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Small glowing protein allows researchers to peer deeper into living tissues

Medical Xpress

Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed a small fluorescent protein that emits and absorbs light that penetrates deep into biological tissue.

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Scientists engineer safe, virus-resistant E coli for research

Drug Discovery World

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. Genetic engineering The findings build on earlier efforts by genetic engineers, which involved genetically reprogramming E.

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Gene therapy using ‘zinc fingers’ may help treat Alzheimer’s disease, animal study shows

Scienmag

Treatment involving a single injection has long-lasting effects BOSTON – Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau–a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the brain during the development of Alzheimer’s disease–in an animal model of the condition.

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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The next wave of medicine is well on course to be cell and gene-based. In September 2021, GlobalData figures revealed there to be 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced therapy trials ongoing worldwide. Meanwhile, the pharma industry is undergoing somewhat of a transformation itself.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

Advarra

Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials. The mRNA constructs used in COVID-19 vaccines, for example, direct cells to produce a version of the “spike” protein studding the surface of SARS-CoV-2.

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Engineered banana lectin could become broad spectrum antiviral 

Drug Discovery World

An international team of scientists have engineered protein banana lectin, or BanLec, to create a new version that can fight off a range of viruses without unwanted side effects. . But it’s also exciting to have created it by engineering a lectin molecule for the first time, by understanding and then targeting the structure.” .

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How Biden’s New Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Executive Order Will Impact the Future of Food

XTalks

While biotech in general is often associated with energy, medicine and pharmaceuticals, it plays a significant role in the food and beverage industry. Food products which are developed using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are possible through bioengineering and precision fermentation is powered by biotech.