New insights into SARS-CoV-2 viral diversity
The first comprehensive, large-scale analysis available on the preprint server bioRxiv* attempted to identify specific genomic signatures of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains within and across individual hosts – revealing recombination...
A lost world and extinct ecosystem
Credit: Erich Fisher
Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world’s richest records for the behavioral and cultural origins of our species....
In Vaccine Design, Artificial Proteins Start Mimicking Real Immunogens
Proteins designed from the ground up are usually too regular and continuous to be useful in vaccine design, which must grapple with irregular and discontinuous epitopes, that is, the complex antigenic features that are...
Biotechnology Innovation Organization taps new CEO – POLITICO – Politico
With David Beavers and Daniel Lippman
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION TAPS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE: The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, a trade group that counts leading pharmaceutical companies among its members, has tapped Michelle McMurry-Heath as its next...
Global Animal Biotechnology Industry Assessment 2018-2028 – Molecular Diagnostics in Animals, Biotechnology-based Veterinary Medicine,...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Animal Biotechnology - Technologies, Markets and Companies" report from Jain PharmaBiotech has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Share of biotechnology-based products and services in 2018 is analyzed and the market is projected...
WPI receives NSF Grant to study how coronavirus pandemic impacts student learning
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 13 2020
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers with expertise in fields ranging from psychology to architectural engineering will use a $199,999 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study...
Humpback whales may risk collision with vessels in the Magellan Strait
Credit: J.J. Capella
Every summer (November-April), the Magellan Strait in the southwestern part of Chile becomes a popular feeding area for migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The...
Key Element Involved in Innate Immune Signaling Identified
Researchers from the lab of Giulio Superti-Furga, PhD, at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, say they have identified a new key...
PDS Biotechnology Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter 2020 and Provides Business Update...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel cancer therapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® T-cell activating...
COVID-19 has magnified health disparities among vulnerable population
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 12 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on underserved and vulnerable populations, including persons of color, is addressed in a new roundtable discussion in Health Equity, a peer-reviewed open access journal.
The...
