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Leading innovators in gene splicing using nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Gene splicing using nucleases. They are engineered to cut specific genomic targets in order to modify the expression of single genes and proteins.

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Is Vegan Casein the Next Big Plant-Based Innovation?

XTalks

Fooditive Group , a plant-based ingredient manufacturer, recently developed a vegan version of casein, one of the main animal proteins in milk. And while cow’s milk is a good source of protein and calcium, other ingredients and additives , like natural growth hormones and lactose, can make it hard to digest. So, what is casein?

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Where are the hottest drug discovery hubs in the US?

Drug Discovery World

Research spotlight : In a new study, published in Cell Reports , an international team led by scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine deployed an array of analytical and gene-splicing tools to parse more deeply the mysteries of mutation in pAML.