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CELL AND GENE THERAPY

HDT Bio Corp. | January 17, 2022

HDT Bio Corp., a U.S. developer of immunotherapies for oncology and infectious diseases and SENAI CIMATEC, an important Brazilian education, research, and innovation institute, have dosed the first healthy volunteers in Brazil in a Phase 1 trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 vaccine, HDT-301. SENAI CIMATEC will conduct the clinical trial under the name Vaccine RNA MCTI-CIMATEC-HDT. The vaccine uses HDT Bio’s proprietary lipid nanoparticle RNA-delivery technology. Read More

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

DRI | March 10, 2022

New research from the Healthy Nevada Project® found associations between genetics, obesity, and childhood trauma, linking social health determinants, genetics, and disease. The study, which was published this week in Frontiers in Genetics, found that participants with specific genetic traits and who experience childhood traumas are more likely to suffer from adult obesity. In 2016, DRI and Renown Health launched the Healthy Nevada Project®, the nation’s first communi...

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Zoetis | June 27, 2022

Zoetis Inc. is the world's largest animal health company committed to providing medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock. The company announced completing the acquisition of a privately held petcare genetics company, Basepaws, which offers early health risk assessments, genetic tests, and analytics to pet owners. The acquisition was first announced on June 7th. However, the financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Basepaws, founded by CEO Anna Skaya in 2017,...

Moleculin | September 29, 2020

Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (Moleculin or the Company), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting significant unmet needs in the treatment of tumors and viruses, announced that its research team has discovered that a molecule within its portfolio of antimetabolites has displayed significant in vitro antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. Independent laboratory testing of the new drug candidate, called "WP1096," has now repea...