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The anti-aging industry promises to extend life. Here's the reality
By Norman Swan, Mary Fallon, Rachel Carbonell, and Lara Sonnenschein

The fear of aging is driving a wave of biohacking businesses promising to help restore youth and fight disease. Four Corners investigates the race to reverse the aging process.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-19/biohacking-anti-aging-science-promise-to-extend-human-lifespan/106923024

#Aging #Biotechnology #Science #Technology #Biology #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #Health #Wellness #NormanSwan #MaryFallon #RachelCarbonell #LaraSonnenschein

The anti-aging industry promises to extend life. Here's the reality
By Norman Swan, Mary Fallon, Rachel Carbonell, and Lara Sonnenschein

The fear of aging is driving a wave of biohacking businesses promising to help restore youth and fight disease. Four Corners investigates the race to reverse the aging process.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-19/biohacking-anti-aging-science-promise-to-extend-human-lifespan/106923024

#Aging #Biotechnology #Science #Technology #Biology #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #Health #Wellness #NormanSwan #MaryFallon #RachelCarbonell #LaraSonnenschein

Fairville and NRGene Canada Launch FairGene BSF Egg Facility in Alberta

The new Bassano facility has begun producing black soldier fly (BSF) eggs for producers worldwide, pairing Fairville’s agricultural…
#Canada #Agriculture #AnimalWelfare #Animals&Pets #biotechnology #CorporateExpansion #EnvironmentalProducts&Services #Food&Beverages #HealthCare&Hospitals #Licensing #NRGene
https://www.europesays.com/canada/131942/

Fairville and NRGene Canada Launch FairGene BSF Egg Facility in Alberta

The new Bassano facility has begun producing black soldier fly (BSF) eggs for producers worldwide, pairing Fairville’s agricultural…
#Canada #Agriculture #AnimalWelfare #Animals&Pets #biotechnology #CorporateExpansion #EnvironmentalProducts&Services #Food&Beverages #HealthCare&Hospitals #Licensing
https://www.europesays.com/canada/131890/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/583771/ Revolution Medicines, Sanofi, Biogen, SSRIs: Readout Newsletter #Biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Éire #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #IE #Ireland #Research

EU Novel Food approval delays threaten Europe’s food innovation

According to an analysis of the European Union’s novel food framewor…
#Europe #EU #bacterium #biochemistry #biotechnology #chemistry #clinic #discovery #Ebola #equipment #EuropeanUnion #exploration #Laboratory #lens-opticalinstrument #magnifyingglass #medicaltest #medicine #microbiology #microscope #pharmacy #Research #science #scientificexperiment #singleobject #technology #Virus #zikavirus
https://www.europesays.com/europe/92659/

https://www.europesays.com/ch/101136/ Roche, Eli Lilly, Novo, gene therapy, Hansoh: Readout Newsletter #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #research #Roche

Prime, Beam, AstraZeneca, Ionis, FDA: Readout Newsletter

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#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #AstraZeneca #Biotechnology #drugdevelopment #Drugprices #research
https://www.europesays.com/britain/79911/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/79911/ Prime, Beam, AstraZeneca, Ionis, FDA: Readout Newsletter #AstraZeneca #Biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #research

🔬👶 "Scientists finally unlock the 'master gene' using precision editing! 🎉 What next, editing the gene for actually enabling #JavaScript on their own website? 😅 But hey, at least now we know who runs the #embryo show! 👶🔧"
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-use-of-precision-editing-to-study-human-embryo-development-reveals-role-of-master-gene #scientificbreakthrough #geneediting #biotechnology #research #HackerNews #ngated

