Organisations Urge “Cautious But Proactive Approach” Towards Germline Genome Editing

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Early in 2015, a group of leading biologists called for a worldwide moratorium on use of a new genome-editing technique that would alter human...

FDA Approves Wockhardt’s Antibiotic Injection

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Wockhardt is a global pharmaceutical and biotech company employing over 10,000 people and 27 nationalities with presence in USA, UK, Ireland, Mexico, Russia and many...

Bluebird Bio contemplating an early launch of pioneering gene therapies in...

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Bluebird bio, a leading American biotech has been pioneering range of gene therapies for rare diseases such as severe sickle cell disease and neurological...

Scientists Hope To Turn Genetically Modified Ants Into Model Organisms

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Ants are fascinating little things. In many, many ways, ants can outwit, outlast, and outplay humans. Their complex, cooperative societies enable them to survive...

Scientists Re-purpose Diabetes Drug To Treat Parkinson’s

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Researchers from the University College London have successfully shown better movement test results by patients with Parkinson’s when treated with an approved diabetes drug...

Scientists Bring Back Memories Lost To Alzheimer’s Using Laser

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A new study by researchers at the Columbia University could be a catalyst in the shift of our understanding of Alzheimer’s. The scientists have been...

Biotecnika Times – Newsletter 07.08.2017

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Top 10 Scholarships For 2017 - 2018 Session You Must Apply For ! Latest Scholarships available in prestigious Institutes from India & Abroad are approaching...

Bristol Myers & I-O Biotech Ink $2.3B Deal Involving New Immuno-Oncology...

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Just a little more than a year after the Atlas-incubated IFM Therapeutics achieved liftoff with a $27 million A round, Bristol-Myers Squibb has stepped...

Idaho Company’s Genetically Engineered Potatoes To Hit Canadian Market

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After a go-ahead from the Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, potatoes genetically engineered by an Idaho company are now all set...

European Patent Office grants CRISPR patent to Merck KGaA

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Merck KGaA today announced the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a "Notice of Intention to Grant" for Merck's patent application covering the company's CRISPR...

Methane-Eating Bacteria Underneath The Antarctic Shelf, Can Help Reduce Global Warming...

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Tiny bacteria lurking in a lake half a mile beneath Antarctica's icy surface may mitigate the release of this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere...

Climate Change Effect : South Asia To Be Unlivable by 2100

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A recent study by MIT says nearly 1.5 bn people in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are likely to face deadly heat waves within the next...

Scientists Identify Enzyme That May Protect Cells From Toxic Fat

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In a new study, researchers have shed light on how a key fat-producing enzyme helps protect cells from a toxic form of fat. This...

New Botulinum Neurotoxin Uncovered, May Hold Potential To Treat Numerous Medical...

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The Botulinum toxin is one of the most poisonous biological substances known, it is a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Do not mistake...

FDA Panel Turns Down J&J Arthritis Candidate, Cites Patient Death As...

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On Wednesday, the U.S. FDA advisory panel concluded that the benefits of Johnson & Johnson's experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug Sirukumab do not outweigh the...

IBT, Scripps Receive $6.6M Grant From NIH,NIAID For Ebola Vaccine

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Hemorrhagic fever in humans which are lethal in 40% to 90% of cases, are generally caused by Filoviruses, including Ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and Marburg marburgvirus. The...

GADVASU to receive 27 lakhs for research on goats

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Ludhiana state’s School of Animal Biotechnology of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), according to an announcement has reportedly secured a...

GE Healthcare Announces Appointment Of New President & CEO Of GE Healthcare,...

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The American multinational conglomerate, GE Healthcare, has appointed Nalinikanth Gollagunta as its president and CEO for India and South Asia, and MD of Wipro...

Researchers Study Safe Release And Control Of GM Mosquitoes

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In the normal course of evolution, any specific trait has only a modest chance of being inherited by offspring, but with the development of...

TC BioPharm To Receive $4M From key EU development fund for...

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The Scottish biotech, TC BioPharm, has now announced it has been selected for funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 (H2020) research and innovation...