Tag: biotechnology
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Biotech Creating More Efficient Crispr Therapies
A biotechnology company is developing treatments for cancer and other diseases using Crispr gene editing delivered with more efficient synthetic proteins.
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Natural-Killer Cell Cancer Therapy Biotech Launches
A new company is underway creating off-the-shelf engineered cells from the immune system as cancer treatments, and raising $42 million in venture funds.
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Biotech Manufacturing, Distribution Company Underway
A new enterprise providing manufacturing and supply chain services for biotechnology labs, including gene and RNA therapy developers, began operations.
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Infographic – Vaccines Boost Biotech Shares
News of those trials fueled healthy share price rises for the biotechnology companies developing the vaccines, shown in this weekend’s infographic.
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Stem Cell Respiratory Therapy Licensed in $1.4B Deal
Global drug maker Novartis is acquiring a stem cell-based treatment for a serious respiratory disease associated with Covid-19 infections.
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Nanoscale Particles Deliver Crispr Cancer Treatments
Researchers in Israel developed techniques to deliver gene editing therapies with lipid nanoscale particles that in lab mice killed cancer cells and increased survival.
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Cancer Immune System Therapy Start-Up Raises $53M
A company developing treatments that retune the immune system to kill solid tumor and blood-related cancers is raising $53 million in its first venture funding.
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FDA Grants Emergency Clearance for Home Covid-19 Test
The Food and Drug Administration gave an emergency authorization for a self-collected Covid-19 diagnostic test, the first such test for home use.
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ALS Stem Cell Therapy Fails to Meet Trial Objective
Clinical trial results of an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, therapy do not show slower disease progression among patients compared to a placebo.
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Blood Cells Transport Enzymes to Slow Cancer Spread
Researchers devised a technique that in lab mice carries immune system enzymes on red blood cells to stop the spread of cancer in the lungs.