Tag: genomics
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FDA Okays Faster Covid-19 Test, Nixes Home Tests
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency clearance for a point-of-care test to detect for the virus causing novel coronavirus or Covid-19 infections.
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Case Study Maps Covid-19 Immune Response
Infectious disease specialists in Australia tracked the course of an early patient’s immune-system response to non-severe novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, infections.
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Commentary – Biotech, Trump’s Latest Casino
If you thought the Trump administration couldn’t bungle any worse its response to the coronavirus pandemic, think again.
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FDA Clears High-Volume Covid-19 Test
The Food and Drug Administration cleared for use in the U.S. a high-volume diagnostic for the novel coronavirus that can run on automated systems already in place.
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Engineered Probiotic Maker Gains $2.3M Seed Funding
A developer of genetically-modified bacteria designed to work in the gut is raising $2.3 million more in seed funds to expand its product line.
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Gates Funding Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Device
A biotechnology company developing a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus received funding to scale up a delivery device for the vaccine when it’s available.
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Engineered Viruses Deployed to Treat Gut Infections
Academic and industry researchers created gene-editing viruses that in lab cultures and mice killed bacteria causing often deadly intestinal infections.
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Coffee, Hemp Cells Set for Space Station Study
A company is sending cell cultures from hemp and coffee plants to the International Space Station to test effects of weightlessness on the plants’ gene expression.
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Patient Receives First Crispr Genetic Eye Treatment
An individual with a rare genetic eye disease received the first dose of an edited gene in a clinical trial of an experimental treatment for the disorder.
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Proteins from Bacteria Generate Power for Wearables
A collaboration of engineers and biologists created a way of producing electric power from humidity in the air with fine wires made of proteins from bacteria.