The dawn of the designer baby – podcast

Jenny Kleeman investigates ‘Biotech Barbie’ Cathy Tie, the controversial entrepreneur hoping to revolutionise human reproduction by letting parents edit their embryos

The Guardian
Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design

Enzymes are regarded as the key to sustainable chemistry. Despite major advances in protein design, creating artificial enzymes from scratch has so far remained a grand challenge. A research team at the University of Bayreuth, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Ottawa, has now demonstrated how non-functional protein scaffolds can be transformed into highly active enzymes. The researchers report their findings in the prestigious journal Nature Chemical Biology.

Never heard of 'em.

Stories like these would benefit from a graf or two about the history of the company and what distinguishes them from Elizabeth Holmes because I'm too lazy to look it up. Bad dog!

“Bio-Techne is an outstanding fit that directly supports our strategic direction focused on delivering cutting-edge products and solutions across the entire industry value chain — from lab customers to those manufacturing in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.“

[shudders]

Bio-Techne sounds like the name of a Greek goddess.

Merck buying Twin Cities medtech firm Bio-Techne for $11.3B
By Victor Stefanescu and Catherine Roberts
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/merck-buying-twin-cities-medtech-firm-bio-techne-for-113b/601861472?utm_source=gift

#Minnesota #business #biotechnology

Researchers have developed precisely modified sugar building blocks that can be automatically assembled into defined structures, creating powerful new tools to study how complex carbohydrates function in biology and disease.
#ChemicalBiology #Biochemistry #Biotechnology #MaterialsScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/bchm06242601.html
Tunable Biomolecules Unlock Complex Sugar Behavior

Scientists are using automated synthesis and fluorinated sugar building blocks to precisely study carbohydrate behavior and molecular interactions.

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

A technology developed at MIT could inject engineered mini livers as an alternative to transplantation — new hope for thousands with chronic liver disease. #biotechnology #liverdisease #medicalinnovation

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/23/1138285/engineered-mini-livers-could-be-injected-as-an-alternative-to-transplantation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Engineered “mini livers” could be injected as an alternative to transplantation

The tissue grafts could take over the organ’s functions for months, helping thousands of people with liver failure.

MIT Technology Review
Este octubre se celebra el Simposio internacional de Reproducción y Biotecnología en Venezuela. Si trabajas en reproducción animal, tal vez te interese.
https://biotervet.com/sirb2026/
#AnimalReproduction #Biotechnology #Venezuela
A multi-layered evaluation framework that combines computational prediction, experimental validation, and whole-genome analysis to systematically assess intended and unintended mutations caused by CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing delivered via lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).
#MolecularBiology #Genetics #Bioinformatics #Biotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/mbio06222601.html
Comprehensive CRISPR Safety Pipeline

A novel framework integrates computational prediction and whole-genome analysis to assess the safety of LNP-delivered CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...
Do we want to lead or lag in life sciences? 

Life sciences leadership depends on strong ecosystems that connect science, capital and scale. Europe must do far more to support and incentivize innovation

POLITICO