Trial results show efficacy of netakimab for treating moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
Netakimab is a humanized anti-interleukin 17A antibody approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
Phase three clinical trial PATERA evaluated the effects of netakimab on signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, including disease activity,...
Next-generation sequencing of COVID-19 virus offers powerful metagenomic data
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jun 4 2020
Next-generation sequencing of the COVID-19 virus is providing powerful metagenomic data, which, combined with clinical data, will inform the search for effective treatments, as reported in the peer-reviewed...
High blood pressure linked to increased risk of dying from COVID-19
Credit: European Heart Journal
Patients with raised blood pressure have a two-fold increased risk of dying from the coronavirus COVID-19 compared to patients without high blood pressure,...
Impact of race on biotechnology – Innovators Magazine
Racism is a crime against humanity. The ruthless killing last week of George Floyd in Minnesota is a tragedy that should never have happened, my heart goes out to his loved ones. This is...
Codiak BioSciences and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Candidate: Vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2
Category: VAX
Type: Integrated exosome-based vaccine aimed at inducing broad neutralizing antibody and antigen-specific T cell protection in the lung and other mucosal surfaces, based on Codiak’s exoVACC platform.
Status: Codiak said June...
AFFiRiS announces preclinical results of monoclonal antibody mAB C6-17 in Huntington’s
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jun 3 2020
AFFiRiS, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel disease-modifying specific active immunotherapies (SAITs), today announced that detailed preclinical results with its monoclonal antibody mAB C6-17 to treat Huntington's Disease...
Larger streams are critical for wild brook trout conservation
Credit: Shannon White, Penn State
The Latin name for brook trout — Salvelinus fontinalis — means “speckled fish of the fountains,” but a new study by Penn...
Proscia’s Concentriq Digital Pathology Software Has Been Deployed By UNITY Biotechnology to Accelerate Research...
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proscia®, a leading provider of AI-enabled digital pathology solutions, today announced that UNITY Biotechnology, Inc., a company developing therapeutics to extend health span by slowing, halting, or reversing diseases of aging, has deployed...
Human Mini Livers Function in Rat Recipients
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created functional mini livers that contain liver, vascular, and bile duct cell types generated from human skin cell-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The...
KinaRx receives SBIR grant to speed up clinical trials for AML and other diseases
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, is one of the most lethal cancers. More than 19,000 new cases are diagnosed a year, and more than 11,000 people a year die from it,...
