Base Editing Shows Promise for Progeria in Mouse Model

A new study published in Nature provides further validation for the therapeutic potential of base editing, a relatively new genome editing technology developed by David Liu, PhD, and colleagues at the Broad Institute, Harvard...

Biotechnology budget rises almost 50% – Tehran Times

TEHRAN – The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starting on March 20) has proposed 4 trillion rials (around $95 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) for biotechnology, a...

Understanding disease-induced microbial shifts may reveal new crop management strategies

Credit: Dr. Nichole Ginnan While humanity is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the citrus industry is trying to manage its own devastating disease, Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as...

Puma Biotechnology to Present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks3 Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices; Analysts Say ‘Buy’A new year, a new addition to the stock portfolio – what can make more sense than that? The right time to buy, of course, is...

The Discovery Labs as a Cell and Gene Therapy Superstore

Dana Cipriano Just northwest of Philadelphia in King of Prussia, PA, academic scientists, startups, and big pharma can explore an array of analytical bioprocessing assays at The Discovery Labs. Dana Cipriano, vice president of testing...

Loss of critical enzymatic processes can increase bone fracture risk

A loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person's risk of bone fracture. This new insight was recently published in eLife by an international team of scientists and engineers led by...

Bacteriophage has important role in agriculture and aquaculture

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publications New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2021–Crop plants and animals can be infected by bacterial pathogens that reduce yield, cause food wastage,...

Bacteriophage Has Important Role in Agriculture and Aquaculture – Mirage News

Crop plants and animals can be infected by bacterial pathogens that reduce yield, cause food...

Tissue healing after brain injury could spur tumor growth

The healing process that follows a brain injury could spur tumor growth when new cells generated to replace those lost to the injury are derailed by mutations, Toronto scientists have found. A brain injury...

New Therapeutic Target Discovered for Chromosomally Unstable Tumors

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York have discovered a critical mechanism that allows cancer cells to grow in an inflammatory environment. ENPP1, a highly accessible molecule on the surface of cancer...