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"It's like Duolingo for sewing" - how Della Yellow is ushering in the age of circular fashion
A digital community for clothing repairs has high hopes to upskill consumers worldwide and trigger an upcycle revolution.
This biotech is targeting the 'immortality switch' to fight blood cancers
Harnessing Nobel Prize-winning insights on telomeres, Geron’s CEO Dr. John A. Scarlett is taking on some of hematology’s toughest challenges—and winning FDA backing in the process.
NVIDIA’s Biggest Bet Yet: How Recursion Is Powering a New Era of AI-Driven Drug Discovery
“Almost all of the data that we use comes from our own laboratories - data generation doing real experiments in human biology… The AI side of things will be commoditized eventually, and the winners will be those who have the strongest data moat in life sciences.”
From Grammys to Gene Therapy: Gaurav Shah’s Rocket-Fueled Revolution in Rare Diseases
A Grammy-winning CEO is taking gene therapy to new heights.
Is neuromodulation the breakthrough that Alzheimer's has been waiting for?
Sinaptica's precision neuromodulation combines TMS and EEG to target memory networks, offering new hope in Alzheimer's care.
"It's like Duolingo for sewing" - how Della Yellow is ushering in the age of circular fashion
A digital community for clothing repairs has high hopes to upskill consumers worldwide and trigger an upcycle revolution.
Microplastics: A Hidden Peril for the Arctic
Tiny pieces of plastic get transported by winds and oceanic currents to the Arctic. How damaging are they to this fragile ecosystem?
"It's like Duolingo for sewing" - how Della Yellow is ushering in the age of circular fashion
A digital community for clothing repairs has high hopes to upskill consumers worldwide and trigger an upcycle revolution.
This biotech is targeting the 'immortality switch' to fight blood cancers
Harnessing Nobel Prize-winning insights on telomeres, Geron’s CEO Dr. John A. Scarlett is taking on some of hematology’s toughest challenges—and winning FDA backing in the process.
NVIDIA’s Biggest Bet Yet: How Recursion Is Powering a New Era of AI-Driven Drug Discovery
“Almost all of the data that we use comes from our own laboratories - data generation doing real experiments in human biology… The AI side of things will be commoditized eventually, and the winners will be those who have the strongest data moat in life sciences.”
From Grammys to Gene Therapy: Gaurav Shah’s Rocket-Fueled Revolution in Rare Diseases
A Grammy-winning CEO is taking gene therapy to new heights.
Is neuromodulation the breakthrough that Alzheimer's has been waiting for?
Sinaptica's precision neuromodulation combines TMS and EEG to target memory networks, offering new hope in Alzheimer's care.
Mayo Clinic-backed, Halle Berry-approved: Pendulum’s Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe is tackling type 2 diabetes before it even starts.
As clinical trials progress, Pendulum hopes their medical evidence can beat the status quo and encourage Americans to take preventative care into their own hands.
From paper to pancreas: how Aspect Biosystems is leading a bioprinting revolution
A recent multi-billion dollar deal with Novo Nordisk in diabetes and obesity, and an injection of significant funding through a $200 million government partnership - Aspect is worth watching as they enter 2025.
Could a single pill crack the code of treating Alzheimer's disease?
By targeting toxic protein clumps in the brain, Dr. Martin Tolar, founder-CEO of Alzheon, aims to outsmart Alzheimer’s decades ahead of symptoms - and reshape global neurology.
enGene injects new hope into the future of bladder cancer care
Ron Cooper, ex-Albireo CEO, is betting on enGene’s novel gene delivery platform to sidestep BCG shortfalls and transform bladder cancer treatment worldwide.
How Saama’s ‘Clinical-LM’ is Supercharging Global Drug Trials
As drugmakers face mounting complexity and cost in clinical trials, Saama’s AI-driven platform promises swifter, more precise results.
A CRO for biotechs to grow
Allucent is a new CRO with a new CEO on a mission to support young biotechs.
Is a world without eyedrops possible?
SpyGlass Pharma is poised to revolutionize glaucoma treatment by implanting an innovative long-term drug delivery system directly inside the eye. Their treatment promises to continuously release eyedrop medication for 3 years after surgery, as opposed to using eye drops manually every day.
Blood tests for cancer are here and Guardant Health is leading the charge
Guardant Health has seen a string of consistent firsts - most recently FDA approval for colorectal cancer in July, 2024
GERD affects millions of Americans. This drug is the first major innovation in three decades.
GERD affects 65 million Americans, yet innovation in treatment had stagnated. Phathom Pharmaceuticals' FDA approval of VOQUEZNA® (vonoprazan) is a big moment for patients.
Let there Belite: an oral pill for vision loss
If left untreated, Stargardt disease and Geographic Atrophy almost always lead to vision loss and blindness - but a groundbreaking oral treatment in the last stage of clinical trials offers new hope.
How ImmunityBio is transforming cancer treatment - in just 30 seconds
“I think I'm blessed with truly the best team in all of pharma… we are doing something that's bigger than all of us!”
Ocugen has a cure in sight
“The cost of gene therapies can reach millions of dollars per patient… Our goal is developing cost-effective treatments that can be accessible globally.”
Gene therapy in ophthalmology is on the cusp of a breakthrough
"One of our first patients was treated over five years ago. He had received 109 injections over 10 years, and five years after a single Ixo-Vec injection, he is free of injections with stable vision and no fluid in the eye."
CAR T-cell therapies beat blood cancer - can they do the same for autoimmune diseases?
CAR T-cell therapies are often lauded as one of the industry’s most important frontiers, and these therapies have seen amazing success in treating hematological cancers — will autoimmune diseases yield next?
How Seer is using proteomics to revolutionize how we understand complex diseases
Seer's Proteograph Product and Analysis suites are utilizing proprietary nanoparticle technology to help us understand diseases like never before. David Horn, President and CFO, tells us more.
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