Tag: biotechnology
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Tobacco Plants Studied as Drug Bio-Factories
A university in Australia is joining a European research project to create new types of tobacco plants for producing pharmaceuticals.
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Cell Programming Company Raises $49.5M in Early Funds
A start-up enterprise creating add-on treatments that program the effects of cell and gene therapies is raising $49.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Engineered Cells Identify Rare Epilepsy Drug Candidates
A process using high-speed screening of drug candidates with genetically engineered cells identified potential drugs to treat a rare form of childhood epilepsy.
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Protein Made by Synthetic Bacteria with Expanded DNA
An academic-industry lab team produced a synthetic protein from an engineered bacteria, with DNA modified to expand its number of chemical coding components.
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Large-Scale Genome Editing Technology in Development
Two biotechnology companies are creating an automated process for delivering large, complex genetic cargoes into cells for genome editing.
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Genome Editing Enhances CAR T-Cells to Fight Cancer
A process using genome editing is shown to bolster cancer-fighting properties of T-cells from the immune system already modified to attack cancer cells.
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Biotech, Cancer Center Partner on T-Cell Research
A developer of cancer diagnostics and treatments is collaborating with Moffitt Cancer Center to advance therapies for ovarian cancer with T-cells from the immune system.
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Bayer Acquiring Therapeutic Peptides in $1.1B+ Deal
Bayer AG, the global drug maker and agricultural chemical company, is partnering with a Japanese biologics enterprise to discover a series of peptides for therapies.
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Biotech Licenses Mayo Clinic Microbiome Research
A biotechnology company developing therapies with specialized gut microbes is licensing research from the Mayo Clinic on these microbes’ effects with autoimmune diseases.
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Trial Underway Testing Personal RNA Cancer Drug
A clinical trial is underway testing a treatment for solid tumor cancers derived from messenger RNA, genetic material with protein coding instructions for cells.