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Gilead Boosts In Vivo CAR-T Program with $350M Interius Buyout
Gilead Sciences' subsidiary Kite Pharma acquired Interius BioTherapeutics for $350 million, gaining access to innovative in vivo CAR-T therapies that genetically modify immune cells directly...
Graphene-Mediated Stimulation Accelerates Brain Organoid Maturation for Disease Modeling
Researchers from UC San Diego and NeurANO Bioscience introduced Graphene-Mediated Optical Stimulation (GraMOS), a pioneering, non-genetic technique that uses graphene’s optoelectronic properties...
Stealth BioTherapeutics FDA Review Accelerated Amid Rare Disease Therapy Pressure
Stealth BioTherapeutics’ New Drug Application for elamipretide, a therapy for Barth syndrome, received an expedited FDA review target date of September 26, significantly earlier than the...
Superluminal and Eli Lilly Form $1.3 Billion Pact for Next-Gen Obesity Drugs
Superluminal Medicines entered a collaboration valued up to $1.3 billion with pharmaceutical leader Eli Lilly to develop small molecule therapies targeting novel G protein-coupled receptors...
Biohaven Drug Advances as FDA Cancels Advisory Committee Meeting
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA will not convene an advisory committee to evaluate its spinocerebellar ataxia drug, troriluzole, indicating regulatory clarity on its safety and...
Viome and Scripps Research Partner on AI-Powered Early Colorectal Cancer Detection
Viome Life Sciences initiated a collaboration with Scripps Research to validate a stool-based colorectal polyp detection test that employs RNA sequencing and artificial intelligence algorithms....
Quanterix Obtains New York State CLIA Certification for Diagnostic Lab
Quanterix Corporation announced that its Quanterix Accelerator Laboratory received a clinical laboratory permit from the New York State Department of Health in the clinical chemistry category,...
Single-Cell Proteomics Enhances Understanding of Early Human Blood Cell Differentiation
A collaborative group of European researchers integrated single-cell proteomics by mass spectrometry with transcriptomics to map early human hematopoietic differentiation using over 2,500 CD34+...
AI-Driven Lab-in-the-Loop Drug Discovery Platform Unites Industry Leaders
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inductive Bio, and Tangible Scientific announced a strategic partnership integrating AI-driven lab-in-the-loop workflows for drug discovery across biopharma. Ginkgo’s rapid ADME...
FDA’s Expedited Review and Industry Moves on Rare Disease and Gene Therapy
The FDA has altered its review plans by canceling an advisory meeting for Biohaven’s troriluzole but signaled an impending late-year approval decision, a positive indicator amid historical...
AI and Machine Learning Propel Diagnostics and Drug Discovery
Artificial intelligence continues to shape biotechnology, from Tempus AI’s acquisition of digital pathology firm Paige to expand cancer imaging datasets, to integrated AI-driven lab workflows by...
Advanced Molecular and Cellular Insights in Cancer and Immunotherapy
Recent research has unveiled critical molecular pathways influencing cancer progression and therapeutic response. CRISPR screens identified the GATOR1 complex as a tumor suppressor in aggressive...
Brain and Neurodegenerative Disorder Research Advances
Innovative approaches in neuroscience include graphene-mediated optical stimulation to accelerate maturation of human brain organoids, facilitating modeling of Alzheimer's and other age-related...
Innovations in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Quanterix secured New York State CLIA permit for its Accelerator Laboratory, now fully certified across all U.S. states, enhancing access to neurodegenerative disease assays. Novel fluorescent...
Bioprocessing and Manufacturing Efficiency in Biotech
Continuous biomanufacturing is maturing with demonstrated productivity gains, cost reductions, and facility footprint improvements prompting wider adoption globally. Digital twins modeling...
Cancer Therapeutics and Resistance Mechanisms
Cutting-edge research explores new therapeutic modalities and mechanisms contributing to cancer treatment resistance. A novel nomogram integrating clinical and blood biomarkers predicts lung...
Biotechnological Breakthroughs in Molecular Engineering and Genomics
Researchers report transformative technologies in molecular biosciences. The S²ALM AI antibody language model revolutionizes antibody engineering. Methods that integrate single-cell proteomics...
Global Health and Clinical Trial Access Initiatives
Efforts to enhance clinical trial accessibility and healthcare equity gain momentum. Over 130 organizations back the Clinical Trial Modernization Act to broaden patient participation and financial...
Environmental and Agricultural Biotechnology Innovations
Breakthroughs in environmental and agricultural sectors showcase biotechnology’s expanding impact. Researchers identify a new bacterial enzyme class capable of reducing potent greenhouse gas...
Graphene Technique Accelerates Brain Organoid Maturation
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a novel graphene-mediated optical stimulation (GraMOS) method that accelerates the maturation of human brain organoids. This non-genetic, biocompatible...