Transposable element controls the immune system to favor host survival during virus infection
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered that a particular transposable element, or jumping gene, in the genome has a profound effect on the immune response to virus infection. The findings in mice, published in...
CRISPR Gene Editing Critical to Delivering Off-the-Shelf Cell Therapy
The future of cell therapies should be in off-the-shelf products using multiplex gene editing during the manufacturing process. That’s according to Rachel Haurwitz, PhD, CEO of Caribou Biosciences.
Haurwitz, whose colleague Justin Skoble, PhD, spoke...
20220118 CSL Launches New Unified Global Brand Identity – CSL Limited
MELBOURNE, Australia 11 August 2022 – Global biotech leader CSL today announced that all business units will be united as one family under the CSL global brand.
“As a purpose-driven organization, CSL has delivered biotechnology...
Experimental drug protects mice from sudden death due to blood vessel rupture
An experimental drug therapy protects mice from sudden death due to the rupture of a major blood vessel in the abdomen, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...
Study reveals how the ovarian reserve is established
Fertility is finite for mammalian females. From birth, females possess a limited number of primordial follicles, collectively called the ovarian reserve. Within each follicle is an oocyte that eventually becomes an egg. But with...
Vir Biotechnology Provides Corporate Update and Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results – GlobeNewswire
– More than $2.6 billion in cash, cash equivalents, investments and profit-share payments to be received from GSK expected to fund the company’s ongoing operations and liabilities for up to five years – – Company...
Ultra-Sensitive IL-11 Target Engagement Assay Development
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Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is an interesting and unique pleiotropic cytokine, originally characterized as a hematopoietic cytokine with thrombopoietic activity. Yet...
Sexual dysfunction high among women with lung cancer
Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in women with lung cancer with most survey participants reporting little to no interest in sexual activity, according to research led by Narjust Florez (Duma), MD, associate director for...
Pfizer to Acquire GBT for $5.4B, Adding Sickle Cell Disease Drug and Pipeline
Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) President and CEO Ted W. Love, MD
Pfizer has agreed to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) for $5.4 billion cash, the companies said Monday, in a deal that continues the pharma...
11 measures to gain global biotechnology market share – Tehran Times
TEHRAN - The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology is set to take 11 measures to achieve a 3 percent share of the global biotechnology market.Achieving a 3 percent share of the world market...
