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July 05, 2018

Today's Rundown

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Jefferies says Gilead is poised for turnaround—and JAK inhibitor could be key

Gilead Sciences is eagerly awaiting phase 3 data for its rheumatoid arthritis drug filgotinib due in the next few weeks that could be an antidote for the biotech’s hepatitis C hangover.

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Microbiome startup Nextbiotix raises €7M to tackle inflammatory bowel diseases

Nextbiotix has raised €7 million ($8 million) to develop a bacterial treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases. The series A round will support work to rebalance the gut microbiome through the delivery of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, one of the most abundant species of bacteria in the gut.

Cellect, denovoMATRIX start stem cell research project

Cellect Biotechnology and a group at Technische Universität Dresden have teamed up to explore the combination of their stem cell technologies. If Cellect deems the experiments a success, it will seek to form a stem cell product development agreement.

BioMarin partners with local senior center for new laboratory expansion project

BioMarin has teamed up with a local senior center in San Rafael, California, to advance a development project that would turn an old environmental cleanup site downtown into new laboratory and office space, as well as provide affordable housing and an activities center for the elderly.

Controlling CRISPR and gene therapy with an amino acid switch

Scientists in the U.K. have created a switch that controls protein expression in cultured cells and mouse embryos and could one day be used in human gene therapies, the researchers believe.

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SBMI Now Offering an Online Graduate Program in Bioinformatics

UTHealth SBMI now offers a M.S. track in clinical and translational bioinformatics.

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