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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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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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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

XTalks

A growing area in the immunotherapy space is the development of biological modulators, which are genetically engineered proteins that target specific components of the immune system. Suri, as the company’s approach is “a very unique marriage between very rational protein engineering and immunology.”.

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