WPI researchers awarded NIH funding to develop computational models for human cell division
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 9 2020
Two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have been awarded $917,999 by the National Institutes of Health to develop computational models for the study of a critical piece...
Immune-evading variants can emerge in SARS-CoV-2, researchers warn
An international team of researchers has shown that a mutation within severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – enables the pathogen to evade...
Nothing but the truth in the fight against cancer
Credit: Department of Systems BioMedicine, TMDU
Tokyo, Japan – The development and progression of cancer is a complicated process that occurs when cells in the body grow...
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in first analysis, company reports...
“I would say it’s a historical moment. Something like this has never happened before. First of all, the world was faced with such a terrible situation, the pandemic, and being able in such a...
Herpes Virus Vaccine Shows Promise in Preclinical Study
A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus (HSV) has outperformed a leading vaccine candidate in a new preclinical study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati, Northwestern University, and the University of...
Migration and molt affect how birds change their colors
Credit: Eric Liffmann
In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, winging their way toward their wintering grounds.
Before the journey,...
How cell processes round up and dump damaged proteins
UMass Amherst research chemists discover cells’ unexpected clean-up techniques
Credit: UMass Amherst/Strieter lab
AMHERST, Mass. – In a new paper with results that senior author Eric Strieter at...
Iran FM Visits Cuban Medical, Biotechnology Centres in Havana Trip – Iran Front Page...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited two medical and pharmaceutical research centres in the Cuban capital of Havana on Friday.
Zarif, who is on an official visit to Cuba, visited the country’s Centre for...
Erbi Biosystems Raises $3.8M to Expand Technology Platform
Erbi Biosystems raised $3.8 million in a financing round led by Jaguar Biotech.
“This new funding allows us to expand manufacturing, sales, and support of our existing 2mL, TruePerfusion BreezTM bioreactor, while also funding further...
Bharat Biotech – COVAXIN™
Candidate: COVAXIN
Category: VAX
Type: Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine with alum as adjuvant
Status: COVAXIN could be launched as early as February 2021, months ahead of schedule, based on the success of late-stage trials that began in November 2020 a...