🔬👶 "Scientists finally unlock the 'master gene' using precision editing! 🎉 What next, editing the gene for actually enabling #JavaScript on their own website? 😅 But hey, at least now we know who runs the #embryo show! 👶🔧"
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-use-of-precision-editing-to-study-human-embryo-development-reveals-role-of-master-gene #scientificbreakthrough #geneediting #biotechnology #research #HackerNews #ngated

https://www.europesays.com/ch/98239/ Anthropic CEO interview, Medicare, Novartis: Readout Newsletter #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Novartis #research

https://www.europesays.com/people/141749/ Anthropic CEO interview, Medicare, Novartis: Readout Newsletter #Biotechnology #DarioAmodei #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Research

https://www.europesays.com/ie/565306/ Countdown to send microbiome to Mars: Biotics may hold key to long-term spaceflight #bacterium #Biochemistry #Biotechnology #chemistry #clinic #Discovery #Ebola #Éire #Equipment #Exploration #IE #Ireland #Laboratory #LensOpticalInstrument #MagnifyingGlass #MedicalTest #medicine #Microbiology #Microscope #pharmacy #Research #Science #ScientificExperiment #SingleObject #Technology #virus #ZikaVirus

https://www.europesays.com/ch/96064/ Vertex, Roche, KRAS, SpudCell synthetic cell: Readout Newsletter #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #research #Roche

Trump low-cost GLP-1 plan a likely boost for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s grand bargain with drugmakers on GLP-1s was based on a simple premise: lower…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Biotechnology #DonaldTrump #drugprices #Health #healthcare #Medicare #Medicarenegotiation #Pharmaceuticals #Policy #STAT+ #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/666697/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/119199/ Trump low-cost GLP-1 plan a likely boost for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk #Biotechnology #DonaldTrump #DrugPrices #Medicare #MedicareNegotiation #NovoNordisk #Pharmaceuticals #Policy #STAT+

China, Shanghai, AI hair growth drug, Eli Lilly: Readout Newsletter

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#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #AU #Australia #Biotechnology #drugdevelopment #drugprices #Health #research
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/763276/

China, Shanghai, AI hair growth drug, Eli Lilly: Readout Newsletter

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#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #AU #Australia #Biotechnology #drugdevelopment #drugprices #Health #research
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/763276/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/556503/ China, Shanghai, AI hair growth drug, Eli Lilly: Readout Newsletter #Biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Éire #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #IE #Ireland #Research

China, Shanghai, AI hair growth drug, Eli Lilly: Readout Newsletter

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#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Biotechnology #CA #Canada #drugdevelopment #drugprices #Health #research
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/763979/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/555838/ Single DNA injection provides long-lasting weight loss in mouse study #Antibodies #appetite #Arthritis #Biotechnology #blood #BloodSugar #cancer #Chronic #diabetes #DNA #Drugs #Éire #Electroporation #Genetic #Glucose #Health #hormones #IE #immunotherapy #InVivo #Ireland #Laboratory #MetabolicDisease #Obesity #pH #pharmaceuticals #Plasmid #Protein #psoriasis #Research #semaglutide #therapy #Type2Diabetes #Vaccine #WeightLoss

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

https://www.europesays.com/news/44320/ Who got Eli Lilly retatrutide; Pfizer lung cancer trial: The Readout #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Headlines #News #research #TopStories

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...

When #nutrition is embedded directly into crop genomes (via advances in genomics‐assisted #plantbreeding and precision #biotechnology), improvements in agricultural productivity can be translated more reliably into improvements in human health: doi.org/10.1111/jipb... #biofortification

Reconfiguring biofortification...

https://www.europesays.com/ch/81591/ Summit, Novartis, Takeda, Enliven, Takeda: Readout Newsletter #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #Novartis #research

Sanofi, Parabilis, AWS, Kendall Square: Readout Newsletter

Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Sanofi #biotechnology #drugdevelopment #Drugprices #research
https://www.europesays.com/france/33725/

World’s first AI‑designed vaccine explained
#AI #Vaccine #Vaccines #MedicalResearch #Health #DNA #Science #Technology #COVID19 #Coronavirus #Pandemic #PublicHealth #Biotechnology #DNAVaccines #Innovation #Immunology #VirusResearch #Medicine #Virology
https://the-14.com/worlds-first-ai-designed-vaccine-explained/

World’s first AI‑designed vaccine explained
#AI #Vaccine #Vaccines #MedicalResearch #Health #DNA #Science #Technology #COVID19 #Coronavirus #Pandemic #PublicHealth #Biotechnology #DNAVaccines #Innovation #Immunology #VirusResearch #Medicine #Virology
https://the-14.com/worlds-first-ai-designed-vaccine-explained/

https://www.europesays.com/ch/80008/ Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Incyte, Treeline: Readout Newsletter #biotechnology #DrugDevelopment #DrugPrices #research #Roche

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Engineers at #ETHZurich built microscopic #nanorobots – only six micrometers wide, smaller than a red blood #cell – that combine neural #stemcells with magnetic nanoparticles that generate electrical signals.

