Tag: university
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Protein Chemistry Biotech Gains Collaboration, Venture Funds
An enterprise discovering new drugs with optical light-based protein chemistry is emerging from stealth, including work with biopharmaceutical company Genentech.
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Implanted Organoid Connects to Brain, Reacts to Visual Cues
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a circuit that in lab mice connects implanted lab-grown brain tissue to the brain’s cognitive center and responds to visual stimuli.
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Peptide Discovery Company to Gain $3.3B in Licensing Deals
A discoverer of therapeutic peptides signed licensing deals in the past few days with two drug makers that could bring the company as much as $3.3 billion.
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Food Protein Biotech Adds €4M in Seed Funds
A new company creating protein ingredients for food products from carbon dioxide converted by engineered bacteria is raising €4 million more in seed funds.
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Immune Organoid Company Raises $4.3M in Seed Funds
A new company developing 3-D cell and tissue models of lymph nodes for discovery of immunotherapies is raising $4.3 million in seed funds.
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Trial Shows Gel Clears Common Skin Cancer Wounds
Results of a clinical trial indicate a gel applied to lesions caused by basal cell carcinoma is safe for patients and clears the cancerous skin tumors.
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New Company Creating High-Capacity Gene Therapies to the Brain
A new business is underway developing gene therapies with higher capacities than most current technologies to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
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Mental Health VR Companies Merge, Raise $13M
Two developers of virtual reality therapy technology for mental health disorders are combining their operations, and raising $13 million in venture funds.
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Bone Regeneration Experiment Begun on Space Station
An experiment is underway testing a bone repair biomaterial in lab mice under weightless conditions on the International Space Station.
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Trial Underway for Kidney Disease Microbiome Therapy
A clinical trial enrolled its first participant testing an engineered bacterial collection as a treatment for enteric hyperoxaluria, a kidney disorder with no approved cure.