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Portal Biotechnologies closes $9M funding round to expand cell engineering platform for drug discovery and cell therapy. Navikenz raises $7.5M seed round to scale AI transformation services focused on life sciences and pharmaceuticals.
MIT chemical engineers used a large language model to optimize protein production in industrial yeast. The AI model improved yields for five of six tested proteins, including a cancer monoclonal antibody, potentially reducing drug development costs.
Dewpoint Therapeutics has initiated a Phase 1a/2a clinical trial for DPTX3186, a first-in-class therapy targeting biomolecular condensates in advanced solid tumors. The drug's development is based on foundational research from Whitehead Institute on cellular organization and gene regulation. The trial represents an early clinical evaluation of condensate-based therapeutics for cancer treatment.
Trump administration cuts to U.S. science funding have raised fears of a brain drain, with thousands of grants cancelled and researchers moving abroad. Experts warned the losses could damage biomedical innovation and the economy.
Bayer achieved its upgraded 2025 financial targets with group sales reaching 45.6 billion euros and projects solid 2026 performance. The company's pharmaceutical business shows rejuvenation with launch medicines becoming growth drivers, while Crop Science progresses in profitability improvement. Bayer continues strategic diversification in oncology and addresses litigation challenges while implementing cost-saving measures.
Multiple research teams have developed innovative diabetes treatments including implantable insulin-producing cell devices, an oral insulin delivery platform using peptides, and a biological implant that functions as an autonomous artificial pancreas. These approaches have shown promising results in animal studies, with some devices maintaining glucose control for 90 days or more without immune suppression. The technologies represent potential alternatives to daily insulin injections for millions of diabetes patients worldwide.
Isomorphic Labs released a 27-page technical report on IsoDDE, its new AI drug-discovery engine that outperforms existing models in predicting drug-protein interactions and antibody structures, but the proprietary system offers limited technical details.
Researchers have identified how the MYC protein helps pancreatic cancer evade immune detection, while a separate team discovered methods to permanently switch off cancer genes in leukemia through epigenetic therapy targeting Menin and DOT1L proteins.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance for Argos Infinity, Retia Medical's cardiovascular intelligence software platform designed for high-risk surgical and critical care environments across health systems.
MIT chemical engineers developed a large language model that optimizes codon sequences for protein production in industrial yeast, boosting efficiency for six proteins including human growth hormone and cancer antibodies.
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