To prevent dominance by an acknowledged adversary, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) calls ...

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Cell programming biotech bit.bio is slimming its workforce by 25% as the company pivots to focus on biomedical tools instead of therapeutics development. The decision was driven by “shifting ...

One day, the nitroplast may revolutionize farming. "It's one of the Holy Grails of biotechnology," says Jon Zehr, a now-retired microbial ecologist from UC Santa Cruz — the ability to engineer ...

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech is closing “following careful consideration of potential paths forward and strategic factors,” HC CEO and cofounder Leslie Williams said in an ...

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