What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answers

Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in a new comparative study.  Credit: Image courtesy of Scott Williams, NYU’s...

Should You Invest in the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB)? – Yahoo Finance

Launched on 02/05/2001, the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Healthcare - Biotech segment of the equity market.An increasingly popular option...

Vir Biotechnology to Participate in the 42nd Annual Cowen – GlobeNewswire

SAN FRANCISCO, March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that the Company will participate in an infectious disease panel discussion at the 42nd Annual Cowen Healthcare Conference on...

Syndesi swallowed by Abbvie – European Biotechnology News

AbbVie has completed the acquisition of Syndesi Therapeutics SA, which will help to expand AbbVie's neuroscience portfolio. Originally, Belgian Syndesi was created in 2017 through a partnership between UCB Biopharma SRL...

Mammoths, meet the metaverse

Los Angeles, CA (March 2, 2022) — Fearsome dire wolves and saber-toothed cats no longer prowl around La Brea Tar Pits, but thanks to new research, anyone can bring these extinct animals back to...

Key Insights into Overcoming mRNA Process Challenges

Sponsored content brought to you by As the COVID-19 pandemic began to wreak havoc on the world in 2020, the biopharmaceutical industry started working tirelessly to develop a vaccine to stop this global threat. Emerging...

INTEGRA’s VOYAGER offers effective pipetting for plant-based transient expression and bacteriocin testing applications

Researchers at NOMAD Bioscience GmbH, a German R&D company specializing in plant biotechnology, are taking advantage of the remarkable liquid handling capabilities of INTEGRA’s VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette for the preparation and dispensing...

PDS Biotechnology to Present at the 32nd Oppenheimer Annual – GlobeNewswire

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel cancer therapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® and Infectimune™...

Noble False Widow Spider captures bats in the attic

Scientists from the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding on a protected species of Pipistrelle bats in the UK. Credit: NUI Galway Scientists from the...

Study reveals how the immune system can be triggered to attack cancer cells

New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune system can be triggered to attack cancer cells. The research, published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation,...