Aegis Sciences begin Monkeypox testing, increasing nationwide testing capacity
On Jul 14. 2022, Aegis Sciences announced it is was authorized to begin testing for monkeypox using the…
Quest Diagnostics launched Monkeypox virus testing
On Jul 13. 2022, Quest Diagnostics announced the nationwide availability of the company’s lab-developed molecular diagnostic test to…
Origins of the Black Death identified
On Jun, 15, 2022, a multidisciplinary team of scientists, announced they had obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis…
Zoetis Announces Agreement to Acquire Basepaws, an Innovative Leader in Petcare Genetics
On Jun. 7, 2022, Zoetis announced an agreement to acquire Basepaws, a privately held petcare genetics company, which…
Evolution of DNA
he Evolution of DNA is an Illustration with the very small, requiring magnification, to the very large. Cast…
Scientists demonstrated DNA from terrestrial animals can be filtered, amplified and sequenced from air
On Feb. 7, 2022, scientists working with the Queen Mary University of London and the London Genome Centre…
INOVIO Announced Strategy to Address Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Future SARS-CoV-2 Variants
On Nov. 30, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced the company was rapidly moving to evaluate its COVID-19 DNA vaccine…
INOVIO received FDA authorization to proceed with INNOVATE phase 3 segment for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Nov. 9, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided authorization to…
Oxford University researchers uncovered gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
On Nov. 5, 2021, scientists at Oxford University announced they had identified the gene responsible for doubling the…
INOVIO further expanded INNOVATE phase 3 trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800 in India
On Nov. 3, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received authorization from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control…
INOVIO announced preprint publication of homologous boosting data for its COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800
On Oct. 12, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced online preprint publication in MedRxiv of Phase 1 clinical data on…
INOVIO expanded INNOVATE phase 3 for INO-4800 to include Colombia
On Oct. 11, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received authorization from Colombia’s INVIMA, to conduct the…
NIH researchers linked depression during pregnancy to placental gene modifications
On Oct. 6, 2021, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that episodes…
INOVIO received regulatory authorization to conduct phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in Mexico
On Sept. 22, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received authorization from COFEPRIS, the national health regulatory…
Celsion and Hainan Poly Pharm signed agreement to manufacture Celsionﾒs DNA-based vaccine
On Sept. 16, 2021, Celsion and Hainan Poly Pharm announced an amendment to their existing contract manufacturing agreement…
Spacestation astronauts successfully demonstrated DNA repair in space using CRISPR technology
On Aug. 27, 2021, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space station astronauts successfully demonstrated DNA repair in…
INOVIO received authorization to conduct phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800 in Brazil
On Aug. 26, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received regulatory authorization from Brazil’s ANVISA (Agencia Nacional…
INOVIO and Advaccine receive regulatory allowance for prime-boost clinical trials in China using INO-4800, COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate
On Aug. 9, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received regulatory allowance for two clinical trials investigating…
INOVIO dosed first participant in phase 2 trial for its DNA vaccine against MERS, a Coronavirus Disease
On Aug. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the company had dosed the first Phase 2 trial subject…
Tree DNA helped convict Washington timber thief after fire
On Jul. 9, 2021, a federal jury convicted a timber thief who authorities said started a large forest…
INOVIO expanded partnership with Advaccine to conduct global phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate
On Jun. 8, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced an expansion of its previously announced partnership with Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals to…
Moderna and Aldevron announced expanded partnership for mRNA vaccine and therapeutic pipeline
On May 24, 2021, Moderna and Aldevron announced their expanded collaboration in support of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine…
INOVIO announced positive data from phase 2 clinical trial evaluating INO-4800 COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On May 10, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced positive safety, tolerability and immunogenicity data from its placebo-controlled and blinded…
INOVIO’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate provided broad cross-reactive immune responses In humans against variants
On Apr. 15, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced the results of a study focusing on the human immune responses…
Most differences in DNA binding compounds found at birth in children conceived by IVF not seen in early childhood
On Apr. 14, 2021, National Institutes of Health researchers reported that a study which compared to newborns conceived…
Allen Discovery Center announced your life history is written in your cells’ mutations
On Apr. 13, 2020, the Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution announced a study that traced developmental…
Virginia Tech and UVA virologists developed broadly protective coronavirus vaccines
On Mar. 24, 2021, Virginia Tech researchers announced that their candidate Coronavirus vaccines, prevented pigs from becoming ill…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Genomics | Therapeutics
FDA approved targeted treatment for rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation
On Feb. 25, 2021, the FDA granted approval to Sarepta Therapeutics for Amondys 45 (casimersen) injection for the…
TGen-led study confirmed cell-free DNA in urine as potential method for cancer detection
On Feb. 17, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that it had found a way…
Million-year-old mammoth genomes shattered record for oldest ancient DNA
On Apr. 23, 2015, researchers announced that mammoth teeth preserved in eastern Siberian permafrost produced the oldest ancient…