
German HTGF IV fund closes at €493m
Alongside the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) and KfW Capital, 45 private investors (companies) participated in HTGF IV...

European VCs join US$105m financing of US Mediar Thx
Fibrosis, triggered by inflammation or injury, results in an abnormal production of scar tissue that can lead to organ failure. Luckily, not all...

Ultra-processed foods increase risk for cancer
According to a long-term data from the UK biobank, high consumption of ultra-processed foods are linked to bad health outcomes such as diabetes,-...

Upscaling AAV gene therapy
Mid-March marks the start of the collaboration of Remedium Bio Inc. and Biovial Oy on an AAV gene therapy for osteoarthritis. Rheumatology and...

Abionyx Pharma announces success in fighting sepsis-triggered AKI
After AM-Pharma’s human recombinant alkaline phosphatase, ilofotase alfa, missed the endpoint of improving overall survival in patients with...

High blood pressure reprograms immune system
German scientists headed by Suphansa Sawamiphak from MDC Berlin have discovered in a zebrafish and mouse model of salt-induced hypertension that...

Free sugar linked to higher cardiovascular disease
The findings of a group headed by Rebecca Kelly at University Oxford (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7) strengthen the evidence for the global...