Sequenced genome of the Australian lungfish 14x larger than human genome
On Jan. 18, 2021, researchers in Konstanz, Wurzburg, Hamburg and Vienna, led by evolutionary biologist Professor Axel Meyer…
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Rapid blood test identified COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease
On Jan. 15, 2021, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that that a…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Oncology
UTSW researchers identified new gene involved in breast cancer growth
On Jan. 12, 2021, a team researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) announced they had identified…
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INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
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INOVIO announced publication of phase 1 data from COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in The Lancet
On Dec. 24, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort…
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TGen identified gene that could explain disparity in COVID-19 effects
On Dec. 15, 2020, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that it had identified a specific…
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INOVIO to develop DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) candidates to treat COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the company and a team of scientists from The Wistar Institute,…
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INOVIO dosed first subject in phase 2 segment of INNOVATE phase 2/3 trial for INO-4800 to prevent COVID-19
On Dec. 7, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced it had dosed its first subject in a Phase 2 clinical…
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Codex DNA released new synthetic genomes for the fight against COVID-19
On Dec. 2, 2020, Codex DNA announced the release of seven new synthetic SARS-CoV-2 genomes for use in…
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INOVIO announced initiation of phase 2/3 clinical trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800
On Nov. 16, 2020, INOVIO announced that it had received clearance from the the U.S. Food & Drug…
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OraSure’s DNA Genotek subsidiary received FDA EUA for its ORAcollect-RNA saliva collection device for SARS CoV-2
On Nov. 3, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced its DNA Genotek subsidiary has received Emergency Use Authorization from the…
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OncoSec announced FDA clearance of IND application for phase 1 clinical trial of CORVax12 vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Oct. 29, 2020, OncoSec Medical announced that the FDA had approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) application…
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Entos Pharma awarded $5 million in NRC IRAP funding to conduct phase I Clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Oct. 23, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced it was receiving advisory services and funding of up to $5…
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Entos announced spin-off company Aegis Life to support global vaccine commercialization
On Oct. 15, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announces that its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, will pursuing U.S….
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Biotechnology | Chemistry | CRISPR | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”
On Oct. 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Drs. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Prehistory | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Neandertal gene variant increases risk of severe Covid-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
INOVIO reported FDA partial clinical hold for planned phase 2/3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate INO-4800
On Sept. 28, 2020, INOVIO announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the company…
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INOVIO added Thermo Fisher Scientific to global manufacturing consortium
On Sept. 8, 2020, INOVIO announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, had signed…
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UT Southwestern researchers showed how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
On Sept. 7, 2020, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) determined how…
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OraSure’s ORAcollect-RNA device Included in EUA granted to MiraDx for SARS-CoV-2 test
On Sept. 3, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its ORAcollect-ﾷRNA (OR-100) collection device was included along with other…
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Aegis Life launched to fight COVID-19 via DNA vaccines and therapeutics enabled by Fusogenix delivery technology
On Sept. 1, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announce the launch of its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, dedicated…
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Telesis Bio Demonstrates Momentum Toward Mission of Building World’s First Vaccine Printer and Global Vaccine Network
On Aug. 25, 2020, Telesis Bio, creators of the world’s first fully automated system for high-throughput writing of…
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Sorrento announced agreement to acquire SmartPharm and develop gene-encoded therapeutic antibodies for COVID-19 and cancer therapeutics
On Aug. 20, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics and SmartPharm Therapeutics announced the signing of a merger agreement under which…
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OraSure’s OMNIgene-ORAL device included in EUA granted to Clinical Reference Laboratory for self-collected SARS saliva test
On Jul. 31, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its OMNIgene-ORAL (OM-505) saliva collection device is included in the…
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INOVIO’s COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800 provided protection with memory immune responses In non-human primates challenged with SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Jul. 30, 2020, INOVIO announced that its COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800 targeting SARS-CoV-2 was effective in protecting…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH-funded project created an encyclopedia detailing the inner workings of the human and mouse genomes
On Jul. 29, 2020, the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is a worldwide effort to understand how…
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Soligenix announced publication of positive pre-clinical results for a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for its CiVax™ program (heat stable COVID-19…
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Telesis Bio Releases New Synthetic SARS-CoV-2 Genome for COVID-19 Vaccine and Therapeutic Research
On Jul. 16, 2020, Telesis Bio announced the release of a new synthetic SARS-CoV-2 genome developed to accelerate…
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Biotechnology | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH researchers generated complete human X chromosome sequence
On Jul. 14, 2020, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes…
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UC Berkeley launched trial of saliva test for COVID-19
On Jun. 30, 2020, scientists from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at the University of California Berkeley announced…