In #mice with severed spinal cords, the #bots stimulated nerve fibers to reconnect. After 28 days, the mice showed major improvements in walking and coordination. Human trials are still years away.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/nanorobot-spinal-injury/

#spine #medicine #engineering #neurotechnology #neuroscience #paralysis #nature #biotechnology #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Engineers at #ETHZurich built microscopic #nanorobots – only six micrometers wide, smaller than a red blood #cell – that combine neural #stemcells with magnetic nanoparticles that generate electrical signals.

In #mice with severed spinal cords, the #bots stimulated nerve fibers to reconnect. After 28 days, the mice showed major improvements in walking and coordination. Human trials are still years away.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/nanorobot-spinal-injury/

#spine #medicine #engineering #neurotechnology #neuroscience #paralysis #nature #biotechnology #research

💚🌍 Making climate-neutral plastics & cosmetics using bacteria: led by #CharitéBerlin, researchers in the #CarboNcare project aim to make a breakthrough in sustainable chemical production. More on the biotechnological tricks they are pulling to provide the solution:

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/making_climate_neutral_plastics_and_cosmetics_using_bacteria

#Sustainability #ClimateChange #CO2 #chemistry #biotechnology #RespiroFermentation

💚🌍 Making climate-neutral plastics & cosmetics using bacteria: led by #CharitéBerlin, researchers in the #CarboNcare project aim to make a breakthrough in sustainable chemical production. More on the biotechnological tricks they are pulling to provide the solution:

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/making_climate_neutral_plastics_and_cosmetics_using_bacteria

#Sustainability #ClimateChange #CO2 #chemistry #biotechnology #RespiroFermentation

SK bioscience Signs Vaccine Technology Transfer Agreement with Colombia’s VECOL to Advance Local Vaccine Manufacturing in Latin America

SK bioscience collaborates with Colombia’s government-led US$260 million vaccine localization initiative through technology transfer and …
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Biotechnology #Contracts #CorporateExpansion #HealthCare&Hospitals #JointVentures #Latinamerica #licensing #MedicalPharmaceuticals #Pharmaceuticals #SKbioscience
https://www.europesays.com/3018503/

Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck

Dear Cherubs, Dallas has apparently decided extinction is just a product category. Colossal Biosciences is now a billionaire-level biotech spectacle, with the company saying its latest Series C brought total funding to $615 million and ABC News reporting a roster of celebrity backers that includes Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Paris Hilton and Peter Jackson. Dallas Innovates also reported that the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel, invested in Colossal back in 2022.

The result is a company that sounds like it was brainstormed by a film studio, a venture fund and a very committed science teacher. Colossal says it is working on de-extinction projects tied to the woolly mammoth, dodo, thylacine and dire wolf, using gene editing, synthetic biology and related conservation tools. So no, this is not literally Jurassic Park; it is more like Jurassic Park after legal review and a lot of grant money.

THE TEA, BUT WITH MICROPIPETTES

In April, Reuters reported that Colossal announced three genetically engineered wolf pups and called them the world’s first successfully “de-extincted” animals, while outside experts were more cautious and described them as genetically modified gray wolves with added dire-wolf traits. ABC News said Colossal edited gray wolf cells at multiple sites and noted the two species are about 99.5% genetically identical, which is a very impressive number and also a reminder that biology is rude and complicated.

That is the key detail the movie version never pauses for: the company is not dusting off a frozen dinosaur and pressing play. It is using ancient DNA, gene editing and surrogate biology to create something that resembles an extinct species closely enough to trigger headlines, debates and a healthy amount of side-eye. The label “de-extincted” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

WHY THE MONEY FLOWS

The money makes more sense when you look at the technology stack. Dallas Innovates reported that In-Q-Tel said its interest in Colossal was “less about the mammoths and more about the capability,” while Colossal’s own materials say the work could scale CRISPR, synthetic biology, artificial wombs and genomic preservation platforms. In other words, the extinct-animal angle is the headline; the platform is the business.

