Merck Announces Neoclease as Winner of 2025 North American Advance Biotech Grant

Winner’s lead therapy targets Parkinson’s disease; platform addresses 6,000+ genetic disorders

23-Jun-2025 - Merck announced Neoclease as the winner of the 2025 North American Advance Biotech Grant. The Boston-based biotech startup develops AI-designed gene editing therapies for Parkinson’s disease. “We’re committed to empowering biotech innovators who are advancing transformative modalities like gene ...

Turning poison into a source of energy

A research team lhas succeeded in genetically manipulating the microorganism T. kivui to metabolize carbon monoxide

13-Jun-2025 - Genetic changes can occur naturally through evolution or can be initiated with the help of genetic engineering. The bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui (T. kivui) was manipulated by a research team led by Stefan Pflügl from the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering at TU ...

ChatGPT grows insect-toxic genetically engineered plant

Blind spot in the EU draft law on genetic engineering

30-May-2025 - For the first time, it has been proven that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to design a genetically modified plant that is toxic to insects but can be released without risk assessment under the EU's draft genetic engineering legislation. With the help of a publicly available version of ...

German biotech sector: innovation and start-up activity on the rise, turnover and employment on the decline

Increased early-stage investments and full pipelines give hope

21-May-2025 - German biotech companies scored highly with investors in 2024: The sector raised a total of 1.9 billion euros in capital - an increase of 78% compared to the previous year, when this figure was 1.1 billion euros. If you exclude investments in companies that developed vaccines during the pandemic, ...

analytica USA: New meeting place for the laboratory industry

Premiere in September 2025 in Columbus, Ohio

12-May-2025 - Preparations for the first analytica USA, the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics, are in full swing. From September 10 to 12, 2025, the latest offshoot of the global analytica network will open its doors in Hall B of the Greater Columbus ...

Bio-concrete from urine

Feasibility study: How to transform urine into a sustainable building material

08-May-2025 - Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have used microbial processes to produce environmentally friendly bio-concrete from urine as part of a “wastewater-bio-concrete-fertilizer” value chain. With the project extension granted by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the ...

Green Chemistry Meets Microbiome Research for Soil Regeneration

14-Apr-2025 - With a prestigious Max Planck Fellowship (2025–2028), microbiologist Gabriele Berg from the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is launching a research collaboration with chemist Markus Antonietti at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Together, ...

Engineering Smart Delivery for Gene Editors

Restoring Vision: New hope for genetic diseases and cancer therapies

11-Apr-2025 - A research team from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than before. Their technology, ENVLPE, ...

Colossal Announces World’s First De-Extinction

Successfully birthed an extinct species

10-Apr-2025 - Colossal Biosciences, the world’s only de-extinction company, announces the rebirth of the once extinct dire wolf, the world’s first successfully de-extincted animal. The dire wolf, largely assumed to be a legendary creature made famous from the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, was an American ...

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress

07-Apr-2025 - UniteLabs, a startup specializing in lab automation for biotechnology, has raised €2.77 million in a pre-seed funding round led by NAP (formerly Cavalry Ventures). Investors PUSH, Acurio Ventures, OMA Business Angels, and LANA Ventures also participated in the round. UniteLabs accelerates biotech ...