Researchers use precision medicine strategy to identify a new genetic skeletal disorder
Researchers of the "Cell Biology and Physiology-LABRET" group of the University of Malaga (UMA), together with the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), have described a new genetic skeletal disorder...
Three of a Kind: New Study Grades Methods to Assess Off-Target CRISPR Edits
Scientists at CRISPR Therapeutics have compared three commonly used methods to detect off-target gene editing activity of the CRISPR-Cas9 machinery and found them to be equally adept, although each had its own strengths and...
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains remarkably conserved among 37 variants from Hong Kong
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to intensify in many parts of the world, vaccine development is proceeding apace. Indeed, the earliest approved vaccines are now being administered to hundreds of thousands...
Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery Systems – GlobeNewswire
New York, Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery Systems" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05999206/?utm_source=GNW The report includes analysis of leading and emerging...
Biotechnology Industry Desperately Needs Technologists, Data Experts – Dice Insights
The world of biotechnology is increasingly driven by data. As the number of biotech companies continues to grow, so does this industry’s need for data scientists, data analysts, and other technologists. According to the Bureau...
Short term “prehabilitation” strength exercises, undertaken pre-surgery, do not prevent muscle loss
Older adults about to undergo elective surgery should undertake a sustained program of targeted exercise beforehand to counteract the muscle-wasting effects of bedrest, new research suggests. A study published by researchers in the University...
How a risky bet on experimental biotechnology led to a COVID-19 vaccine – 60...
More than 15,000 of our family members, friends and neighbors fell to the coronavirus this past week. So we could almost hear a national sigh of relief when the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, started delivering...
Study sheds new light on how the brain distinguishes speech from noise
Researchers provide the first physiological evidence that a foundational center of the brain influences how sound is processed, identify a previously unknown neural circuit
Credit: Chao Zhang, Nichole L. Beebe, Brett R. Schofield, Michael Pecka...
Plants can be larks or night owls just like us
Credit: Earlham Institute
Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in humans, according to new research that explores the genes governing circadian rhythms...
ICE investigation led to seizure of 2 fraudulent websites purporting to be biotechnology companies...
BALTIMORE– Following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced today the seizure of two domain names, “mordernatx.com”...
