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Celgene inks $60M deal with newcomer Skyhawk to develop RNA drugs for ALS,…
Celgene is launching a $60 million collaboration with Skyhawk Therapeutics to develop and commercialize small molecules targeting RNA mis-splicing in…
New mechanism for the plant hormone auxin discovered
Auxin is a hormone that is essential for the development of plants as it controls a wide range of processes from shaping the embryo in the seed…
Precision BioSciences bags $110M to take off-the-shelf CAR-T into humans |…
Precision BioSciences has raised $110 million. The series B round sets the genome editing specialist up to take its lead, off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy into…
Boehringer commits €230M to build German biologics center | Tech News
Boehringer Ingelheim has unveiled a €230 million ($268 million) investment in its biologics capacity. The investment will support the construction of a…
AbbVie taps Calibr’s ‘switchable’ CAR-T for solid tumors | Tech News
After scrapping plans to grab a quick FDA nod for Rova-T, AbbVie is licensing CAR-T technology from Calibr to create safer, “switchable” CAR-T treatments for…
Endocrine specialist Crinetics tees up for $86M IPO | Tech News
Crinetics Therapeutics is on a fundraising roll, filing Friday to raise up to $86 million in its IPO. The move comes three months after the biotech picked up…
New insights into antiviral gene could help combat many diseases including…
A gene called RSAD2 is well-known among scientists who study virology, because it codes for an enzyme that stops several viruses from replicating. Now,…
Researchers decode molecule that gives living tissues their flexibility |…
The stretchiness that allows living tissues to expand, contract, stretch, and bend throughout a lifetime is the result of a protein molecule called…
Dementia Discovery Fund reels in $350M for disease-modifying drugs | Tech…
The Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) completed its fundraising Monday, capping its haul at £250 million ($350 million). The VC fund, backed by various entities,…
