Intellia Therapeutics acquires Rewrite Therapeutics Intellia Therapeutics has acquired Rewrite Therapeutics, a private biotechnology company focused on advancing novel DNA writing technologies. The acquisition further expands Intellia's genome editing toolbox by adding a platform that is highly complementary to its existing CRISPR-Cas9 and base editing technologies.Read More
DNA Script joins Wellcome Leap R3 program DNA Script has inked a multimillion-dollar, multiyear contract with Wellcome Leap to accelerate RNA products, including mRNA vaccines, and advance RNA therapies. Under Wellcome Leap's RNA Response + Readiness (R3) program, DNA Script will develop a fully automated, deployable system to synthesize DNA templates for RNA production with a short turnaround time.Read More
Avidien Technologies nabs $4M for its liquid handling products Avidien has received a new financing round of $4 million from BroadOak Capital Partners. The investment will help Avidien expand its product road map, scale commercial production, and better serve research and pharmaceutical clients.Read More
Mission Bio transfers 1st Tapestri GMP-ready CGT assay Mission Bio has completed the first tech transfer of a clinical trial-, good manufacturing practices (GMP)-ready cell and gene therapy (CGT) assay from its Tapestri platform to Avance Biosciences, to assess transduction efficiency for an autologous cell therapy currently under development.Read More
SQZ Biotechnologies reveals preclinical data on immune cell engineering advances SQZ Biotechnologies published preclinical research on the company's ability to engineer multiple immune cell types to drive major histocompatibility class I antigen presentation -- a critical advance in the ability to drive a patient's killer T cells to fight multiple diseases -- in the Journal of Immunology.Read More