
mRNA: Beyond vaccines to personalised medicine
This eBook explores how the mRNA platform has evolved since its use in Covid-19 vaccines, from the prevention of seasonal illnesses to personalised therapies for a range of diseases.

This eBook explores how the mRNA platform has evolved since its use in Covid-19 vaccines, from the prevention of seasonal illnesses to personalised therapies for a range of diseases.

Despite their challenging nature, cell & gene therapies (CGTs) are becoming ever more successful and accessible one-time treatments for haematological malignancies and genetic diseases, while researchers have recently made significant strides forward in their use to treat other cancers.

This eBook explores the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), computational models and quantum computing that are driving drug discovery today.


Australian radiopharmaceuticals spinout, Skopos Bio, has launched with an AUD$12 million (US$8.3 million) seed round, led by a global investor syndicate. The company was founded by three clinical and translational scientists from Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), who continue to treat patients and lead research:… Read More




Palomar Labs (formerly Negev Labs), a venture studio that builds companies around neuropsychiatric drug development programmes with prior human validation, has announced the spinout of Ariadne Bio, its first portfolio company. Ariadne Bio launches with lead programme AB-300, a clinical-stage-ready, non-hallucinogenic serotonin 2A receptor agonist in development… Read More


A new company founded by Deep Science Ventures veterans has closed a £1.5 million (~$2m) pre-seed round and secured £700,000 (~$950K) Innovate UK funding. Big Picture Bio has been founded to identify, design and optimise promising cancer combination therapies, using a generative world model to understand how… Read More



AI start-up deepmirror has been awarded a Phase 2 Sovereign AI grant as part of Innovate UK’s support for British businesses building world-leading AI technologies. The grant will fund deepmirror’s data acquisition strategy in which it selects the experiments most likely to improve its molecular… Read More

