Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount […]
Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced a first closing of $27 million (circa £22 million) in its Series E financing round. The […]
For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, and how it affects health and disease. Much less is known about a part of […]
MaaT Pharma (EURONEXT: MAAT – the “Company”), a late-stage clinical-stage biotechnology company leading the development of Microbiome Ecosystem Therapies TM (MET) to improve survival in cancer patients through modulation of the immune system, today announced topline results from […]
When a new species is introduced into an ecosystem, it may succeed in establishing itself, or it may fail to gain a foothold and die out. Physicists at MIT have now devised a formula that […]
Antibiotics are important clinical tools for treating bacterial infections, yet we recognize that an important side effect of antibiotic use is disruption of the microbial community living in the human gut. Antibiotics targeted against bacterial […]
Microbio Co., Ltd. (4128) today revealed encouraging results from an exploratory clinical trial of MS-20 combined with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in stage IIIb/IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The trial showed a threefold increase in the […]
Higher rates of certain cancers in countries, such as the UK, may be linked to two particular strains of bacteria. Targeting these with treatments or vaccines could help reduce the risk of colorectal, bladder, and […]
Danish biotech SNIPR Biome will get up to €20 venture debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to step up Europe’s fight against antimicrobial resistance to medicines. The company will use the EIB credit to […]
Taylored Biotherapeutics, founded by UCalgary’s Dr. Valerie Taylor, MD, PhD, and supported by Chief Operating Officer Asem Bala, has achieved a significant milestone by securing a $100,000 grant from the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). This award, part of OBI’s highly competitive Neurotech […]
With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy – using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to tackle bacterial infections – fell into oblivion. But as the current rise in antibiotic resistance […]