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LUMICKS enters collaboration with Glycostem to enhance NK cell-mediated immunotherapy
Aug 3, 2020, 07:00 AM by Michael CroftAMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - Aug 3, 2020 - LUMICKS has entered into a collaboration with Glycostem Therapeutics, the Netherlands, to improve immunotherapeutic drug developmentFull story -
Creative Peptides Provides Synthetic Peptides for Developing Vaccines
Aug 3, 2020, 05:05 AM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY - Aug 3, 2020 - In the current COVID-19 pandemic, synthetic peptides play an important role in vaccine development. Creative Peptides, a supplier mainly engaged in the production of biologically active peptides, recently announced that it can provide synthetic peptides for vaccine developmentFull story -
Alfa Chemistry Materials—a New Option of Material Building Blocks
Aug 1, 2020, 01:55 AM by Michael CroftNY, NY - Aug 1, 2020 - Material building blocks are of vital importance in various areas such as in the production of semiconductorsFull story -
New Data on Genetic Expression In Severe COVID-19, Pre-Existing Immune Response
Jul 31, 2020, 08:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Research continues to uncover the underlying biology of SARS-CoV-2 and reveal some surprises. A German team found that 35% of their healthy controls had pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive T cells, and several groups are narrowing down the gene expression signatures that might explain why COVID-19 is so severe in some patients.
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Mitrefinch adds Facial Recognition to its Time and Attendance Solutions
Jul 30, 2020, 16:58 PM by Michael CroftNEWTON, MA - Jul 30, 2020 - Mitrefinch delivers biometric and cloud based time and attendance solutions for midsize and large organizations including hospitals, medical facilities and senior care centers across North and South AmericaFull story -
Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals and F-star Therapeutics Agree to Combine to Pursue Mission of Creating Next Generation Immunotherapies
Jul 30, 2020, 12:33 PM by Michael CroftHOPKINTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Jul 29, 2020 - Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBPH) (Spring Bank), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for oncology and inflammatory diseases, and F-star Therapeutics, Limited (F-star), a privately-held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the lives of patients with cancer through the development of innovative tetravalent bispecific (mAb2) antibodies, today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive share exchange agreement pursuant to which Spring Bank will, subject to stockholder approval, acquire all of the outstanding share capital of F-star in exchange for newly issued shares of Spring Bank in an all-stock transactionFull story -
Celsius Therapeutics, Twist Bioscience, And More: News From July 2020
Jul 30, 2020, 08:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World July featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Celsius Therapeutics, Twist Bioscience, and more.
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Agendia Expands Management Team to Meet Company Momentum, Appoints Brian Dow as Chief Financial Officer
Jul 29, 2020, 15:11 PM by Michael CroftIRVINE, CA - Jul 29, 2020 - Irvine, California, July 29, 2020 – Agendia, Inc., a world leader in precision oncology for breast cancer, today announced the appointment of Brian Dow as Chief Financial Officer in the continued buildout of the Companys leadership teamFull story -
CareCom Joins Lyniate’s Co-Creation Lab to Address Interoperability
Jul 29, 2020, 09:08 AM by Michael CroftBOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES - Jul 29, 2020 - Lyniate, a global leader in healthcare data interoperability, today announced a partnership with CareCom, a leading provider of terminology services management, to drive interoperability innovationFull story -
Abzena Receives Growth Capital Investment from Newly Launched Biospring Partners
Jul 28, 2020, 08:56 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Jul 28, 2020 - Cambridge, UK, Bristol, PA and San Diego, CA -28 July 2020 - Abzena, a leading global partnership research organization providing integrated discovery, development and manufacturing of biologics and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), has announced a $10M investment of growth capital from Biospring Partners, a New York based investment firmFull story -
Zsolt Lavotha has been appointed acting CEO of Swedish Biomimetics 3000® Ltd
Jul 28, 2020, 07:39 AM by Michael CroftHETHEL, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM - Jul 28, 2020 - Zsolt Lavotha has been appointed acting CEO of Swedish Biomimetics 3000® Ltd (SB3000 Ltd), a pioneer in green, continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical productsFull story -
Agendia Publishes Unprecedented Full Genome Dataset from MINDACT Trial for the Advancement of Translational Research in Communications Biology
Jul 27, 2020, 10:22 AM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - Jul 27, 2020 - Agendia, Inc., a world leader in precision oncology for breast cancer, today announced the publication of MINDACT trial data in the July 27 issue of Communications Biology, a Nature Publishers JournalFull story -
Coronavirus Exposure Could Induce Long-Lasting Memory T Cells, Other COVID-19 News
Jul 24, 2020, 08:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | A new collaborative study suggests that infection and exposure to coronaviruses induces long-lasting memory T cells, which could help in the management of the current pandemic and in vaccine development against COVID-19. This, plus more, is included in this week’s COVID-19 news from the biotech and research industries.
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Phosplatin Therapeutics Receives Notice of US Patent Issuance for PT-112 as Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of Bone or Blood Cancers
Jul 24, 2020, 07:58 AM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Jul 23, 2020 - Phosplatin Therapeutics LLC, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on oncology therapeutics, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued US Patent NoFull story -
Cell, Gene Therapy Manufacturing As Large-Scale Biology
Jul 23, 2020, 09:40 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The last three years we have witnessed an exponential expansion of the cell and gene therapy space, both in the number of cell and gene therapies approved or in development, and the real and projected values of the market. This growth is rapidly changing the way we think about what medicines are.
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Alfa Chemistry Optimized Precious Metal Catalysts Recovery and Refining Service
Jul 23, 2020, 03:23 AM by Michael CroftNY, NY - Jul 23, 2020 - The New York-based chemical supplier Alfa Chemistry announced earlier this month that it has taken measures to optimize metal catalysts recovery and refining serviceFull story -
TrialScope Welcomes Moderna into Its Community of Clinical Trial Sponsors
Jul 22, 2020, 10:51 AM by Michael CroftJERSEY CITY, NJ, UNITED STATES - Jul 22, 2020 - TrialScope, the global leader in clinical trial disclosure and transparency management technology, is proud to announce the addition of Moderna to its growing customer rosterFull story -
PacBio’s Focus on Human Genomics And Read Length Sweet Spot
Jul 21, 2020, 08:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | It seems like a very long time ago, now, that Illumina and Pacific Biosciences dissolved their merger agreement, but in fact their announcement is just about six months old. Since then, PacBio has been busy reestablishing itself as an independent business and looking ahead, their sights set on the human genome sequencing market.
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Smarter Soup start-up raises capital to help reduce risk of diabetes
Jul 21, 2020, 06:22 AM by Michael CroftNORWICH, UK - Jul 21, 2020 - The Smarter Food Company has raised £1m in funding to accelerate the development of food products with health benefitsFull story -
How Mass Spectrometry is Accelerating Quantitative Proteomics
Jul 20, 2020, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Mass spectrometry has transitioned from being used mostly in routine analytical applications to becoming a powerful biological method for protein quantitation.