New ISSCR guidance charts path for pluripotent stem cell therapies
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today announced the upcoming release of "Charting the Translational Pathway: ISSCR Best Practices for the Development of Pluripotent Stem Cell (PSC)-Derived Therapies," a new paper highlighting...
How Bird Retinas Function Without Oxygen May Inform Future Stroke Therapies
Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom—function permanently without it. An international research team has now discovered how birds have solved this biological...
Proimmune introduces Mastering Immunity 2026 – Shanghai symposium to address key immunogenicity challenges
ProImmune Ltd, a global leader in immunological reagents and services, announced the launch of Mastering Immunity 2026 - Shanghai, an inaugural symposium in China providing practical, real-world guidance to help drug developers manage immunogenicity...
Nasal Passage Cell Response to Common Cold Virus Determines Sickness Severity
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have demonstrated how the cells lining our nasal passages work together to defend us from infection by rhinoviruses (RVs)—the most frequent cause of the common cold. Studying an...
Scientists discover why patients with chronic kidney disease die of heart problems
Scientists have discovered an answer to the longstanding mystery of why more than half of patients with chronic kidney disease ultimately die of cardiovascular problems: Their kidneys produce a substance that poisons the heart....
StockWatch: Sarepta CEO Defends Elevidys as Q4 Sales Fall Short
SAN FRANCISCO—No sooner did the J.P. Morgan 44th Annual Healthcare Conference kick off when Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) saw its stock skid 11% after the company announced preliminary unaudited 2025 sales results that missed analyst...
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation announces strategic collaboration and partnership with Spear Bio for the...
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is pleased to welcome Spear Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering wash-free ultrasensitive immunoassay technology, to the Bio-Hermes-002 study. This collaboration will enhance this unique, observational platform study that...
Disarming Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Prevent Healing in Chronic Wounds
An international team of scientists, headed by a team at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new way that could speed up the healing of chronic wounds infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Collaborating...
Researchers discover how Mycoplasma pneumoniae acquires cholesterol from human hosts
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections-to obtain cholesterol and other essential lipids directly from the human body....
Study reveals how ketogenic diet protects against epilepsy seizures
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have revealed how the popular, low-carb ketogenic diet protects against epilepsy seizures and possibly neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Keto, as the diet is commonly known,...
