Biotechnology
New synthetic controls add to growing portfolio of NGS applications for viral diseases Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today launched two human monkeypox virus synthetic DNA controls1. Positive controls provide quality…
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– Study participants had an 81%-98% reduction in annualized anti-VEGF injections and demonstrated continuous aflibercept expression levels through three years – Mean best-corrected visual acuity and central subfield thickness were maintained or improved in subjects treated with ADVM-022 -The Phase 2 LUNA trial is expected to dose the first subject in the third quarter of…
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The presented data show ELI-005 elicits strong and long-lasting cellular and humoral immune responses that were maintained at significantly higher levels than comparator vaccines over 32 weeks in mice. ELI-005, containing the lymph node-targeted Amphiphile vaccine adjuvant AMP-CpG, induced potent, comprehensive and persistent innate immune responses in draining lymph nodes in mice. Animals treated with…
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Study reveals first-ever structure of a non-viral endogenous reverse transcriptase (eRT) Human endogenous retrovirus-K (HERV-K) RT shows striking similarity to HIV RT Findings enable structure-based drug discovery for eRTs Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ROME Therapeutics, a biotechnology company harnessing the power of the dark genome for drug development, today announced a new…
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– Codiak’s engineered exosome candidates demonstrate potential for best-in-class profile, with tumor retention and delivery to the cells of interest allowing for increased therapeutic window – – exoSTING and exoIL-12 demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profile at repeat doses tested and antitumor activity was observed in both injected and uninjected/distal lesions – – Codiak has…
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Data show that C3d-mediated tissue targeting of factor H results in potent, durable and efficacious local complement blockade without systemic complement inhibition Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Q32 Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing biologic therapeutics to restore immune homeostasis, today announced that the Company presented new preclinical data…
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52% of SKs lesions treated for 28 days cleared completely, reaching a PLA score of 0. 100% of SKs lesions treated for 28 days demonstrated at least a one-point drop in their PLA score and patients experienced no application site reactions. SM-020 is the first and only highly selective topical treatment that results in natural…
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In this Retrospective Matched Case Control Study, Belzupacap Sarotalocan Achieved Statistically Significant Vision Preservation Compared to Plaque Radiotherapy, the Current Standard of Care Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aura Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: AURA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of virus-like drug conjugate (VDC) therapies for multiple oncology indications, reported results…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis, today announced the presentation of two scientific posters at the International Liver Congress™ (ILC) 2022 of the European…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON & SEATTLE & EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company unlocking the power of T cells against oncogenic driver mutations, and Metagenomi, Inc., a genetic medicines company with a versatile portfolio of next-generation, wholly-owned gene editing tools, today announced a partnership to enable Affini-T’s next generation ex vivo…
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