IU School of Medicine wins $12.3 million grant for research into opioid addiction treatment
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 17 2020
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are testing use of tezampanel, a novel antagonist at glutamate receptors that could treat opioid withdrawal syndrome and other addictions and...
Rapid 90-minute COVID-19 test shown to be highly accurate
A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100% specificity in a new study
Credit: Thomas Angus/Imperial College London
A 90-minute...
Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG extends Series A financing – European Biotechnology News
Swiss auto-immunity specialist Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG has received CHF14m from HBM Healthcare Investments.
HBM Healthcare’s CHF14m investment brings Polyneuron Pharmaceuticals AG’s Series A round to a total of CHF 36.5m. Upon the financing, Dr Emil...
British-made surgical PPE device rolls out free to NHS
Newly-developed SNAP device that protects surgeons performing nasal endoscopies rolling out free to NHS after rapid design and manufacture
Credit: Endoscope-i
An innovative device designed to stop patients...
Immune Cell Signaling to the Brain Regulates Anxiety-Like Behaviors
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have made the surprising finding that specific cells of the immune system can affect both mind and body. Their research in mice demonstrated that...
How a giant short-faced bear reached the California Channel Islands
Credit: Excerpted from Figure 2, from: Mychajliw et al. 2020. Biogeographic problem-solving reveals the Late Pleistocene translocation of a short-faced bear to the California Channel Islands. Scientific Reports, http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71572-z….
AI and machine learning tools can help separate COVID-related claims
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 16 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, researchers have published hundreds of papers each week reporting their findings - many of which have not undergone a thorough...
A month after losing its lead program, Unity Biotechnology cuts 30% of staff in...
Unity Biotechnology’s lead anti-aging program faced the chopping block last month following a major Phase II flop. And now, 30% of its staff are next, as the company restructures to focus on ophthalmology and...
Two Seqs Are Better Than One: Gathering Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Data from a Single...
The ability to analyze the levels of gene expression within a single-cell has revolutionized the understanding of biology in fields from cancer to neuroscience. Since the first single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) study was published over...
Ocean algae get ‘coup de grace’ from viruses
Viruses don’t immediately kill algae but live in harmony with them
Credit: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle & Christien Laber, Rutgers University
Scientists have...
