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How Scientists are Using iPSCs to Develop New Therapies

In 1998, scientists reported being able to derive cells from human embryos that could develop into almost any cell in the body. In 2007, the field took a huge leap when scientists discovered they could reprogram human adult skin cells to act like these embryonic stem cells.

20 Sep 2023

Astrea Bioseparations Expands Manufacturing and Warehousing Capacity to Support Growing Demand for Its Chromatography Solutions in North America

Astrea Bioseparations announces the expansion of its manufacturing and warehousing capabilities in the US.

20 Sep 2023

The First Microrobots Capable of Navigating Within Groups of Cells and Stimulating Individual Cells

A group of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed the world's first microrobot ("microbot") capable of navigating within groups of cells and stimulating individual cells.

12 Sep 2023

Understanding Tissue Development and Regeneration in Fruit Flies

Recently, Kyoto University researchers have unveiled a pivotal discovery: they have determined that the Dumpy protein, a constituent of extracellular matrices (ECM), plays a central role in governing the precise, origami-like folding of wing-cell sheets.

7 Sep 2023

Illumina's Board Appoints Jacob Thaysen, Ph.D. as its New Chief Executive Officer

llumina today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jacob Thaysen, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 25, 2023.

5 Sep 2023

Titanium Micro-Spikes Skewer Resistant Superbugs

A new study suggests rough surfaces inspired by the bacteria-killing spikes on insect wings may be more effective at combatting drug-resistant superbugs, including fungus, than previously understood.

30 Aug 2023

Intellegens and CPI Awarded £1.6 m Innovate UK Grant to Advance Manufacture of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics with Machine Learning

Intellegens today announced that it has secured a £1.6 m grant from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to apply ML in the emerging field of oligonucleotide therapies.

From Intellegens Limited 30 Aug 2023

HydRegen Secure BBSRC, EPSRC and IUK Grant Funding to Unlock Sustainable Biocatalytic Hydrogenation

HydRegen, the biotechnology company enabling sustainable chemical manufacturing, and researchers from the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering collaborate in a project to unlock sustainable biocatalytic hydrogenation and receive grant funding from BBSRC, EPSRC and IUK to complete the feasibility study.

30 Aug 2023

Waters Launches XBridge Premier GTx BEH SEC Columns for Gene Therapy Applications

Waters Corporation introduced the first in a new line of size exclusion chromatography (SEC) columns aimed at improving the analysis while lowering the cost of gene therapies, specifically adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors.

From Waters Corporation 24 Aug 2023

DNA Analysis Uncovers Cheese-Making Process

With the use of DNA analysis, researchers examined the microbes that exist at various stages of the mozzarella-making process at different dairies.

16 Aug 2023

Cytomos Secures £4M to Advance New Approach to Cell Analysis

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £4 million to scale up market-testing of its technology platform Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).

9 Aug 2023

UK Food-Tech Business Clean Food Group Announces Strategic Collaboration with LATAM Food Technology Specialist, Alianza Team

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group is pleased to announce a new investment and strategic collaboration with Alianza Team, the Latin American food production and lipid-based technology expert, a leading company in the world of lipids, nutrition and frozen bakery.

9 Aug 2023

Researchers Develop New Photoenzymatic Method to Produce Chiral Amines

Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions that support eco-friendly biomanufacturing -; the production of fuels, plastics, and valuable chemicals from plants or other biological systems.

1 Aug 2023

Archer Further Enhances Biochip gFET Design for Advanced Sensing and Sends to Commercial Foundry Partner

Archer Materials Limited (“Archer”, the “Company”), a semiconductor company advancing the quantum computing and medical diagnostics industries, has developed a next generation biochip fabrication to better detect and control disease samples on a single graphene field effect transistor (“gFET”) design.

1 Aug 2023

Bioengineers Harness 3D Printing to Create Functional Heart Ventricle

Over the last decade, advances in 3D printing have unlocked new possibilities for bioengineers to build heart tissues and structures.

28 Jul 2023

Kimberly-Clark Goes Green in North Wales with Renewable Energy for Tissue Manufacturing

HYRO - a joint venture between RES and Octopus Energy Generation – has submitted a planning application to Flintshire County Council for its Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project.

27 Jul 2023

New Collaboration Aims to Advance Cancer Therapies Against Previously Undruggable Targets

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Nexo Therapeutics today announced a multi-year strategic collaboration that aligns the innovative technology and capabilities of each organization at the earliest stages of drug discovery and development to rapidly advance impactful new cancer therapies against previously undruggable targets.

26 Jul 2023