Women seeking credibility in health care feel ‘on trial,’ struggle with constraints of double...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Having a chronic illness is a great deal of work, communication researchers have long known. But having an illness that is stigmatized, not well understood or not perceived as a priority...
6 Immuno-oncology Startups Attracting the Biggest VC Cash
By Jonathan Smith
Immunotherapy is proving a massive draw for investors and big pharma companies alike. These privately-owned immuno-oncology startups have bagged hefty funding rounds in the last two years.
For decades, the mainstays of cancer...
Zoonotic spillover safeguarding: computationally designed antigen targets range of coronaviruses
In a recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers used an interdisciplinary approach incorporating phylogenetics, 3D protein modeling, and plasmid design to identify and computationally design an antigen representing the core of most...
Double trouble: Infamous “eagle killer” bacterium produces not one, but two toxins
The cyanobacterium Aetokthonos hydrillicola produces not just one, but two highly potent toxins. In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), an international team led by Martin...
Microbial Expression Systems Get a Much Needed Upgrade
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Broadcast Date: October 20, 2023Time: 8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 17:00 CET For years, the biologics industry has struggled with inefficient microbial expression systems for producing proteins and antibodies that they need...
Senescent macrophages in the lung promote tumor growth, study finds
Macrophages are a type of white blood cell that are among the body's first line of defense against infection. In addition to killing harmful microorganisms, macrophages typically can initiate a response against tumors. However,...
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe passes system integration review
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) marked the completion of an important step on the path to spacecraft assembly, test, and launch operations this week at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in...
StockWatch: Insilico CEO Breaks Down Exelixis Deal
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder, chairman and CEO of Insilico Medicine
By Alex Philippidis
Exelixis (EXEL) was one of “at least five” companies interested in licensing rights to Insilico Medicine’s ISM3091, a small molecule ubiquitin specific protease...
Chromosome-scale genome sequence of Suaeda glauca sheds light on salt stress tolerance in halophytes
Recently, a research paper titled “Chromosome-scale genome sequence of Suaeda glauca sheds light on salt stress tolerance in halophytes“, completed by Professor Qin Yuan’s team from the Center for Genomics, Haixia Institute of Science...
NIH awards researchers $1.2M to develop robotic eye examination system
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duke University has developed a robotic eye examination system, and the National Institutes of Health has awarded the researchers $1.2 million to expand...
