Experimental Compound Revives Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice

An international research team has described a potential new approach to holding back the loss of cognitive function that occurs with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which uses a synthetic compound to boost protein synthesis in...

CoCID project aims to develop soft X-ray microscope for visualizing cellular origin of diseases

CoCID (Compact Cell Imaging Device), a €5.7 million, four-year, pan-European research and innovation project, funded through Horizon 2020, has officially commenced. CoCID is focused on the development of a soft X-ray-based methodology that enables...

Remyelinating drug could improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis

UC Riverside-led mouse study stresses MS treatment should be started early Credit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A team led by a biomedical scientist at the...

Minneapolis biotechnology firm saw dividends on growth – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Bio-Techne, the Minneapolis-based maker of tools and test reagents for biological research and clinical tests, reported a 50% increase in adjusted quarterly earnings, with very little of the bump because of COVID-19. It was...

“GEN Edge Live” Offers Timely, Topical Business Slant on Biopharma

“GEN Edge Live” will be an important new component of GEN Edge, the premium content tier of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. “GEN Edge Live” is produced by Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, and...

New gold-nanoparticle probes for target identification of bioactive small molecules

The development of pharmaceutical treatments is difficult -- clinicians and researchers know a certain drug can regulate particular functions, but they might not know how it actually works. Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture...

Halved risk for severe retinal disease in extremely premature infants

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Risk for a severe form of retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in extremely premature babies, was halved when the newborns...

Sangamo CEO Ponders Pipeline, Reflects on Phase III ‘Proud Moment’

Sangamo’s hemophilia A gene therapy giroctocogene fitelparvovec, now overseen by Pfizer, leads a pipeline of 17 wholly-owned and partnered genomic medicines—four in clinical phases; the rest, preclinical . . . The post Sangamo CEO Ponders...

Updates from Johnson County Community College: Developing the future with biotechnology – Shawnee Mission...

Johnson County Community College is a great place for students to begin their educational journey and discover unique career paths. For example, introductory science courses at JCCC open the door to opportunities in specialized...

69% reservation for biotechnology courses .. Demand for MK Stalin | MK Stalin demands...

Chennai oi-Vishnupriya R | Published: Sunday, January 31, 2021, 22:42 Chennai: DMK leader MK Stalin has demanded that the BJP government...