Colossal has also built a pop-culture-friendly halo around the science. Its advisory board page lists Tom Brady and George R.R. Martin among its cultural advisors, which is exactly the kind of sentence that makes the internet stop scrolling for a second. That is the trick here: make de-extinction feel part science, part blockbuster, part meme, and suddenly the cap table looks almost inevitable.

The hot take is simple: this is not a cartoonish clone factory, and it is not pure hype either. It is a very expensive attempt to push gene editing, cloning-adjacent methods and reproductive tech into territory that could one day matter for conservation as much as spectacle. The dinosaurs are still fiction, but the lab bills are extremely real.

Sources list
ABC News — https://abcnews.go.com/US/dire-wolf-revived-biotech-companys-de-extinction-process/story?id=120558562
Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/science/us-company-resurrects-extinct-dire-wolf-or-some-version-it-2025-04-08/
Dallas Innovates — https://dallasinnovates.com/mammoth-interest-the-cia-invests-in-dallas-based-colossal-biosciences/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/colossal-secures-200m-to-accelerate-de-extinction-and-genomic-innovation/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/advisors/
Wikimedia Commons (Laboratory.jpg) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laboratory.jpg

Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck

Dear Cherubs, Dallas has apparently decided extinction is just a product category. Colossal Biosciences is now a billionaire-level biotech spectacle, with the company saying its latest Series C brought total funding to $615 million and ABC News reporting a roster of celebrity backers that includes Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Paris Hilton and Peter Jackson. Dallas Innovates also reported that the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel, invested in Colossal back in 2022.

The result is a company that sounds like it was brainstormed by a film studio, a venture fund and a very committed science teacher. Colossal says it is working on de-extinction projects tied to the woolly mammoth, dodo, thylacine and dire wolf, using gene editing, synthetic biology and related conservation tools. So no, this is not literally Jurassic Park; it is more like Jurassic Park after legal review and a lot of grant money.

THE TEA, BUT WITH MICROPIPETTES

In April, Reuters reported that Colossal announced three genetically engineered wolf pups and called them the world’s first successfully “de-extincted” animals, while outside experts were more cautious and described them as genetically modified gray wolves with added dire-wolf traits. ABC News said Colossal edited gray wolf cells at multiple sites and noted the two species are about 99.5% genetically identical, which is a very impressive number and also a reminder that biology is rude and complicated.

That is the key detail the movie version never pauses for: the company is not dusting off a frozen dinosaur and pressing play. It is using ancient DNA, gene editing and surrogate biology to create something that resembles an extinct species closely enough to trigger headlines, debates and a healthy amount of side-eye. The label “de-extincted” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

WHY THE MONEY FLOWS

The money makes more sense when you look at the technology stack. Dallas Innovates reported that In-Q-Tel said its interest in Colossal was “less about the mammoths and more about the capability,” while Colossal’s own materials say the work could scale CRISPR, synthetic biology, artificial wombs and genomic preservation platforms. In other words, the extinct-animal angle is the headline; the platform is the business.

Colossal has also built a pop-culture-friendly halo around the science. Its advisory board page lists Tom Brady and George R.R. Martin among its cultural advisors, which is exactly the kind of sentence that makes the internet stop scrolling for a second. That is the trick here: make de-extinction feel part science, part blockbuster, part meme, and suddenly the cap table looks almost inevitable.

The hot take is simple: this is not a cartoonish clone factory, and it is not pure hype either. It is a very expensive attempt to push gene editing, cloning-adjacent methods and reproductive tech into territory that could one day matter for conservation as much as spectacle. The dinosaurs are still fiction, but the lab bills are extremely real.

Sources list
ABC News — https://abcnews.go.com/US/dire-wolf-revived-biotech-companys-de-extinction-process/story?id=120558562
Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/science/us-company-resurrects-extinct-dire-wolf-or-some-version-it-2025-04-08/
Dallas Innovates — https://dallasinnovates.com/mammoth-interest-the-cia-invests-in-dallas-based-colossal-biosciences/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/colossal-secures-200m-to-accelerate-de-extinction-and-genomic-innovation/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/advisors/
Wikimedia Commons (Laboratory.jpg) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laboratory.jpg