Life Sciences

Our fortnightly selection of must-reads from the community, for the community — Life science research and healthcare, like medicine, has been in constant evolution since Hippocrates’ times. The latest evolution step has been digitalization. Digitization of life science and healthcare data together with low-code tools has unified what has been isolated and siloed for a long time. …

Sebastian Lobentanzer joined me to talk about how to make life easier for biotech experts and researchers by making the creation of knowledge graphs from various sources easier. To watch the full episode, scroll to the end of this blog post. The Creation of Knowledge Graphs Recently, at Neo4j GraphSummit Munich I heard Katariina Kari…

What if you could get all the benefits of intermittent fasting without actually fasting? That’s the premise (well, sort of) behind Mimio Health, a longevity startup we recently invested in that harnesses the power of biology to improve human health. …

Gain a competitive edge from these industry insights. — Earlier this quarter, over a thousand leaders from various life sciences (LS) organizations across the globe gathered in Barcelona at Pharma 2023 by Reuters to discuss the industry’s toughest challenges, share innovation, and define the future. A wide range of topics were presented, from commercial and marketing to medical affairs…

A summary of talks from our first Data Mesh Days event On Thursday, May 11, we hosted our first-ever Data Mesh Days event with a focus on data mesh implementations and best practices for life sciences. Every domain in life sciences — from drug research to supply chain and commercial…

Our beautiful planet Earth has immense biodiversity. We can think about the biodiversity throughout the entire planet, and also zoom in to quantify the biodiversity of a specific region, ecosystem, or even in just one tree. But getting an exact number of species is much more complicated than you might…

When two scientists just met and sat together, the world was changing — Back in my college memory, I listened to my lecturer talking about DNA. I still remember I sat on the chair in the front side, close enough to pay attention to the Professor, with his excited voice when sharing his knowledge. I am sorry to tell you he passed away…

Gene Therapy and Gene Editing — About the Authors: Mosha Deng is an Investment Fellow at Thornapple. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania focused on engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for solid tumors. Prior to Penn, Mosha led Business Development & Licensing at Insmed Incorporated, a…

In the mid-20th century, the field of microbiology was rapidly developing. The identification of DNA as the code of life was critical for understanding both how individuals inherit traits from their parents, and how evolution occurs. Scientists were eager to study the content of DNA in different organisms and compare…