Spanish plant-based protein producer Heüra Foods closes Series B financing
Barcelona-based food tech start-up Heüra Foods Srl has cashed in €40m in a Series B financing round supported by Dutch Upfield Holdings BV, Unovis...
Scientists create non-digestible aptamer
The synthetic TNA nucleic acid analogues created by a biochemists at University of Cologne hrepresent a so called threofuranosyl nucleic acid...
Bayer's Ask Bio unit starts Phase II heart failure gene therapy
The Phase II trial called GenePHIT is the largest adaptive, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, multicentre trial ever to evaluate the...
Pacifico Biolabs raises US$3.3m in pre-seed round
Riding the wave of mushroom mycelium-based foods, which are advertised as a climate- and animal-friendly alternative to meat, Pacifico Biolabs GmbH...
2:1 for new genomic techniques
At the end of December, genetic engineering sceptics celebrated that the Council of Agriculture Ministers narrowly failed to reach a qualified...
Novo Nordisk Foundation in US$25m partnership with CARB-X
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is committing up to US$25m to support the early-stage development of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to prevent,...
Relation Therapeutics Ltd bags US$35m in seed financing.
The latest financing round of generative AI drug discovery company Relation Therapeutics was led by DCVC and co-led by NVIDIA's venture arm,...