Russian scientists create humanized mice to test drugs and vaccines for COVID-19
Following the recent Coronavirus outbreak, almost three million people have been infected worldwide, whereas the death toll has already passed the 200,000 mark, according to official reports.
Meanwhile, a vaccine remains to be found, and...
‘Unnecessary’ genetic complexity: A spanner in the works?
Overlapping versions of our entire genetic history, present in every cell, complicate the delivery of precision medicine, researchers find
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University
HAMILTON, ON, May 4,...
As FDA OKs Emergency Use, Gilead Commits to “Millions More” Remdesivir Treatment Courses in...
Gilead Sciences chairman and CEO Daniel O’Day
Gilead Sciences has committed to producing “millions more” treatment courses of its COVID-19 treatment remdesivir in 2021 “if required,” after the FDA granted the drug emergency use authorization...
Discovery heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 3 2020
Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack - and it heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics.
The researchers from...
AI-supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progression
Credit: UCL/Western Eye Hospital
A new test can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method, according to results from a UCL-sponsored clinical...
SLIIT Biotechnology programme encourages opportunities surrounding agricultural life sciences post COVID-19 – Sunday Observer
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has resulted in grave implications for the nation’s population resulting in not only a health crisis but also a threat to food security in the long term.
To overcome future adverse...
Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress
This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.
Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura
Researchers at Nagoya University have discovered a neural...
VAST Ambition When It Comes To Data Storage
The developer of an all-flash data storage platform—the world’s first to use quad-level cell optimized flash architecture—says it will use the new funding to expand operations overseas, grow its workforce, and step up development...
Is Medmira Inc (MMIRF) a Winner or a Loser in the Biotechnology Industry? –...
Medmira Inc (MMIRF) is around the bottom of the Biotechnology industry according to InvestorsObserver. MMIRF received an overall rating of 0, which means that it scores higher than 0 percent of all stocks. Medmira...
Blood Clotting Patterns in Lungs of COVID-19 Patients May Help Explain Apparent Differences in...
A study in Ireland has found that some Caucasian patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 develop a form of abnormal blood clotting that can contribute to death. The study, carried out by clinician scientists at...
