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#GoodDayBIO: We look at the latest COVID-19 numbers and the role of science in allowing us to start meeting again, plus the buzz about biologic pesticides made from peptides. https://t.co/ysQsbuCDDt
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Good Day BIO: Meeting IRL? Thank science!

Happy Monday. We look at the latest COVID-19 numbers and the role of science in allowing us to start meeting again, plus the buzz about biologic pesticides made from peptides. (786 words, 3 minutes, 55 seconds)

@IAmBiotech shared
On Feb 7, 2022
#GoodDayBIO: We look at the latest COVID-19 numbers and the role of science in allowing us to start meeting again, plus the buzz about biologic pesticides made from peptides. https://t.co/ysQsbuCDDt
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Good Day BIO: Meeting IRL? Thank science!

Good Day BIO: Meeting IRL? Thank science!

Happy Monday. We look at the latest COVID-19 numbers and the role of science in allowing us to start meeting again, plus the buzz about biologic pesticides made from peptides. (786 words, 3 ...

A-Alpha Bio wins $620,000 grant to work on ‘molecular glue’ for treating disease

A-Alpha Bio wins $620,000 grant to work on ‘molecular glue’ for treating disease

Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio has won a federal grant to develop a system that identifies molecules capable of taking disease-causing proteins out of circulation.

Good Day BIO: Why the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ might never take off

Good Day BIO: Why the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ might never take off

Busy Thursday, with updates on President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, the possible extension of SBIR/STTR, and why National Women Physicians Day (today!) matters. (828 words, 4 minutes, 8 ...

Enko Chem raises $45 million to develop crop protection solutions with AI

Enko Chem raises $45 million to develop crop protection solutions with AI

Enko Chem, a startup employing AI and machine learning to develop crop protection products, has raised a $45 million funding round.

Monte Rosa Therapeutics to Present at 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Monte Rosa Therapeutics to Present at 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#jpm2021--Monte Rosa Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing precision medicines to degrade disease-causing proteins, today announced it is ...

Upgrading cell and gene therapy “software” for safety; Pharma picks their PROTAC horses; The first healthtech giant; and more

Upgrading cell and gene therapy “software” for safety; Pharma picks their PROTAC horses; The first healthtech giant; and more

This post first appeared as an issue of the a16z Bio Newsletter. Of vaccines and vaccinology, in COVID-19 and beyond; Upgrading cell and gene therapy “software” for safety; Pharma picks ...

Manus Bio and STK Bio-Ag Technologies announce partnership to develop and commercialize pipeline of next-generation biopesticides

Manus Bio and STK Bio-Ag Technologies announce partnership to develop and commercialize pipeline of next-generation biopesticides

Manus Bio and STK Bio-Ag Technologies (STK) are announcing a collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize a series of natural plant-based active ingredients as new and ...

The world faces ‘pollinator collapse’? How and why the media get the science wrong time and again

The world faces ‘pollinator collapse’? How and why the media get the science wrong time and again

With neither the facts nor the science on their side, environmental advocacy groups are simply pounding the table.

Best AgTech Startups in Europe

Best AgTech Startups in Europe

AgTech is the new word on investors' lips - why? A warm bread roll fresh from the oven, char-grilled vegetables hot off the BBQ, a comforting home-cooked roast. Whichever meal last ...

Smart farming: The growing role of precision agriculture and biotech

Smart farming: The growing role of precision agriculture and biotech

Efficiency and sustainability go hand-in-hand, with an added bonus: farmers improve crop yields

An edit for good?

An edit for good?

Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful impact of agrochemicals on biodiversity while boosting y...

Biotech Innovation at Risk?

Biotech Innovation at Risk?

By Kurt Lawton • From Fall 2019 American Soybean Magazine  It’s no secret that farmers love regulations about as much as a root canal. Especially when

Can genetic engineering improve crop yields?

Can genetic engineering improve crop yields?

What have researchers attempted to accomplish with the genetic modification of seeds? The first successful commercial GMO crop was the soybean, which was designed to be resistant to ...