Biotechnology

Whether at home, in the office or outdoors, we need to be confident that the air around us is clean and safe to breathe - COVID-19 has clearly highlighted the importance of air quality. Due to the particulates, gases and even airborne viruses ubiquitously present in our modern environment, poor air quality has an increasingly negative impact on our health and well-being.

PolyActiva Pty Ltd, a clinical-stage Australian ophthalmology biopharmaceutical company, announced it has successfully completed its Phase I clinical study for its lead candidate, the Latanoprost FA SR Ocular Implant.

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that Combined Therapeutics Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, has been selected as the North American winner of its 2020 Advance Biotech Grant Program.

Moleculin Announces Additional Positive Interim Results in Adult Glioblastoma Clinical Trial - Adult brain tumor trial advances to final dose escalation cohort of WP1066.

Soin Neuroscience Inc. (SNI), a biotech startup based in Dayton, Ohio, has developed a novel implantable sacral nerve stimulator to treat bladder incontinence.

Genome editing technologies allows scientists to change an organism's DNA. It can be used to add, remove or alter DNA within the genome.

With the world becoming increasingly aware of the environmental problems caused by synthetic agrochemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides, and as pesticide resistance makes current pesticides less and less effective, the need for new agricultural inputs is growing.

The need for universal and massive testing across the population has led to a race for technology innovations for COVID-19 diagnostics.

Genetic engineering is a set of technologies used to change the genetic make makeup of cells. It is an important area of biology with a multitude of applications including agriculture, medicine, research and forensics. With advances in technology, the field of genetic engineering is accelerating rapidly. While humans have manipulating the genes of organisms for thousands of years through selective breeding, modern technologies are enabling much greater changes far quicker and cheaper than selective breeding would allow.