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Artificial intelligence agents could reshape drug discovery by directly controlling microscopes, liquid handlers, robotic arms and other laboratory equipment, creating a pathway toward autonomous labs that can design, execute and refine experiments around the clock. Representative image.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Novo Nordisk buys Ginkgo Bioworks’ autonomous lab. Can robotics rescue its shrinking revenue?

Ginkgo Bioworks sells its first pharma autonomous lab to Novo Nordisk as Q3 losses narrow. Examine revenue, cash burn and execution.

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AcroCyte Therapeutics is advancing scalable human kidney organoid research through its ARPA-H-funded RACE programme, targeting new manufacturing capabilities for regenerative medicine and bioartificial kidney development. Representative image.
Pharma & Biotech

Can AcroCyte turn a $4.3m ARPA-H award into a scalable bioartificial kidney platform?

AcroCyte’s $4.3m ARPA-H-backed RACE project targets scalable autologous kidney organoids, but manufacturing and animal data remain the key tests.

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Apertura Gene Therapy’s TfR1 CapX delivery platform will support an ARPA-H-backed consortium developing gene-editing therapies for Dravet syndrome, alternating hemiplegia of childhood and other rare pediatric neurological diseases. Representative image.
Pharma & Biotech

Apertura joins $34.5m ARPA-H PERC program for rare pediatric CNS gene editing

Apertura joins Broad’s $34.5 million ARPA-H PERC program, pairing TfR1 CapX with gene editing for rare pediatric brain diseases.

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