StockWatch: Layoffs Fail to Lift Novartis
One likely reason why Novartis’ stock didn’t tank any worse was because investors had come to expect the magnitude of the layoffs—part of a global restructuring that is intended to save the pharma giant...
Richmond-base biotechnology company wins award – WWBT
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond-based BioMech Health, a biotechnology company, recently won the “Best Overall Biometric Solution” in the fifth annual AI Breakthrough Awards.The awards “recognize innovation across a range of AI and machine...
Harnessing Bacteria to Make Jet Fuel: Not Just An “Explosive Idea?”
Rocketry, aviation, and shipping are powered by energy-dense fossil fuels that are hard to replace. Researchers headed by a team at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the Technical University Denmark now report that they...
Single-Cell Functional Proteome Profiling Uncovers Novel Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease
Most existing single-cell protein analysis methods can analyze about a dozen proteins at a time when the execution of nearly every conceivable cellular function depends on a complex and diverse proteome.
A new microchip assay...
Mosquitoes Find Humans Infected with Zika or Dengue Viruses More Attractive
Flaviviruses, such as dengue and Zika, rely on mosquitoes for transmission. In addition, host-seeking activity of the mosquitoes is essential for viral transmission. Now, researchers have uncovered that the viruses have a mechanism to...
Hearing better with skin than ears
“Hey, Siri, how’s the weather today?” Voice recognition technology is increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, from asking trivial questions, playing music, sending text messages to controlling GPS navigation systems. It is a convenient...
Crystal structure of a human endogenous reverse transcriptase revealed
The crystal structure of a human endogenous reverse transcriptase has similarities to HIV reverse transcriptase, a well-known tractable drug target, which will help design drugs to treat cancer and other diseases, according to a...
New signaling molecule may offer a therapeutic treatment for common form of hair loss
University of California, Irvine-led researchers have discovered that a signaling molecule called SCUBE3 potently stimulates hair growth and may offer a therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia, a common form of hair loss in both...
Beyond CRISPR: Precision Bio Lands Up-to-$1.5B Editing Deal with Novartis
Precision has agreed to develop for Novartis a single custom ARCUS sequence-specific DNA-cutting enzyme, or nuclease, designed to insert in vivo, a therapeutic transgene at an undisclosed “safe harbor” location in the genome where...
Review sheds light on the emergence and detection of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols
Bioaerosols, or airborne biological particles containing viruses, fungal spores, bacteria, and pollen, play a key role in public health. Antibiotic resistance (AR), caused by antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), could potentially cause global public health...
