MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Ginkgo Bioworks, mRNA Victoria | November 18, 2021

mRNA Victoria, the agency of the Australian State of Victoria Government charged with building the State's mRNA manufacturing and research capability, and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, announced a partnership to support vaccine development, biosecurity initiatives, and the application to Ginkgo's platform in the pharmaceutical and biotech, food and agriculture, and mining and bioremediation/recycling sectors in Australia. As the first ...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Discovery Life Sciences | October 28, 2020

Discovery Life Sciences™ (Discovery), a global leader in biospecimen, genomic sequencing, cell, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) services, announces the launch of GMP-compliant Discovery Leukopaks™ and other cell-based products for use in human cell and gene therapy research, development and manufacturing programs. Cell and gene therapies have revolutionized treatment approaches to cancer and other complex diseases. Acceleration of the manufacturing and development of these novel thera...

LuminUltra | September 14, 2020

Canada-based biotechnology front-runner LuminUltra announced today that it has submitted its GeneCount® COVID-19 RT-qPCR Assay Kit (COVID-19 Assay) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and to Health Canada for an Interim Order (IO). With authorization to use this key testing component, LuminUltra, a leader in field-based molecular diagnostic testing for over 20 years, will provide a complete clinical COVID-19 testing solution that can be custom...

MEDICAL

Lilly | January 28, 2021

Eli Lilly and Company, Vir Biotechnology, Inc. also, GlaxoSmithKline plc declares a collaboration effort to assess a mix of two COVID-19 therapies in low-risk patients with mild to direct COVID-19. Lilly has extended its progressing BLAZE-4 trial to assess the organization of bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 700mg with VIR-7831 (otherwise called GSK4182136) 500mg, two killing antibodies that quandary to various epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. This unique collaboration effort denotes the first ...