Predicts the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using deep learning-based Splice-AI
Credit: KBRI
Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Suh Pann-ghill) announced that the research team led by Dr. Jae-Yeol Joo discovered new cryptic splice variants and SNVs...
Why Did Lixte Biotechnology Gap Up 100% Today? – Benzinga
Lixte Biotechnology (NASDAQ: LIXT) shares rose more than 100% percent in Friday’s premarket session. Lixte holdings is a drug discovery company focused on creating drugs that will help patients with cancer. Lixte’s main product...
New genomic method helps obtain high-resolution maps of DNA in the cell nucleus
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new sequencing method that makes it possible to map how DNA is spatially organized in the cell nucleus - revealing which genomic regions are at...
First COVID-19 vaccine found to be safe, able to generate rapid immune response in...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 22 2020
The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in humans,...
COVID-19 lung injury is not like high altitude pulmonary edema
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 20 2020
A group of researchers with experience in treating high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) have written to correct the misconception in medical social media forums and elsewhere that the...
What’s old is new again
Researchers repurpose classic chemotherapy drug to overcome cancer therapy resistance
Credit: Image/Art credit: Mark Miller, Stowers Institute
KANSAS CITY, MO–Drug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer treatment–leading...
UK Biotech’s US Antibody Patents Upheld in Regeneron Battle
UK biotech Kymab has won the latest skirmish in its ongoing legal battle with the US giant Regeneron regarding patents protecting their rival antibody-producing technologies. The outcome of the battle could have big implications...
