Obesity: reseachers switch on brown fat cells
The new discovery could herald a revolution in obesity research. If the principle discovered in male mice also applies in humans, therapeutics...
Scientists create non-digestible aptamer
The synthetic TNA nucleic acid analogues created by a biochemists at University of Cologne hrepresent a so called threofuranosyl nucleic acid...
Locate Bio Ltd raises £9.2m venture capital
Locate Bio said it will use the fresh money to finance a clinical study of LDGraft, a bone graft substitute containing a sustained-release...
SynaptixBio Ltd gets FDA ODD for leukodystrophy
Using antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) to silence the beta tubulin 4a gene, Oxford-based SynaptixBio Ltd received its first ODD in early 2023 for a...
AmphiStar BV secures €6m to expand production
The infusion of €6m in new capital from ECBF, Qbic III and FFTF will empower AmphiStar to kickstart commercial biosurfactant production in...
Cambridge university spin-out HutanBio Ltd bags £2.25m seed financing
HutanBio, a Malaysian spin-out from scientists at Cambridge University, UK, has bagged a first tranche of seed investment from London-based Clean...
Electrochaea sells biomethane reactor to Again A/S
Like German bio-CH4 producer Electrochea GmbH, Danish Again A/S is using CO2-fxing archaea, but to manufacture carbon-negative chemicals such...