Sunnier but riskier
Conservation efforts to open up rattlesnake habitat bring in much-needed sunlight but could attract more threatening predators
Credit: Christopher Camacho
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Conservation efforts that open...
Protein and RNA Used to Create Vesicles for Potential Drug Delivery
Using protein and RNA, scientists say they have created hollow, spherical sacks, i.e., vesicles, which hold potential as biological storage compartments. They could serve as an alternative to traditional vesicles that are made from...
Dutch VC Raises €105M to Nurture European Biotech Startups
Biogeneration Ventures (BGV) has raised €105M for its fourth early-stage biotech fund, which aims to team up with academic institutions across Europe to create medical biotech companies.
The fund, called BGV-IV, exceeded the amount the...
USDA announces new plant biotechnology regulations | AgriLife Today – AgriLife Today
New plant biotechnology regulations announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, are a breakthrough for utilizing genetic engineering and gene editing to improve plants for a more...
Australian awarded Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry
FLEET/UNSW’s Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh awarded prestigious prize
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FLEET CI Professor Kourosh Kaantar-zadeh (UNSW Sydney) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science by...
HIV Drug Candidate Opens “Shock and Kill” Possibilities
When therapeutics battle HIV, they tend to miss pockets of resistance where HIV can hunker down until it stages a comeback. HIV, then, cannot be defeated until its remnants are roused to action, and...
ILC Therapeutics announces research partnership with University of St Andrews to fight against COVID-19
Jun 23 2020
UK-based biotechnology firm ILC Therapeutics has announced a research partnership with the University of St Andrews in a bid to progress a therapeutic drug which can treat COVID-19 towards clinical trials.
The biotech...
Sana Biotechnology, a secretive startup, lays (some) cards on the table – STAT
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Sana Biotechnology raises more than $700M for cell, gene therapy efforts – MedCity News
A startup company developing in vivo and ex vivo cell therapies has raised a significant chunk of funding for its initial financing from life science and technology venture capital as well as pension plans...
Biotechnology forestry revival projects now include elms along with American chestnuts – Genetic Literacy...
There was a time when the stately elm was a symbol of American and European small-town prosperity and pride. It also was the the most common wild tree in North American and European forests...
