Biologically Inspired Engineering, synbio, semi-sythetic biolody, crispr
Global food security is a big concept for a small company. To achieve its lofty goals, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. is focused on developing new technologies to achieve step-change improvements in crop yields. The company has an extensive track record of innovation based around optimizing the flow of carbon in living systems, and it is leveraging … Read more
The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has outlined in “The Bio Revolution” the current state of innovation in agriculture, aquaculture, and food. According to MGI, humans have been growing crops and raising animals for thousands of years using a evolving set of tools and techniques. Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have used tools like selective … Read more
Invitae (NYSE: NVTA), a leading genetics and synthetic biology company, and ArcherDX, a leading genomics analysis company innovating in precision oncology, today announced the companies have entered into an agreement to combine. The combined company aims to advance care for cancer patients by accelerating adoption of genetics . Integrating germline testing, tumor profiling and liquid biopsy … Read more
ArcherDX, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for its next-generation sequencing (NGS) device under development as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to detect neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) gene fusions that lead to the formation and growth of cancer. ArcherDX’s NGS technology utilizes proprietary Anchored Multiplex PCR … Read more
The study of viruses once challenged the world’s notion of what is “biological,” and for a time it was unclear whether viruses were regulated by the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Lying “at the edge of life,” viruses likely were not banned as a biological weapon until they were defined as a biological agent in 1969, … Read more
Advances in biological sciences, accelerated by computing, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI), is fueling a new wave of innovation that will impact economies and societies that will surpass the industrial revolution. In fact, these new capabilities and applications are already improving our response to global challenges from climate change to pandemics. But these innovations come … Read more
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory is sponsoring a $1 million challenge for synthetic biology solutions to reduce the cost and improve the quality for aerospace thermosets. The challenge is focused on the use of biotechnology to create products or product precursors required by USAF. Interested parties must submit white papers on the viability … Read more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Government (USG) announced it will launch a competition for its ninth Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) led by the Department of Defense (DoD). The technical focus area for this Institute will be Synthetic Biology. Funding will be commensurate with the other DoD MIIs with similar expectations for cost-share from non-Federal sources … Read more
The emergence and spread of the COVID-19, which was declared a Public Health Emergency in the United States on January 31, 2020, has catalyzed significant activity by Federal, state, and local governments; the healthcare community; residents across the United States; and people around the world. The National Biodefense Strategy is the nation’s plan for ensuring … Read more
Synthetic biology is an emerging field of science and engineering that defies a simple definition. It is a field of science that involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities. Synthetic biology researchers and companies around the world are harnessing the power of nature to solve problems in medicine, manufacturing … Read more