Today's Rundown Jefferies says Gilead is poised for turnaround—and JAK inhibitor could be key Microbiome startup Nextbiotix raises €7M to tackle inflammatory bowel diseases Cellect, denovoMATRIX start stem cell research project BioMarin partners with local senior center for new laboratory expansion project Controlling CRISPR and gene therapy with an amino acid switch Featured Story | | | Thursday, July 5, 2018 Gilead Sciences is eagerly awaiting phase 3 data for its rheumatoid arthritis drug filgotinib due in the next few weeks that could be an antidote for the biotech’s hepatitis C hangover. |
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Top Stories Thursday, July 5, 2018 Nextbiotix has raised €7 million ($8 million) to develop a bacterial treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases. The series A round will support work to rebalance the gut microbiome through the delivery of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, one of the most abundant species of bacteria in the gut. Thursday, July 5, 2018 Cellect Biotechnology and a group at Technische Universität Dresden have teamed up to explore the combination of their stem cell technologies. If Cellect deems the experiments a success, it will seek to form a stem cell product development agreement. Thursday, July 5, 2018 BioMarin has teamed up with a local senior center in San Rafael, California, to advance a development project that would turn an old environmental cleanup site downtown into new laboratory and office space, as well as provide affordable housing and an activities center for the elderly. Thursday, July 5, 2018 Scientists in the U.K. have created a switch that controls protein expression in cultured cells and mouse embryos and could one day be used in human gene therapies, the researchers believe. Enrollment Showcase | | | Sponsored by: Bioinformatics at UTHealth SBMI UTHealth SBMI now offers a M.S. track in clinical and translational bioinformatics. |
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