UNITY Biotechnology to Participate in the Goldman Sachs 41st Annual Global Healthcare Conference –...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNITY Biotechnology (“UNITY”) , a biotechnology company developing therapeutics to extend healthspan by slowing, halting or reversing diseases of aging, today announced that members of its...
Clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine starts in Australia
Over 100 candidate vaccines are being explored as a means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight of these have already made it to clinical trials in humans, and another 94 are in the pre-clinical...
COVID-19 Mouse CRISPR Engineered to Recapitulate Human COVID-19
Human cells and mice cells each express their own version of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the membrane-bound receptor that serves as a convenient means of ingress for SARS-CoV-2. Because human ACE2 happens to...
Study shows domestic violence reports on the rise as COVID-19 keeps people at home
UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows traffic stops and burglaries declining
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A UCLA-led research team has found an increase in the...
Vir Biotechnology Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of VIR-3434 for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of VIR-3434, an investigational monoclonal antibody that neutralizes hepatitis B virus...
Research could help identify disturbances in the body’s copper metabolism
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 26 2020
In biology it is well-known that every living organism is triggered by the hereditary material or DNA that encodes various protein molecules, which in turn perform all the...
What do ants and light rays have in common when they pass through lenses?
Credit: Choi J, Lim H, Song W., Cho H., Kim HY, Lee SI, Jablonski PG.[(b, c, e, f are adapted and modified from Choi et al. (2020)) (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65245-0)…
CRISPR: A New Break in the GPCR Drug Development Pipeline
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) remain one of the most pharmacologically successful drug targets, with 35% of all commercial drugs and 19% of newly approved drugs targeting this protein superfamily.1 Despite the continued importance of...
Best biotech stocks to buy, according to Credit Suisse – CNBC
A technician prepares a flow cell slide for loading onto a genetic sequencing machine at a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals laboratory in Tarrytown, N.Y.
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CAO Change of Mind: Why study Biotechnology? – The Irish Times
Biotechnology will play a crucial role in developing and delivering therapies, vaccines and antibody tests as well as diagnosing diseases.
So what would a career in biotechnology look like? We spoke to Professor Greg Foley,...
