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Phage lysin stabilizes vaginal microbiome: Phagomed accelerates R&D program against bacterial vaginosis.
Vienna-based biotech company PhagoMed Biopharma GmbH has discovered a novel drug candidate for the treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis and the re-stabilization of the vaginal microbiome. A dedicated R&D team has been established to develop this […]
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The Lactobacillus Taxonomy change is coming: why, and how to make the most of it?
1. What is taxonomy, what’s the reality behind it – and why do we need it anyway? Taxonomy is the branch of science concerned with the classification of organisms. Since Darwin, it has allowed to […]
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Finance
Azitra Completes $14 Million Series A Financing
Azitra Inc., a clinical-stage medical dermatology company addressing serious skin conditions by harnessing the microbiome, today announced that it has closed a $14 million Series A financing. The financing was led by KdT Ventures in […]
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5-minute Microbiome Science Roundup: September 2019
Through the month of September, the microbiome scientific literature had some particularly interesting contributions related to human health. First up is a pair of papers on the significance of serotonin that’s made in the gut, […]
Finance
BiomeSense Raises $2 Million in Seed Round Funding
BiomeSense, a microbiome startup developing a novel biosensor and analytics platform for daily gut microbiome tracking, announced today that it has closed its $2 million seed funding round. The lead investor was BioX Clan, which […]
Animal Health
Seventure Partners Life Sciences Corporate Update Health for Life: July 2019 – September 2019
Seventure Partners, one of Europe’s leaders in financing innovation and a world-leader in life science microbiome investment, is pleased to provide an update on its Health for Life investments for the period July 2019 to […]
Pharma & Human Health
Gut bacteria ‘fingerprint’ predicts radiotherapy side effects
Taking a ‘fingerprint’ of the mix of bacteria in the gut can indicate how susceptible individual cancer patients are to gut damage as a result of radiotherapy for prostate and gynaecological cancers, a new study […]
Pharma & Human Health
ORNL scientists shed light on microbial ‘dark matter’ with new approach
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a way to isolate and grow targeted bacteria using genomic data, making strides toward resolving the grand challenge of uncultivated microbial “dark […]
Finance
BASF and Biomillenia join forces in microbiome research to promote healthy skin
BASF and Biomillenia today announced the signing of a microbiome discovery agreement. The collaboration aims to identify novel dermocosmetic active ingredients involved in promoting skin health. The French company Biomillenia will contribute its unique microbiome-on-a-chip […]