Rats can learn to navigate by watching their friends, helping us learn more about...
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the ‘internal GPS’ of animals and humans, by investigating whether rats can learn spaces just by observation. In a new study published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,...
Pfizer to Acquire GBT for $5.4B, Adding Sickle Cell Disease Drug and Pipeline
Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) President and CEO Ted W. Love, MD
Pfizer has agreed to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) for $5.4 billion cash, the companies said Monday, in a deal that continues the pharma...
Fat to Brain Communications Clarified
Nobel laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and neuroscience professor at Scripps, Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, is a co-senior author of the study.
Scientists at Scripps Research Institute have discovered sensory neurons near the spine that...
Microplastics are associated with the biological risks of water-borne viral transmission
Microplastics are not just tiny particles that can be ingested, they can also carry viruses, a University of Queensland study has revealed. The study, led by Associate Prof Jianhua Guo and Dr Ji Lu...
MGI’s Innovative Technologies Is Enabling Sequencing of First Plant Species in The African BioGenome...
From MGISep 18 2023
Cape Town, South Africa, 13 September2023 – MGI, a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, is delighted to support The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), launched...
Mastering In-Process Attribute Monitoring in Biopharmaceutical Development
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Broadcast Date: January 30, 2024Time: 8:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 17:00 CET In process monitoring is important for optimizing cell culture conditions such as nutrient concentrations, cell viability, and metabolite production as...
New cybersecurity center to protect grids integrated with renewables, microgrids
AMES, Iowa – Bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises all kinds of “internet-of-things” issues, said Iowa State University’s Manimaran Govindarasu.
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University.
AMES, Iowa – Bringing renewable energy to...
CRISPR Screen Broadens and Quickens Study of Gene Function across Cell Types
A new CRISPR screen method developed at Scripps Research has the potential to improve studies into the genetic underpinnings of human diseases and disorders. The method was outlined in Cell, in a paper titled,...
Top 10 Best-Selling Gene Therapies
With apologies to Charles Dickens, the market for gene therapies can be summed up as being in “the best and worst of times.”
On the best side, five gene therapy developers have raised a combined...
Patient Biopsy Screening Platform Identifies Potential Drug Candidates against Brain Metastases
Researchers at the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Spain have designed a screening platform, called METPlatform, which allows researchers to use patients’ own tumor tissue for testing whether drugs might be used to...
