Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Defossilization Needs to Be Critical Target in a Sustainability Program Oil price surge reveals bioprocessing’s fossil reliance, threatening biologics costs and sustainability goals long term #GENbioprocessing #biomanufacturing hubs.li/Q049zmCD0

Blocking AhR Sensor Activates Regenerative Program in Injured Neurons The data shows when the protein is removed from neurons or has its signaling activity blocked with drugs, axonal fibers grew more effectively @MountSinaiNYC #neurons #PNS #spinalcord hubs.li/Q049zlcm0

Alex Philippidis, Senior Business Editor at GEN, will be speaking at @BuildsBio’s NYC Life Science Outlook & Networking Reception on April 7. The discussion will look at what’s next for the NYC biotech ecosystem following a year of challenges & innovation: hubs.li/Q049zm9j0

Protecting High-Value Engineered Cell Lines with Novel Biological Security Technology GeneLock is described as a cybersecurity-inspired technology that protects valuable genetic material directly at the DNA level @GTChBE #biosecurity #celllinedevelopment hubs.li/Q049z7jK0

Unlock reliable IgG4 analysis and discover the new USP mAb-004 Reference Standard in our free GEN webinar, April 21, 2026. Register now: hubs.li/Q049lrYq0 @uspharmacopeia #Biomanufacturing #MonoclonalAntibodies

Celiac Disease Study Reveals Fiber Benefits Depend on Gut Microbiome People with celiac disease have impaired small intestinal fiber metabolism due to missing key gut bacteria @MarkWulczynski @VerduLab @McMasterU #celiacdisease #gutmicrobiome #nutrition hubs.ly/Q049r8M60

Explore the future of stem cell innovation! Join top experts on April 15, 2026, for GEN Live: breakthroughs, barriers, and next steps in aging research. Register free: hubs.li/Q049srnT0 @#Aging #StemCells #Research

Biological Complexity of ALS to Be Addressed by the Development of New Stem Cell Models @ALSTDI, @lifearc1, and #AxolBioscience launched the Patient induced pluripotent stem cell (#iPSC)-based Research to Improve Sporadic ALS Modeling (PRISM) initiative hubs.ly/Q049rcBt0

Phage Chemical "Crosstalk" Can Backfire, Steering Responders Into Lysogeny The responding phage enters lysogeny prematurely, sparing the bacterial host and reducing competition for the signaling phage’s own progeny @UniofExeter #bacteriophage #lysogeny hubs.li/Q049d_v70

CAR T-Cell Therapy Unlocks Solid Tumors, Targets uPAR Surface Protein in Mice A new CAR T-cell therapy attacks supportive cells in the tumor microenvironment that bear the surface protein, uPAR @MSKCancerCenter #celltherapy #tumors #immunotherapy hubs.li/Q049fvZK0

Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder Identified Is the Most Prevalent Ever Discovered Discovery will enable tens of thousands of families affected by this previously hidden #geneticcondition to receive closure through genetic diagnosis @IcahnMountSinai hubs.li/Q049dYN00

Merck, Quotient Launch Up-to-$2.2B Somatic Genomics Collaboration in IBD @Merck will apply the #somaticgenomics platform @QuotientTx to discover novel drug targets in #IBD through a collaboration that could generate up to $2.2 billion for @FlagshipPioneer hubs.li/Q049dNXM0

DON'T MISS OUT! Scaling Process Intensification from Seed Train to Production in Biomanufacturing Register now for this free webinar sponsored by Sartorius: hubs.li/Q048jNtm0 #Biomanufacturing

Lilly Acquires Centessa for Up to $7.8B; Biogen Buys Apellis for Up to $6.1B @EliLillyandCo agrees to acquire #sleepdisorder drug developer @centessa, while @biogen agrees to purchase @ApellisPharma, a developer of #immunology and #raredisease treatments hubs.li/Q049dH7H0

Unlock the future of #CellTherapy! Join our free webinar, April 16, to explore the path from clinical success to commercial scale. Sponsored by @RoslinCT. Register: hubs.li/Q048Fyy30 #GeneTherapy

Lonza Media Development Lab Set Up in Singapore Many organizations still lack structured media optimization and alignment between development and manufacturing, according to Lonza @LonzaGroup #bioprocessing #culturemedia #GMP hubs.li/Q0492J510

Common Ancestry Limits Protein Sequence Exploration, Computational Study Shows Large‑scale #proteinevolution model reveals that common ancestry, not selection or #epistasis, is the dominant force limiting how proteins explore sequence space @OISTedu hubs.li/Q0492FDN0

Link Between Ceramide Transport and Cell Senescence Could Inform Aging Biology Research Study identifies impaired ER-to-golgi #ceramide transport as a key regulatory node underlying senescence-associated sphingolipid remodeling @AtillaLab #cellsenescence hubs.li/Q0492DHP0

Autism Risk Genes Largely Shared Across Global Populations A large autism genomics study in Latin American populations identifies shared risk genes across ancestries @IcahnMountSinai #autism #genomics #geneticvariants hubs.li/Q0492jHV0

Lilly Grows AI Footprint with Up-to-$2.75B Insilico Collaboration The big pharma and AI drug developer expand on a partnership that launched with a 2023 software licensing accord @EliLillyandCo @InSilicoMeds #AI #drugdevelopment #cancers hubs.li/Q0492k0k0