New Report Charts a Course for Heritable Human Genome Editing
A blue-ribbon commission convened by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the UK’s Royal Society has released a much-anticipated 200-page report on Heritable Human Genome Editing (HHGE).*
The report charts a course for limited...
First Demonstration of Neuro Therapeutic Tropane Alkaloids Produced in Yeast
Researchers report the first successful microbial biosynthesis of the tropane alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, a class of neuromuscular blockers naturally found in plants in the nightshade family.
Christina Smolke, PhD
Describing a first-in-class fermentation-based approach for...
New Method, IDMSeq, Quantifies CRISPR-Cas9 Edits
Understanding, and quantifying, the genetic heterogeneity of a cell population is essential to the understanding of biological systems. Although new technologies are being developed to do this, in particular in the field of early...
EPA Proposes to Allow Certain Uses of Biotechnology in Development of Plant-Incorporated Protectants –...
Key Takeaways
What Happened: EPA proposed to exempt certain biotechnology-derived plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) from FIFRA registration and FFDCA tolerance requirements.
Who’s Impacted: Developers of PIPs created through biotechnology rather than (or in addition) to conventional breeding.
What...
New wearable solution allows patients to receive treatment without leaving home
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 3 2020
The rapid increase of life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections has resulted in challenging wound complications with limited choices of effective treatments. About 6 million people in the United States are...
AAV gene therapy often leads to dorsal root ganglion pathology, show studies
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 3 2020
A meta-analysis of non-human primate (NHP) studies showed that adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy often caused dorsal root ganglion (DRG) pathology. There were no clinical effects.
The study is...
Major UK study launched to assess the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 2 2020
A new UK study has been launched to assess the impact of covid-19 on people with cancer.
People with cancer are among those at higher risk of covid-19 complications,...
Finding a Committed Bioprocess Supply Distributor in China: Managing Distributors in a Rapidly Growing...
The last two decades has witnessed strong growth of China’s biopharma industry as it has moved into position as the world’s second largest pharmaceuticals market. This is driven by economic growth, urbanization, a large...
Study offers a possible explanation for prevalence of autism spectrum disorder
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 2 2020
Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States of 1 in 59 children with a well-established 4:1 male predominance.
Individual costs for care...
Unilever to replace fossil carbon in cleaning products – European Biotechnology News
Unilever has announced to invest €1bn globally to eliminate fossil fuels as a source of carbon in its cleaning products by 2030.
The investment is part of Unilever’s new ‘Clean Future’ initiative aims at replacing...
