Brain cells beat AI in learning speed and efficiency
Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine learning by comparing how both a Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) system known as 'DishBrain' and state-of-the-art RL...
StockWatch: Sarepta Says Deaths of Two Elevidys Patients Posted on FDA Database Unrelated to...
Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) said Friday that the deaths of two patients taking its marketed gene therapy Elevidys® (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), posted on a public FDA database and reported this past week in an analyst’s...
CRISPR Screen Uncovers How Macrophages Respond to Pathogens
Fighting off pathogens is a tour de force that must happen with speed and precision. A team of researchers at CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and at...
Revolutionizing therapeutic protein design with synthetic biology
In medicine and biotechnology, the ability to evolve proteins with new or improved functions is crucial, but current methods are often slow and laborious. Now, Scripps Research scientists have developed a synthetic biology platform...
10x Genomics Scales Up, Agrees to Acquire Scale Biosciences
10x Genomics is bolstering its commitment to scaling single cell experiments through the acquisition of Scale Biosciences. 10x has agreed to pay $30 million in cash and stock upfront, plus an undisclosed amount in...
Wacker and Gearbox Biosciences Join Forces on Plasmid DNA Manufacturing
Wacker and Gearbox Biosciences agreed to collaborate to advance plasmid DNA manufacturing technologies. By combining Wacker’s expertise in GMP manufacturing of biologics, including pDNA, with Gearbox Bioscience’s solutions for antibiotic-free plasmid proliferation, this collaboration...
AI technology advances early detection of glioblastoma progression
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are tapping the power of artificial intelligence to enhance and accelerate treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. UVA researcher Bijoy Kundu, PhD, and colleagues are developing...
Alzheimer’s Pathology Reversed, Memory Restored with Lithium Compound in Mice
Harvard Medical School researchers studying mice and human tissues have found a link between lithium (Li) deficiency in the brain and the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Headed by Bruce Yankner, MD, PhD, co-director, Paul F....
Low oxygen environment protects brain and restores movement in mice with Parkinson’s
Researchers from the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have shown that a low-oxygen environment - similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp - can protect the brain and restore...
Researchers question the historical basis of ancient psychedelic rituals
A new article in the peer-reviewed journal Psychedelic Medicine takes aim at one of the most influential, and controversial, narratives in comparative psychedelic culture: the idea that ancient Greek mystery rites at Eleusis were fueled by...
