Synthetic molecule Pep19 helps regulate and balance key metabolic functions, study shows
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that the synthetic molecule Pep19 acts on the endocannabinoid system, which helps regulate and balance key metabolic functions, such as appetite,...
Covid possibly came out of a U.S. biotechnology lab, says Columbia professor – Tehran...
TEHRAN – Claiming that Coronavirus might have originated from a U.S. lab, a renowned economist and policy analyst urges the American government to be more transparent about the research it was sponsoring. “The U.S. government...
Eavesdropping on whales in the high Arctic
Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment — the world’s oceans. Researchers use a range of tools to study their whereabouts, including satellite tracking, aerial surveys, sightings and deploying individual...
FG to strengthen farmers’ knowledge on modern biotechnology – Blueprint Newspapers Limited
The federal government said it has become necessary to strengthen the knowledge of farmers, extension agents and religious leaders on the benefit of modern biotechnology.
Speaking at the ‘Community Empowerment through Agricultural Biotechnology:...
Generation of live attenuated influenza A virus vaccine using PROTAC technology
A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines. However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated virus vaccines has often been...
Valued to be $8.4 Billion by 2026, Marine Biotechnology Slated for Robust Growth Worldwide...
SAN FRANCISCO , July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Marine Biotechnology - Global Market Trajectory &...
Brii Biosciences Exercises Option for Vir Biotechnology’s VIR-3434, a Broadly Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Targeting...
Exclusive development and commercialization rights to VIR-3434 in China strengthen Company's leadership and robust clinical pipeline in HBVKey partnership with Vir enables multitude of combination treatment options as part of Company's strategic approach to...
Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth...
Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour – can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and mouth.
Credit: Cameron Raw
Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia –...
UTSW researchers develop rapid COVID-19 test to identify variants in hours
*Click here to watch “The hunt for COVID-19 variants” video
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center
*Click here to watch “The hunt for COVID-19 variants” video
Last year, pathologist Jeffrey SoRelle, M.D., and colleagues developed CoVarScan, a rapid COVID-19...
New screening technique could accelerate and improve mRNA therapies
Therapeutics based on messenger RNA, or mRNA, can potentially treat a wide range of maladies, including cancer, genetic diseases, and as the world has learned in recent years, deadly viruses.
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Therapeutics based...















