It’s been a big two years for biotech investors. But if you ask Po Bronson, a partner at SOSV’s IndieBio, this trend was probably a long time coming. “Often, the implication is that everything must be overpriced,” he tells TechCrunch. “But I think more of it is that some major theses in the markets are […]
MycoWorks, making leather from fungi, closes $125M to scale production
The company touts its Fine Mycelium process as the only mycelium engineered to be made-to-order and made-to-specification.
Sugar Additive Trehalose Could Have Helped Spread Dangerous Superbug Around the US
A sugar additive used in several foods could have helped spread a seriously dangerous superbug around the US, according to a 2018 study. ScienceAlert reports: The finger of blame is pointed squarely at the sugar trehalose, found in foods such as nutrit…
Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win
New Zealand has historically been capital-starved, but recent investments have increased access to early-stage VC funding. Now, certain industries are emerging as areas where New Zealand can win.
And the Biggest Scientific Breakthrough of 2021 Is…
Slashdot reader sciencehabit quotes Science magazine:
In his 1972 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, American biochemist Christian Anfinsen laid out a vision: One day it would be possible, he said, to predict the 3D structure of any protein merely from it…
Prellis Biologics raises $14.5M, debuts a “human immune system” in a dish
Prellis Biologics, a company developing the tools to create 3D printed organs, announced a $14.5 million Series B round on Wednesday. Prellis has spent years developing tissue engineering capacity, but has focused recently on developing one type of structure in particular. Up until this point, Prellis has focused on 3D printing vascular scaffolds that would […]
Nucleus Genomics announces $3.5M seed round for a fresh take on genetic tests
When COVID-19 closed down most of society in 2020, Kian Sadeghi, like many of his then-classmates at the University of Pennsylvania, found himself holed up in his bedroom. He prefers it that way. During those months at home in Brooklyn, Sadeghi filled eight spiral notebooks with research on genetic sequencing, computer science and statistics. The […]
Breakout Ventures has a new, $112.5 million fund, backed by Tony Fadell, Chris Sacca, and others
Breakout Ventures, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm that funds what it calls creative biosciences startups, has closed the second fund in its five-year history with $112.5 million in capital commitments. Both of its funds, including a $60 million debut effort that we wrote about in 2017, are backed by Dolby Family Ventures, the Thiel […]
オミクロン株のミッシングリンク
maia 曰く、オミクロン株についてはまだ確認できない事が多いが、一つ確かな事として、変異が多過ぎて、系譜が辿れない。そこで仮説として、①免疫が低下した患者の体内で大きく変異を遂げた可能性が取り沙汰されていた。あるいは、②隔絶した集団の中で人知れず感染を繰り返して大きく変異した可能性もあるが、やや考えにくく、それなら、③他の動物ー例えばげっ歯類ーの間で感染連鎖が起きていたのがヒトに戻ってきた可能性もあるという（Gigazine）。オミクロン株の分岐が2020年半ばにさかのぼるという見方がある。他の動…
Perfeggt brings in first capital to shell out plant-based egg alternative
Worldwide, over 1.3 trillion eggs are produced annually, and Perfeggt co-founders believe this market is largely untapped and has room to grow with plant-based alternatives.