CRISPR-Based ALS Treatment Being Developed by Scribe and Biogen
Best known for her pioneering work in the discovery of CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, PhD, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, doesn’t stop or, it seems, even slow down. As of yesterday morning, Doudna...
Oral cancer pain may help predict metastasis
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 7 2020
Oral cancer is more likely to spread in patients experiencing high levels of pain, according to a team of researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry...
Multi-center Phase I study of anti-VISTA opens for patient enrollment
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 7 2020
Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) will serve as one of the lead institutions for a new multi-center clinical trial of anti-VISTA, now open and recruiting...
UC Davis School of Medicine and UTHealth get nearly $54 million for dementia research
The grant is largest ever to UC Davis School of Medicine from the NIH
Credit: Copyright UC Regents
A team of brain scientists from UC Davis School of...
CRISPR Pioneers Doudna and Charpentier Win 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD, pioneers in the development of CRISPR technology as a “genetic scissors,” have won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
The award was announced today by the Nobel Prize...
Cyanobacteria as Green Catalysts in Biotechnology – Laboratory Equipment
Cyanobacteria, despite staining water green through their special pigments, are colloquially known as blue-green algae. They convert light energy into chemical energy particularly effectively thanks to their highly active photosynthetic cells. This makes them...
This Biotechnology CEO is Using Advanced Technology to Find Cures For Debilitating Diseases –...
Rapid digitalisation throughout the globe, spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic, is sparking a race among the most forward-looking businesses to innovate and disrupt the way humans live and create new possibilities for the...
Experts Sought for Committee on Quantum Science Applications for Biotechnology – Global Biodefense
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Life Sciences is seeking nominations of experts to help with a new workshop on Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for...
Trump, Biden answer questions on GMOs and biotechnology – – RFD-TV
Biden: Our country’s agricultural sector features the most productive, innovative farmers and scientists in the world. Undertaking continued investment in innovation and technological advances will allow our farmers and ranchers to remain world leaders in...
UQ tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis
Credit: The University of Queensland
Technology that helps to quickly extract and analyse genetic material could be used for cheap, accurate and mobile COVID-19 testing, including at...
