CRISPR sows seeds of change in agricultural biotechnology – hortidaily.com
Since its introduction in 2012, CRISPR-based genetic engineering technology has transformed biotechnology and opened new possibilities in biomedicine. Currently, CRISPR is driving development in yet another domain—agriculture. Although CRISPR has been slower to realize...
Syrian Hamster Unravels Inflammatory Insights in COVID-19
Multiplying viruses disrupting lung tissue do not directly cause severe outcomes of COVID-19 disease, instead inflammatory immune processes affecting the endothelial lining of the airways are responsible, reports a new study. Cellular mechanisms at...
National academies’ report took pharma-friendly stance after millions in gifts from drugmakers
To several U.S. senators, it looked wasteful, even outrageous. Every year, taxpayers pay for at least $750 million worth of expensive pharmaceuticals that are simply thrown away. Companies ship many of the drugs in...
Mastering the Microbiome: Treating Disease with Bacteria
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Emily Drabant Conley, PhD Chief Executive OfficerFederation Bio
Sarkis Mazmanian, PhDProfessor of MicrobiologyCalifornia Institute of Technology
Sonia Timberlake, PhDSenior VP of ResearchFinch Therapeutics
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Responsible governance of gene editing in agriculture and the environment – Nature.com
We appreciate comments on the draft principles provided by B. Dass, J. Delborne, S. Eskin, S. James, N. Jordan, T. Kuiken, K. Redford, S. Scherr, and K. H. Tountas. We thank the Grantham Foundation...
Investors Turn to Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future – Labiotech.eu
The next industrial revolution is going to be a bio-revolution. It has to be, given that the byproducts of the original industrial revolution created the major pollution problems we now have to solve. But...
IMBA researchers may have found the “Achilles’ heel” of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Researchers identify two sugar-binding proteins that impede the viral entry of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. The team, spearheaded by researchers at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – may...
Pharmaceuticals American biotechnology is booming – The Economist
Aug 11th 2021CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTSIN 1908 ASHTON VALVE COMPANY built a factory on the corner of Binney Street and First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In what was a high-tech industry of the day, it made...
Passivating Stainless Steel Fluid Contact Surfaces
Non-specific binding of analytes to metal surfaces inside HPLC columns and hardware can negatively affect quantitation of both analytes and impurities. Preventing these interactions requires “passivation,” a series of steps that treat metal surfaces...
Dotmatics to deliver the foundation for Croda’s R&D digital program: artificial intelligence and data...
Dotmatics Ltd, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, today announced it has been selected by Croda International Plc...
