New molecule promotes gut healing and suppresses tumor growth in colorectal cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found a molecule that can both help the intestines to heal after damage and suppress tumor growth in colorectal cancer. The discovery could lead to new treatments for inflammatory...
Modified darobactin offers hope for combatting antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -; so they don't work well, or even at all -; means new ones are urgently needed. Building on previous...
Trans-Atlantic Triumph: AI Drug Pioneers Recursion, Exscientia Combine
Recursion and Exscientia, two pioneers in artificial intelligence (AI)-based drug development, have completed a business combination that they vowed will enhance their ability to carry out drug discovery that is both first-in-class and best-in-class.
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CRISPR-based therapy shown to be safe, effective for people with transthyretin amyloidosis
A new type of therapy that 'edits' a gene in patients with a rare heart condition has been shown to be safe and effective, according to research from UCL and the Royal Free Hospital....
Asimov and RevOpsis Therapeutics Ink Licensing Deal for Multispecific-Expressing Cell Line
Asimov, a synbio company, signed a licensing agreement for its CHO Edge System with RevOpsis Therapeutics, a biopharma firm working on the innovation of multispecific biologics in ophthalmic therapies. The agreement follows a cell...
NIH develops AI algorithm to streamline clinical trial matching
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help speed up the process of matching potential volunteers to relevant clinical research trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. A...
Linking Alzheimer’s Risk to Specific Types of Air Pollution
Researchers from Emory University received two separate grants, totaling $15 million, from the NIH to lead a multifaceted study into why specific types of air pollution increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Previous...
Engineered virus-like particles evolve for superior gene delivery efficiency
Breakthrough directed evolution system boosts virus-like particles for safer, more efficient gene editing, offering a powerful tool for next-generation therapeutic innovations. Study: Directed evolution of engineered virus-like particles with improved production and transduction efficiencies....
StockWatch: Vaccine, ETF Shares Drop as Trump Chooses RFK Jr. for HHS
Minutes after news emerged that Donald Trump would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Wall Street investors rendered their initial verdict.
Starting Thursday afternoon when Donald Trump Jr....
Quotient Sciences Installs GMP Biofoundry-in-a-Box for RNA Production
Quotient Sciences, a CDMO, reports that it has installed Centillion’s Biofoundry-in-a-Box (BiaB), a multi-product GMP platform technology for end-to-end RNA manufacture. BiaB is a modular, integrated, and automated RNA-micro factory that enables the processing...
