Tandon Researcher Developing Potential Antidotes to Neutralize Chemical Weapons
Researcher Developing Antidotes to Neutralize Chemical Weapons
Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), chemical warfare (CW) is probably one of the most brutal created...
Could Triple Protection Vaccine Spell the End of Pneumonia?
Could Triple Protection Vaccine Spell the End of Pneumonia?
Although the number of pneumonia-related deaths reduced by one million between 2004 and 2015 due to...
New Strain of China’s Saltwater Rice Boosts Country’s Rice Harvest by...
China’s Saltwater Rice Boosts Country’s Rice Harvest by Nearly 20%
Back in the 1970s, the godfather of rice, Yuan Longping was one of the first scientists...
Scientists Study the Third Type of Diabetes, Warn about Repercussions of...
Scientists Study the Third Type of Diabetes-Repercussions of Misdiagnosis
Type 3c diabetes mellitus is more common than generally thought. Its prevalence is supposed to be...
Stanford’s I-O Spinout Forty Seven Bags $75M in Series B Financing
Stanford's I-O Spinout Forty Seven Bags $75M in Series B Financing
I-O company, Forty Seven Inc., has now closed $75 million Series B financing, bringing in...
Turning on the Gene “Circuit” Switch to Combat Cancer
Turning on the Gene “Circuit” Switch to Combat Cancer
Despite its success in several clinical trials, cancer immunotherapy remains limited by the rarity of targetable...
AstraZeneca Backed Swiss Cancer Biotech Completes $200M Funding Round
AstraZeneca Swiss Cancer Biotech Completes $200M Funding Round
Swiss cancer antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer ADC Therapeutics has now announced the close of its $200M mega...
IIT-M Rolls Out New Biotech Wing with State-of-Art Research Facilities
To note here is the first of its kind community-driven National Cancer Tissue Biobank, the animal house, and the Indo-German Sustainability Centre integrated into...
Biotecnika Times – Newsletter 25.10.2017
IOC-DBT-Deakin Fellowships - Applications Invited
Applications from Indian nationals for “IOC-DBT-Deakin Fellowships” to work in Biotechnology area are invited.............. Read More
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CDMO Pfizer CentreOne Announces Launch of New Facility in Japan
CDMO Pfizer CentreOne Announces Launch of New Facility in Japan
Pfizer’s contract development and manufacturing organization are now all set to offer services in Nagoya,...
Scientists Validate a Biomarker Indicative of Glioblastoma Progression, Drug Response
Scientists Validate a Biomarker Indicative of Glioblastoma Progression
Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive and heterogeneous form of brain cancer, with a median survival time from...
Study Smokes out Gene That Turns Fungi into Pathogens
Study Smokes out Gene That Turns Fungi into Pathogens
A new investigation by scientists at the Rothamsted Research illuminates how the fungus causes disease in...
Visterra Tops Off Series C Financing with $46.7M
Visterra Therapeutics Tops Off Series C Financing with $ 46.7M
A clinical-stage biotechnology company, Visterra Therapeutics, has hauled a whopping $46.7 million in series C...
AstraZeneca Partnered Study Shed Lights on Mysterious Cancer Gene
AstraZeneca Partnered Study Shed Lights on Mysterious Cancer Gene
The PI3K signaling pathway regulates cell growth and movement and is heavily mutated in cancer. Class,...
New Insight into EBV Mechanism Could Boost Vaccine Development
New Insight into EBV Mechanism Could Boost Vaccine Development
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human herpesvirus, with serologic evidence of infection present in the...
Rare Bone Cancer Could be Remedied with Existing Drug
Rare Bone Cancer Could be Remedied with Existing Drug
Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, University College London Cancer Institute and the Royal National...
The Golden Rice Paradox: Monstrous or Misunderstood?
The Golden Rice Paradox: Monstrous or Misunderstood?
Rice is a food staple for hundreds of millions, especially in Asia. Although it is an excellent source...
BIO-Europe 2017 to Bring Together 3,800 Life Science Leaders in Berlin
BIO-Europe 2017 to Bring Together 3,800 Life Science Leaders in Berlin
To those who know Berlin as a creative hub, it might come as a surprise that life...
Ignyta Caps off a Successful Week With $160M Fund
Ignyta Caps off a Successful Week With $160M Fund
San Diego-based Ignyta has now raised $160 million through the sale of 10 million shares at $16...
Official Tolerance of Illegality – Nearly a Million Illegal HT Cotton...
Nearly a Million Illegal HT Cotton Seeds Sown this Kharif Season
As per the Delhi-based South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC), about 35 lakh packets of...