AstraZeneca pays up to $1bn for biotech firm ‘that could transform cell therapy’ | AstraZeneca
Astrazeneca signed a $1 billion (£773 million) contract on Monday to buy a Belgian biotechnology company specializing in cancer immunotherapy, the latest in a series of acquisitions that resulted in positive results for late-stage rare disease drugs. Small-scale restrained Esobiotec develops in-house CAR-T cell therapy that can exert the power of the immune system to […]
Woolly mammoths one step closer to de-extinction — thanks to ‘woolly mice’ created by biotech firm
It's a small step for the mouse, and one huge leap of mammothkinds. Scientists striving for “exian” wool mammoths through genetic modifications have taken a meaningful step to achieving their goals. This creates an entirely new species called Woolly Mouse. Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences is behind efforts to revive prehistoric elephant ancestors, thought to have […]
Biotech CEO predicts ‘revolutionary’ move toward curing cancer is on the horizon thanks to AI
Sellas Life Sciences CEO Angelos Stergiou says his company is already on the cusp of a final leukemia vaccine, but thanks to artificial intelligence, another game changer – a personalized cancer vaccine is on the horizon Possibly. “I think it's going to be a revolutionary decade in medicine and clinical research,” he said Thursday on […]