Breeding ‘green’ cows? CRISPR poised to reduce climate-polluting methane gas emissions

Breeding ‘green’ cows? CRISPR poised to reduce climate-polluting methane gas emissions

Helen Floersh | Fierce Biotech | 
Scientists and companies are coming up with plenty of ways to curb cow methane, from simply changing their food source ...
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10-year CRISPR anniversary: How gene editing revolutionized medicine, and what lies ahead

Angus Liu | Fierce Biotech | 
Ten years ago, a little-known Science paper authored by Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D., proposed using CRISPR/Cas9 for gene editing ...
CRISPR vs mRNA: Excision and Moderna battle for genetic therapy for HIV

CRISPR vs mRNA: Excision and Moderna battle for genetic therapy for HIV

Kyle LaHucik | Fierce Biotech | 
Moderna and Excision BioTherapeutics are stepping into a battle with HIV, a 41-year epidemic that has confuddled drug developers and ...
Flush from billion-dollar COVID vaccine windfall, Moderna bets big on gene editing

Flush from billion-dollar COVID vaccine windfall, Moderna bets big on gene editing

Annalee Armstrong | Fierce Biotech | 
We finally know who Moderna has been courting behind the scenes to make the big jump into gene editing. The ...
CRISPR gene editing debuts in space, as astronauts study how DNA repairs itself from cosmic radiation

CRISPR gene editing debuts in space, as astronauts study how DNA repairs itself from cosmic radiation

Amirah Al Idrus | Fierce Biotech | 
Space radiation has long been a concern for astronauts living beyond Earth’s protective atmosphere—it can damage DNA, leading to cancer ...
New one-and-done DNA-based blood test that can detect as many as 50 different types of cancer is on the verge of approval

New one-and-done DNA-based blood test that can detect as many as 50 different types of cancer is on the verge of approval

Conor Hale | Fierce Biotech | 
[Grail's prescription diagnostic] test is designed to help spot as many as 50 different cancers and uncover their original organ ...
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Reversing diabetes in mice with CRISPR-edited stem cells

Angus Liu | Fierce Biotech | 
Insulin injections can control diabetes, but patients still experience serious complications such as kidney disease and skin infections. Transplanting pancreatic ...
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Rejuvenate Bio’s gene therapy shows promise at reversing aging—in mice

Arlene Weintraub | Fierce Biotech | 
Harvard synthetic biology pioneer George Church generated some buzz last year when he co-founded Rejuvenate Bio with the goal of ...
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Obesity and diabetes cure? CRISPR might be used to ‘silence’ key gene found in unhealthy fat

Arlene Weintraub | Fierce Biotech | 
The gene FABP4 is highly active in adipose tissue and known to be a major contributor to obesity and related ...
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New version of CRISPR touted as ‘word processor’ with search and replace function

Arlene Weintraub | Fierce Biotech | 
For all the excitement the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 has kicked up, there has been just as much concern about unwanted ...
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Will doctors prescribe the first approved US copycat biological drug?

Damian Garde | Fierce Biotech | 
A group of FDA advisers unanimously recommended approval for Novartis'  knockoff of a blockbuster Amgen treatment, clearing the way for what ...
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Influential women in biotechnology recognized as pioneering innovators

John Carroll, Tracy Staton | Fierce Biotech | 
Thirteen women in the biotech industry are recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to the industry ...

The biotech IPO scene turns red hot

John Carroll | Fierce Biotech | 
The following is an edited excerpt. During all of last year there were only 11 biotech IPOs. But even that ...
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