Hijacking of Insect Sperm by Microbes Could Inspire Disease Vector Control
A widespread bacteria called Wolbachia pipientis and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm, preventing them from fertilizing eggs of females that do not have the...
QSP Modeling: How Biosimulation Can Bolster Cell and Gene Therapy Development
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Josh Apgar, PhDCo-founder and CSOApplied BioMath
Diana Marcantonio, PhDSenior Director, BiologyApplied BioMath
Marissa Renardy, PhDPrincipal ScientistApplied BioMath
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What makes a pathogen antibiotic-resistant?
Antimicrobial resistance is a story of constantly moving parts and players. With every new or tweaked antibiotic or antimicrobial drug, the targeted pathogens begin the evolutionary dance of acquiring resistance, prompting researchers to constantly...
Colossal’s Woolly Mammoth Project Advances as Elephant iPSCs Clear Milestones
Colossal Biosciences creates technologies for species restoration, critically endangered species protection, and the repopulation of critical ecosystems that support the continuation of life on Earth. The Texas-based company is the first to apply CRISPR...
UAB study identifies new molecule for treating hypertension
Researchers at the UAB have carried out two revealing studies on TRPV2, a key ion channel in several cellular functions, which points to it as a possible new therapeutic target in the treatment of...
New interdisciplinary center aims to spark developments in synthetic genomics
Applying and developing new technologies for DNA synthesis to pave the way for producing entire artificial genomes - that is the goal of a new interdisciplinary center that is being established at Heidelberg University,...
Breakthrough nanopipette enables real-time observation of cancer cell reactions to treatment
The high-tech double-barrel nanopipette, developed by University of Leeds scientists, and applied to the global medical challenge of cancer, has - for the first time - enabled researchers to see how individual living cancer...
New insights into the evolution of genomic imprinting
Some of our genes can be expressed or silenced depending on whether we inherited them from our mother or our father. The mechanism behind this phenomenon, known as genomic imprinting, is determined by DNA...
Scientists-CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
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With $86M Oversubscribed Public Offering, Absci Eyes 2025 IND for Lead Candidate
Absci CEO Sean McClain
Absci says it is about a year away from its lead AI-designed therapeutic entering the clinic—one of several pipeline candidates whose development the company says it will be better able to...
