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Engage Biologics Inc., a preclinical biotechnology company pioneering non-viral DNA delivery, announced that it has been acquired by Eli Lilly and Company. Engage is developing the Tethosome platform, a novel non-viral DNA delivery system designed to overcome key limitations in DNA delivery, includi...

Biomolecules, also known as organic molecules, include sugars, proteins and lipids and are the building blocks of all life. They play a role in the structure and metabolism of all living organisms. To make them visible under a microscope, researchers use special dyes to make them glow. A research te...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen have shown that giant viruses long thought to exist only as fleeting, free-living particles that can embed themselves permanently in the genome of a multicellular host, lie dormant for generations and then wake up on demand. The study chal...

The life science group Sartorius has opened a new competence center in Freiburg, Germany, dedicated to the development and production of quality-critical materials for the cell and gene therapy market. In Freiburg, the company manufactures essential components such as cytokines and growth factors us...

A smartphone-based technology to detect bacteria contamination, developed by food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, sets a new benchmark in efforts to quickly and reliably understand how clean a surface is in places such as food processing plants, hospitals, gyms and other publi...

Atrandi Biosciences, a life science tools company pioneering Semi-Permeable Capsule (SPC) technology for single-cell and multiomics research, announced the appointment of Sam Ropp, PhD, as Chief Commercial Officer and Susan Tousi as Chairman of the Board of Directors. These additions strengthen Atra...

Medix Biochemica announced a Board-approved $5 million investment to expand its recombinant antigen and cell culture technology capabilities across its Espoo, Finland and St. Louis, Missouri facilities. The phased program — targeting 60+ commercially available recombinant antigen products by 2030 — ...

A new study led by Dr Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) are grown directly inside the same liquid that converts CO₂ into a usable energy source ...

Researchers at Leipzig University have taken another important step forward in plastic recycling research: in a study recently published in the journal Nature Communications, they specifically optimised the naturally occurring enzyme PHL7 to enable the efficient and stable breakdown of polyethylene ...

New software company Stormbit GmbH focuses on digital solutions for secure and efficient communication processes in pharmaceutical manufacturing With the foundation of the Stormbit GmbH, the Systec & Solutions Group is expanding its portfolio with a specialized software company focused on data-drive...

QIAGEN announced that the QIAGEN Digital Insights bioinformatics business and its curated knowledge bases and bioinformatics expertise will be integrating NVIDIA accelerated computing and the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform to help researchers use AI more effectively in drug discovery. The integration is de...

AC Immune SA announces that Dr Andrea Pfeifer has decided to retire from her role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AC Immune at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) to spend more time with her family. AC Immune’s Board of Directors has appointed the Chair, Dr Martin Zügel, to serve as interi...

Different beak and jaw shapes are illustrative examples of how animal species have adapted to different food sources. In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers now show how diet itself shapes the composition of intestinal tissue, using the highly diverse cichlid fishes as an exampl...

Until now, it has been technically nearly impossible to rotate highly sensitive samples in all directions under a microscope without making contact. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new laser-based technique that allows microscopic samples such as cells to ...

A new report underscores the significant variations in healthfulness of different types of processed foods. The report, released by Healthy Eating Research (HER), recommends that “healthy” ultra-processed foods be exempt from policies meant to discourage consumers from eating them.  “Many people hav...

EQT has been selected by the European Commission and fellow founding investors from across Europe as the preferred investment adviser and fund manager for the Scaleup Europe Fund. The Fund is a new initiative launched under the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy to bridge Europe's scaleup funding gap. ...

UPM announces that it has reached an agreement with Avantium N.V. to acquire the intellectual property related to Avantium's Ray Technology®, a process for the production of bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) and mono-propylene glycol (MPG) from plant-based sugars. The transaction comprises Avanti...

Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them - making it impossible to observe these processes over extended periods of time. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Munich has developed a new method to repeatedly obtain up-to-date genetic in...

Infex Therapeutics announces it has secured £4.3 million in funding led by British venture capitalist Jon Moulton, with participation from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund (managed by Catapult Ventures) and existing high net worth investors. The funding will support the continued advancement of Infex’s p...

A blood stem cell donation can save the lives of people with leukemia. To collect these cells from the bloodstream, donors are given medication that mobilizes blood stem cells from the bone marrow. A pilot study now suggests that physical exercise could specifically support stem cell donation. Blood...