Published online 09 August 2017   Basic Local Alignment Search Tool published in the Journal of Molecular Biology in 1990. Inferring the function of a protein 40 years ago required finding a related protein with a known function. To determine the similarity between two proteins meant comparing their amino acid sequences using a time-consuming algorithm. … More Game changers – The Google of Genomes and Antibodies as Therapy

17 May 2017   With initial proof-of-concept financing secured in 2005, Elastagen should be considered a teenager in start-up years. But biotechnology that relies on wet materials rather than software or devices has a much longer road to commercialization. The idea behind the company’s offering is even older. In 1995, a research team at the … More Elastagen: High-tech wound and tissue healing