USDA Announces Proposal to Regulate Agricultural Animal Biotechnology – Lexology
On December 21, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to seek comment on a contemplated regulatory framework that, if finalized, would transition to USDA...
Gelatin hydrogel can be used in trophoblast spheroid motility assays, shows study
Trophoblast cells, which surround the developing blastocyst in early pregnancy, play an important role in implantation in the uterine wall. A new multidimensional model of trophoblast motility that utilizes a functionalized hydrogel is described...
Thymus gland works to prevent miscarriage, diabetes in pregnant women
An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent miscarriage and...
Study uncovers a new paradigm for the role of the thymus in pregnancy
How the immune system adapts to pregnancy has puzzled researchers for decades. An international team of researchers, including scientists from IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – has...
Novel Mutation in Rare Dementia Informs Alzheimer’s Therapeutics
Mutations in the gene CSF-1R have been linked to a rare form of dementia called leukoencephalopathy, which may help develop therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease.
These findings are reported in the article, “Attenuated CSF-1R signaling drives...
Scientists Develop Novel Class of Antibiotic against Wide Range of Bacteria
Wistar Institute scientists have designed a new class of antimicrobial compound, which, they claim, uniquely combines direct antibiotic killing of pan drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria, with a simultaneous rapid immune response for combating antimicrobial resistance...
Combinatorial Immunotherapy Approaches for Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors have significantly improved the survival of patients with various types of cancers, yet most advanced cancer patients...
Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals how ecDNA forms and drives cancer drug resistance
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DECEMBER 23, 2020, NEW YORK – Researchers led by Ludwig San Diego Member Don Cleveland and Peter Campbell of the Sanger Center have...
SARS-CoV-2 infection shown to reduce the expression of vitamin D pathway components
A recent computational study from India implicated a dysregulated vitamin D pathway in the pathobiology of the infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – and opened the door for experimental...
Building the Pipeline: Passage Bio Launches Manufacturing Operations
Gene therapy developers have been ringing out 2020 with a series of announcements about new manufacturing facilities, or at least production agreements with CDMOs. Thermo Fisher will build at its campus in Carlsbad, CA,...
