StockWatch: Illumina Stays Mum as Short Seller Targets Icahn

Activist investor Carl C. Icahn discusses Illumina in a recent exclusive interview on GEN’s “Close to the Edge” video series. Illumina (ILMN) isn’t the only entity crossing swords, so to speak, with activist investor Carl...

Microbead Design for Enhanced CAR-T Manufacturing

By Yuwen Wang and Andy Tay, PhD Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has significantly transformed the management of cancer, specifically in patients suffering from leukemia and lymphoma. This treatment approach entails the isolation...

Neanderthal Tooth Tartar Reveals Ancient Bacterial Genomes and Natural Products

Researchers headed by teams at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and at Harvard University, have reconstructed the bacterial genomes of previously...

Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning

Similar to humans, chimpanzees combine vocalizations into larger communicatively meaningful structures. UZH researchers suggest that this ability might be evolutionarily more ancient than previously thought. Credit: Adrian Soldati Similar to humans, chimpanzees combine vocalizations into...

Researchers report positive results from Phase 2 clinical trial of investigational treatment against long...

Researchers from the University of Oxford have reported findings from a Phase 2 clinical trial investigating the efficacy of an investigational treatment against long COVID fatigue. The study (reported in Lancet eClinical Medicine) found...

Gene Therapy Imperative Optimizes Manufacturing to Keep Pace with Market Development

It’s crunch time for gene therapy manufacturing. Many new products are on the verge of commercialization—which is great news, except that products that have already been commercialized currently vie for limited manufacturing capacity. Unfortunately,...

New insights into liver cancer using organoids

PRESS RELEASE: PRINCESS MÁXIMA CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY Credit: Benedetta Artegiani / Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology PRESS RELEASE: PRINCESS MÁXIMA CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY EMBARGO: WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2023 AT 10:00AM BST (11:00AM CEST) Scientists of the...

Merger of Cytiva and Pall’s Life Sciences Business Now Complete

Cytiva and the life sciences business of Pall are now one business under the Cytiva brand. With nearly 16,000 associates in 40 countries, and more than 300 years’ heritage of expertise, the new Cytiva...

Single-molecule valve: a breakthrough in nanoscale control

Scientists dream of using tiny molecules as building blocks to construct things, similar to how we build things with mechanical parts. However, molecules are incredibly small – around one hundred millionth the size of...

Aging: Separating the Science from the Snake Oil

Broadcast Date: May 17, 2023Time: 9:00 am PT, 12:00 pm ET, 18:00 CET REGISTER NOW In the field of aging research, the line between science and pseudoscience is blurry. Very blurry! When the...