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Two major companies under Flagship have laid off nearly a hundred people.

据外媒报道，波士顿知名风投机构 Flagship Pioneering 生态系统内两家重量级企业：Generate Biomedicines 与 Tessera Therapeutics 近期相继裁员。Generate Biomedicines 发言人周三通过邮件声明表示，公司已缩减 10% 的员工规模。值得注意的是，其研发负责人 Alexandra Snyder 本月已转投默沙东担任高级副总裁，

"Smart Bacteria" Conquer Kidney Stones! Stanford Team Repurposes Gut Bacteria to Precisely Degrade Oxalate in Urine

A team from Zhejiang University has launched a multimodal large language model that can design biomolecules d on human instructions.

Biodegradable and recyclable! Chen Zhaoji from Wuhan University and others have developed a "paper plastic" that can support a weight of 65 kg and degrade naturally in 180 days.

A team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology has developed a non-pathogenic bacteria-nanohybrid that works synergistically to inhibit tumors achieving a tumor targeting rate of 50%.

Chinese scholars turn food waste into treasure synthesizing 100% biodegradable bioplastic in two steps.

A team from the University of Pennsylvania used AI to decode animal venom discovering hundreds of potential antibiotics.

A startup is using synthetic biology to disrupt traditional poultry disease prevention. Its pioneering probiotic product is about to hit the market and it has raised $18 million in funding to drive commercialization.