Study Predicts BioTech’s Long-Term Impact on Defense – National Defense Magazine

Commentary: Study Predicts BioTech’s Long-Term Impact on Defense 8/1/2022 By Diane DiEuliis, Peter Emanuel and Brian Feeney iStock illustration The Biotechnology Community of Interest released a...

Children who lack sleep may experience detrimental impact on brain and cognitive development that...

Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions responsible for memory, intelligence and well-being compared to those who get the recommended nine...

Common viruses may be triggering the onset of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease can begin almost imperceptibly, often masquerading in the early months or years as forgetfulness that is common in older age. What causes the disease remains largely a mystery. Credit: Tufts University Alzheimer’s disease can...

Get Ready For An Explosion Of Productivity In Biotechnology – Forbes

plant seeding growing step. concept agriculture getty If biotech follows the same arc of growth as agriculture or computer technology, it could transform the world. For all of our shortcomings, humans...

Researchers develop new breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics

The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries. Credit: Credit: Mobility India The new air-powered hand provides a...

Nonfungible tokens may help overcome the ethical challenges for secondary use of biospecimens

JMIR Publications recently published "Nonfungible Tokens as a Blockchain Solution to Ethical Challenges for the Secondary Use of Biospecimens: Viewpoint" in JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology in which the authors discuss how current practices of...

Phage Therapy: Thwarting Antibiotic Resistance and Saving Lives

Martha Clokie, PhDProfessor of MicrobiologyUniversity of Leicester Graham Hatfull, PhDProfessor of BiotechnologyUniversity of Pittsburgh Ivan Liachko, PhDChief Executive OfficerPhase Genomics Phage Therapy: Thwarting Antibiotic Resistance and Saving Lives Broadcast Date: August 17, 2022Time: 11:00 am PT,...

Rare Mutations in CIDEB Gene Protect against Liver Disease

Researchers from the Regeneron Genetics Center® (RGC) say they were able to uncover rare genetic loss-of-function mutations in the CIDEB gene that are associated with substantial protection from liver disease, including serious diseases such...

Peptide Promotes Nervous System Repair in Stroke Animal Models

Agnes (Yu) Luo, PhD. After a stroke, extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules known as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) become barriers to axonal plasticity and precursor cell migration, thwarting nervous system repair. Using a peptide called NVG-291-R...

Modifi Bio comes up with a new technology to combat cancer cells with DNA...

Modifi Biosciences announced today that the journal Science has published a critical study validating the company's novel oncology platform based on new classes of molecules that exploit tumor-associated DNA repair defects through direct cancer...