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Biotechnology industry

April 2024

  • An Atlantic salmon on a petri dish.

    On our plate
    From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table

    People want more seafood than the oceans can sustainably supply, so a German firm aims to plug that gap with cultivated fish – but are consumers ready to buy it?

January 2024

  • Divers in the deep ocean twilight zone

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug

    Largest study of ocean DNA reveals abundance of fungi thriving in extreme environment of the deep sea
  • Students wear orange jumpers in a classroom

    Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses

    Campaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled region
  • Forest is growing its share of the London ebike market and has green credentials.

    From HumanForest to BrewDog: five firms to watch in a time of turbulence

    As AI and tech make their presence felt, new companies are emerging and older ones are adapting

November 2023

  • A nurse takes blood from a volunteer ready to be stored with UK Biobank.

    Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

    Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so
  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez walking hand in hand outdoors

    British biotech races US’s ‘buff billionaires’ for secret of eternal youth

    The UK excels at ‘longevity research’. Could it become part of an industry that fascinates the wealthiest people in the world?
  • Illustration: Lars Leetaru/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

    When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

September 2023

  • Plastic eating bacteria - Long read

    The long read
    ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

    The long read: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

August 2023

  • Instem provides IT services used in drug development for the global life sciences market.

    Staffordshire-based Instem bought by private equity group for £203m

  • Elia Barbieri - Big Idea - The Guardian Saturday - 5th august ++ 2023 - is de-extinction a good idea -01

    The big idea
    The big idea: should we bring extinct creatures back to life?

July 2023

  • Alan Bull

    Other lives
    Alan Bull obituary

    Other lives: Renowned microbiologist who chaired an OECD working party on biotechnology and industrial sustainability

June 2023

  • Lindy Durant, chief executive of Scancell

    Observer business profile
    ‘Designing a vaccine that covers all cancers is hard’: biotech pioneer Lindy Durrant

    The immunologist who runs Scancell is trialling novel treatments to attack tumours, as well as needle-free Covid jabs

April 2023

  • Vandana Shiva: ‘We’ve got to shift from industrial to ecological farming.’

    Fighting giants: eco-activist Vandana Shiva on her battle against GM multinationals

  • Employees in full protective gear work on the Covid antigen rapid test kits in a Shenzhen laboratory

    UK and Europe are falling behind US and China in biotech, says AstraZeneca boss

January 2023

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Ignore the ‘superpower’ boasts – UK pharma looks superchallenged

    Nils Pratley
    NHS crisis, withdrawal of tax credits and exit from EU blamed for fall in UK share of R&D market

December 2022

  • E-Scooter Pilot Program Launches In London<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: Scooters are lined up in a bay during a photo-call at the launch of an E-Scooter pilot program on June 07, 2021 in London, England. Local government have allowed e-scooter operators Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility to run a 12-month trial of scooter rentals in several London boroughs, including Canary Wharf, although a ban on personal e-scooter use on city streets remains. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    From super scooters to smarter meters: six firms to watch in 2023

  • Cell scientist Talia Kirkbride

    Aptamer: the York biotech working on precision cancer treatments

October 2022

  • Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO, shows off the small Oxford Nanopore DNA/RNA sequencing device.

    Small wonder: big DNA advances loom at university startup Oxford Nanopore

    Company spun out of Oxford University makes DNA and RNA sequencing devices to identify viruses and variants

September 2022

  • Clare Campbell

    Hi-tech softening enzymes offer hope of revival for Scottish wool industry

  • Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Thylacinus cynocephalus Last captive Thylacine in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania, Australia

    Full Story
    Why scientists – and Chris Hemsworth – want to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger

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