New findings could develop effective vaccines or treatments for chikungunya fever
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that the virus responsible for chikungunya fever can spread directly from cell to cell-;perhaps solving the longstanding mystery of how the virus, now emerging as...
Rewriting Life’s Origins: Bennu’s Dual-Chirality Amino Acids Spark Scientific Intrigue”
NASA’s OSIRIS‑REx mission has ushered in a new era in our understanding of prebiotic chemistry and the dynamic nature of small Solar System bodies by returning pristine samples from the near‑Earth asteroid Bennu. In...
Why Puma Biotechnology Is Soaring Today – Motley Fool
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Shares of Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI), a small-cap cancer company, are absolutely on fire this morning. Specifically, the biotech's shares gained as much as 38% right out of the gate Wednesday. Puma's shares are...
Base Editing Shows Promise for Progeria in Mouse Model
A new study published in Nature provides further validation for the therapeutic potential of base editing, a relatively new genome editing technology developed by David Liu, PhD, and colleagues at the Broad Institute, Harvard...
PhoreMost Achieves Target Discovery Milestone with Boehringer Ingelheim
PhoreMost Ltd., a British biopharmaceutical company, announced that their partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim on several projects to find new drug targets has led to a milestone payment. This was made possible by PhoreMost’s discovery...
New survey reveals Americans’ perception of the growing need for plasma-derived medicines
International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW) takes place globally from October 6-10. The week encourages communities around the world to recognize the vital role of plasma in creating lifesaving medicines and honors those who donate....
New review shows a clear gap in understanding of cancer in LGBTI adolescents
A new systemic review of the literature has shown a clear gap in the understanding of cancer in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or intersex (LGBTI) adolescents and young adults (AYA). The knowledge that LGBTI...
Retrons Display Genome Editing Strengths Even CRISPR Might Envy
Retron-based genome editing has been inviting comparisons with CRISPR-based genome editing, especially since researchers have learned that retrons, like CRISPR systems, function as a sort of immune system in bacteria. However, the comparisons may...
New study reveals a potential big leap for gene therapy
Artificial Intelligence may be the key to more precise and effective gene therapy treatments. A new study from Aarhus University has found, that applying AI predictions of protein structures enhances the DNA scissor technology...
Nicoya gains series A funding for digital drug discovery program
Jan 15 2020
Nicoya, a leading provider of advanced analytical instruments for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series A financing.
The funding round was led by Whitecap...
