
As the global medicinal cannabis space matures, Avecho...
