Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Pharma News

More than 100-year-old flu virus sequenced

Swiss Genome of the 1918 Influenza Virus Reconstructed

Over 400 different types of nerve cell have been grown – far more than ever before

Cell culture models with cells of this kind are of interest for research into diseases, as well as for testing new drugs in pharmaceutical research

New Label-Free Imaging Tracks Cancer Treatment in Single Cells

One Tool, Many Applications

New Study on Understanding How Proteins Function with Artificial Intelligence

Freie Universität Berlin-affiliated scientists contribute to Microsoft Research breakthrough in protein modeling

Investigating kinase activity in living cells: Scientists build molecular recording tool

Overcoming limitations of optical imaging

The evolution of cancer cells decoded

"Our vision is a new type of early cancer detection"

Bio-Navi combats misdirected immune system

Researchers develop regulatory CAR-T cells to combat liver inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases and type 1 diabetes

Research team achieves breakthrough in environmentally friendly control of invasive pests

Solving a 35-year-old puzzle paves the way for sustainable control of insect pests worldwide

Novel human stem cell-derived liver organoids

Supplementation with bile acids gives rise to grape-like clusters resembling liver tissue

Producing Desired Epoxides from Pollutants

A new selective biocatalyst

What the sea spider genome reveals about their bizarre anatomy

The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides novel insights in chelicerate evo-devo

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2025 goes to Varun Venkataramani, Germany

Strüngmann Award Honors Araris Biotech Founding Team as 2025 Winner

The founding team is developing a breakthrough technology to establish a new generation of targeted cancer therapies

Lower Saxony lighthouse project GOe FUTURE becomes a life sciences startup factory

New era of startup culture

Merck (MSD) to acquire Verona Pharma for $10 billion

The acquisition strengthens the company's position in the field of COPD treatments

Qanatpharma, Zuse Institute Berlin, Enamine, and Proteros biostructures Announce Generative-AI Driven Lead Discovery Collaboration

Joint research program targets new treatments for life-threatening complication of brain hemorrhage

Ready and running – WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich

The focus will be on research in manufacturing processes for biopharmaceuticals and ingredients for food and dietary supplements

analytica USA: Expert knowledge for research and practice

Special show Digital Transformation: a hands-on Smart Lab

EvlaBio raises €21 million Seed Funding to Develop a Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease

EvlaBio’s lead program consists of a first-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibody treatment with the potential to transform outcomes for millions of patients

HORIBA opens new Analytical Solution Plaza to support UK science and research

Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late

With planned ETH spin-off to market maturity

Health tech startup Carelane sets new standards for clinical research with AI-driven, end-to-end platform

Seed funding of EUR 2.6 million led by Vorwerk Ventures

Commission launches new strategy to make Europe a global leader in life sciences by 2030

GenNext Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate

Simplify Structural Biology for Faster Biotherapeutic Development

Chemists produce hexa-nitrogen for the first time - the most energy-rich substance ever formed

"...a huge advance in nitrogen chemistry": future application as environmentally friendly energy storage conceivable

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

How chemical bonds are formed: Observing energy flow in real time

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible

PFAS: A novel path to breaking down “forever chemicals”

A new catalyst capable of cleaving strong carbon-fluorine bonds has been developed – potential use in pharmaceutical production

Sweet and climate-friendly: Kaufland's first own-brand products with a cocoa-free chocolate alternative

New Microscopy tool for energy research

Technique allows scientists to explore the properties of photoelectrodes more precisely

Sevenfold boost in lifespan of anode-free all-solid-state batteries using MoS₂ thin films

Employing cost-effective MoS₂ thin films in place of expensive noble metals resolves issues of non-uniform lithium plating and interfacial instability in anode-free all-solid-state batteries

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

A map for single-atom catalysts

The precise knowledge of the atomic environments can help produce single-atom catalysts that are more uniform, and thus more effective

Start-up wants to build the world's first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A: “Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering”

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

Mechanically stable, water-resistant polymer films thanks to bio-based coatings

Pushing the resolution limits of scattering near-field optical microscopy

A valuable tool for characterizing surfaces with atomic-scale precision

Renewable gas from hydrogen and CO₂

New sorption-enhanced methanation plant at Empa

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

A few years ago, this was unthinkable, as a recent study now shows

thyssenkrupp nucera Signs an Agreement to Acquire Key Technology Assets from Green Hydrogen Systems

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

Magnetic cooling – using a frustrated desert mineral

Research team identifies atacamite as a magnetocaloric material

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

Saint-Gobain acquires Maturix

Antitrust proceedings against Delivery Hero and Glovo: EU Commission imposes heavy fines

Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry

Verbio flagship project in bio-based chemicals: groundbreaking for catalyst production in Hungary

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

Metal-organic Frameworks with Metallic Conductivity

Researchers produce MOF thin film with genuine metallic conductivity for the first time – prospects for the electronics of the future

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes