Synthetic biology and the discovery of new medicines
Over recent years the pharmaceutical industry has gradually turned towards synthetic biology to assist with the discovery of new medicines.
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Over recent years the pharmaceutical industry has gradually turned towards synthetic biology to assist with the discovery of new medicines.
To produce a synthetic gene, we first divide it up into smaller pieces of DNA that are synthesised. Genes can be thousands of base pairs long, so there are many different ways to do this.
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Camena Bioscience, a synthetic biology company providing genes to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, today announced it has closed a $10m Series A financing round, led by Mercia.
Divina Newman and Nika Pierre joined the Camena team for 8 weeks over the summer. It was initially 6 but such was their committment to learning and contribution to ongoing projects, we asked them to stay. We're immensely proud of their accomplishments and the programme enriched the whole team. We asked Divina and Nika to share their experiences.
Following its $10 million Series A financing1 earlier in the year, the appointment forms part of the Company’s growth plans to expand commercialisation of its pioneering DNA synthesis platform, gSynth™.
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Last week marked a significant milestone for our team as we successfully delivered the longest DNA construct we've ever created—a staggering 6.5 kilobases (kb).