Study reveals cardiac protein as a new target for different types of heart disease

Like a failing fuel pump that causes a loss of engine power in a car, a diseased heart can take a serious toll on the body's performance. For some patients, tasks like walking up...

Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure

Nov 26 2019 Novoheart (“Novoheart” or the “Company”), a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in an effort to develop the world’s first human-specific in...

UMD entomologists recognized by AAAS with 2019 Newcomb Cleveland Prize

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded its 2019 Newcomb Cleveland Prize to University of Maryland entomologists Raymond St. Leger, Brian Lovett and their seven West African collaborators. The prestigious award is...

Annual Review of Cancer Biology uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open...

Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribers Credit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that the 2020 volume of the Annual Review...

Cancer’s Cartographer Redraws Tumor Treatment

Like many other members of the scientific community, Nevan Krogan, PhD, pivoted his University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, (UCSF) lab to work on COVID-19 last year. The result was a splashy Nature...

Canadian Glycomics Network welcomes $16.3 million renewed funding from NCE

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 15 2020 The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) recently announced its continued support in Canadian glycomics research with a three-year investment of $16.3 million through the Canadian Glycomics Network...

UIC enrolls people into phase 3 monoclonal antibody clinical trial

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 30 2020 Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are now enrolling people into a phase 3 clinical trial that will test if a monoclonal antibody treatment -- administered as...

ECDC and WHO call for improved HIV testing in Europe

AIDS-free future at stake Credit: ECDC The number of people living with undiagnosed HIV is increasing in the WHO European Region. According to data published today by ECDC...

System linked to operational hospitals, shorter lockdowns, lives saved

Credit: City of Austin A staged alert system, designed by scientists and public health officials to guide local policies, helped one city prevent hospital surges and long...

Interrogating the Immunology of Infectious Disease with Single-Cell and Spatial Multiomics

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