North Carolina Biotechnology Center

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Ginkgo Bioworks | September 07, 2021

Tantu, a company engineering living biotherapeutic products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a partnership to accelerate the research and development of Tantu's therapeutic genes. Ginkgo, which recently announced a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., serves customers across industries seeking to develop new and better products using biology. Ta...

cnbc | April 17, 2020

Biotech stocks surged Friday after new details on a closely watched clinical trial lifted hopes that scientists may be close to a treatment for the coronavirus, which continues to maintain its foothold across the globe after emerging a little over three months ago.The IBB, an ETF that tracks biotech’s biggest players, was up more than 2% Friday after health-care publication STAT News revealed early impressions from one of Gilead Sciences’ clinical trials for antiviral drug remdesivir...

MEDICAL

SELFDECODE | March 07, 2022

SelfDecode is kicking off National Kidney Month with a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of preventative measures to optimize kidney health. For the month of March, SelfDecode is offering a free Kidney Health DNA Report to anyone who uploads a DNA file for analysis. Through genetic testing, SelfDecode is providing people with the opportunity to gain insight regarding their genetic predisposition for health issues and receive personalized recommendations to ...

BlueAllele | July 27, 2020

BlueAllele, a biotechnology company focused on enhancing the quality and precision of gene editing systems for patients with genetic diseases, announced the launch of PALIDON™, an innovative and proprietary repair template technology.Many rare genetic diseases are caused by mutations within a single gene. However, the location of the mutation often varies for different individuals with the same disease. Conventional gene editing approaches are primarily limited to correcting small re...