Research identifies ways to prevent coronavirus spread to the nervous system
A number of studies have shown that human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19, appear to attack neurons and the nervous system in vulnerable populations. This neuroinvasion through the nasal cavity leads to the...
Zombie Genes Lurch into Action in Postmortem Brain
In the brain, death doesn’t occur all at once, certainly not at the transcriptional level. And it doesn’t happen uniformly. Although the transcription of most genes gradually winds down, the transcription of some genes...
IONTAS identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies
IONTAS Limited (IONTAS) and FairJourney Biologics S.A (FJB)., leaders in the discovery and optimization of fully human antibodies, have announced the identification of neutralizing antibodies, which bind to multiple emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The results,...
Highly sensitive DNA nanosensor can accurately detect lethal superbugs
Mar 23 2021
The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,” which can cause severe life-threatening infections that must be diagnosed and treated early on. However, antibiotic...
Novel thermometer can accelerate quantum computer development
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a novel type of thermometer that can simply and quickly measure temperatures during quantum calculations with extremely high accuracy.
Credit: Claudia Castillo Moreno/Chalmers University of...
New method could drive down the production cost of antibodies
Antibody injections are a highly desirable treatment for people with chronic diseases such as cancer, psoriasis, Crohn's disease and arthritis. And recently, antibodies have been in the news as a promising treatment for severe...
RedHill provides opaganib treatment under compassionate use exemption for Swiss COVID-19 patients
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has acted on a request to provide opaganib treatment on an outpatient basis under compassionate use exemption for several...
Anima Biotech Heads for the Light with Up-to-$2.4B Takeda Partnership
Anima specializes in treating targets long viewed as “undruggable” by targeting cellular mechanisms that regulate mRNA translation of proteins with specific biological roles in coordinating and regulating translation of individual mRNAs and pathways ....
Breakthrough Bottlenecks: Deploying Cell Therapies Like 5G And The Case For Biotechnology Infrastructure –...
To ensure equitable access to cutting edge gene and cell therapies, President Biden must place biomedical manufacturing infrastructure on the same investment “playing field” as technology infrastructure. An...
Sugarcane Biotechnology: Enhancing Crop Productivity, Key Challenges and much more – Krishi Jagran
Sugarcane More than a Sugar Plantation:
Whenever we speak of sugarcane, we immediately think of table sugar, the most common sweetener, also known chemically...
