Tag: biotechnology
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Biotech Group Withholds Support for Germline Trial Report
A biotechnology industry association in the U.S. says its members are not ready to support recommendations in a new report permitting future clinical studies of genome editing for inheritable disease-causing traits.
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Cancer Drug Shown to Improve Survival Time in Dogs
A drug to treat a deadly cancer in dogs was shown in a clinical trial to extend the survival time of canine patients by 6 months or more, with potential applications in humans.
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Biotechs License Solid Tumor Therapy in $2.1B Deal
Biotechnology enterprise Immunomedics Inc. is licensing its enhanced antibody-based treatment for solid tumor cancers to Seattle Genetics, a developer of similar cancer drugs.
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DNA Tags Speed Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Discovery
Biomedical engineers developed a technique with unique DNA identifiers that makes possible faster screening of gene therapies delivered with nanoscale particles.
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Protein Drug Discovery Company Launches, Gains $50M
A biotechnology enterprise founded by faculty at Scripps Research Institute plans to discover new therapies based on complex interactions with human proteins.
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Immunotherapy Biotech Raises $102 Million in IPO
A biotechnology company developing treatments for solid tumors, harnessing the body’s immune system, for cancer patients most likely to respond is raising $102 million in its initial public stock offering.
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Simpler Lab Cell Production Techniques Devised
A process is being developed that makes it easier to produce healthy and diseased cells in the lab from human specimens for regenerative medicine and research.
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Allergy Immunotherapy Firm Raises $2M in Early Funds
A biotechnology company in Finland developing an allergy vaccine that harnesses the immune system is raising €1.85 million ($US 2 million) in its first venture funding round.
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Safer Engineered-Cell Cancer Immunotherapy Designed
A biotechnology company designed a new type of engineered T-cell from the immune system that more precisely targets tumors and stays away from healthy cells.
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Electronic Gene Editing Corrects Inherited Blood Disorder
A team at National Institutes of Health used an electronic-aided process to carry out a gene editing technique that in lab mice repaired a genetic defect causing a rare blood disease.