Microbiomas Foundation

EpiGentek | July 10, 2020

New York-based biotechnology firm EpiGentek has released a series of SARS-CoV-2 research assays in combatting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The two kits focus on studies of SARS-CoV-2 targeted furin or proprotein convertase (PC) cleavage activity. These first-of-its-kind tools can be used to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 targeted PC and facilitated proteases using biological samples as well as screen for inhibitors of these enzymes that cleave SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Subsequent implications can be the...

Cell and Gene Therapy, Industrial Impact

Evaxion | February 10, 2023

Evaxion Biotech A/S, a clinical-phase biotech company specializing in enhancing AI-powered immunotherapies, and Pantherna Therapeutics GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing enhanced nanoparticle solutions for delivering and expressing mRNA therapeutics, announced a preclinical proof of concept for the combination of their key technologies. Using Pantherna's unique lipid nanoparticle mRNA technology (PTXLNP®, PTXmRNA®), tumor neoantigens discovered by Evaxion&#...

MedTech

BioAge Labs, Inc. | August 24, 2022

BioAge Labs, Inc. a biotechnology company developing therapeutics that target the molecular causes of aging to extend healthy human lifespan, today announced that it has initiated a partnership agreement with Age Labs AS a diagnostic company that develops tests for the early detection of age-related diseases. Under the terms of the agreement, BioAge will perform multi-omics analyses on samples and health records from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study biobank collected from more than 100,000...

Tevogen Bio | August 11, 2020

Tevogen Bio believes that its investigational highly purified antigen-specific T cell therapy holds promise in the treatment of viral infections including COVID-19 and Influenza A. This collaboration aims to harness Tevogen's proprietary immunotherapy platform and Dr. Flomenberg's expertise in immunology, histocompatibility and pioneering work in the immunology of stem cell transplantation. Tevogen Bio announces a joint partnership with renowned bone-marrow transplant expert Neal Flomenb...