PerkinElmer, Sonora Quest Labs Expand COVID-19 Testing in Arizona
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey
PerkinElmer is partnering with Sonora Quest Laboratories on an expansion of COVID-19 testing in Arizona, funded in part by the state of Arizona—which has acknowledged spikes in cases of the virus...
Biognosys Announces Strategic Agreement with Siemens Healthineers
Biognosys, a leader in next-generation proteomics solutions for drug discovery and development, announces today that it has established a strategic agreement with Siemens Healthineers, a global medical technology company, through its clinical laboratory in...
Study shows persistence of gender bias by patients in the health care environment
A new study has shown that patients are significantly more likely to correctly identify male physicians and female nurses, demonstrating continuing gender bias in the health care environment. These lingering perceptions may slowly be...
Genetically engineered mosquitoes halt Dengue spread
A new study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens in January 2020 reports the development of mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to resist infection by several types of the dengue virus. This is...
Beam Therapeutics, Base Editing Drug Developer, Raises $180M in IPO
Beam Therapeutics CEO John Evans and co-founders David Liu, PhD, Keith Joung, MD, PhD, and Feng Zhang, PhD. Beam Therapeutics enjoyed a successful Wall Street debut Thursday, as the first base editing treatments developer...
Are you using antihistamines properly?
Antihistamines can be helpful during spring allergy season and as COVID vaccines roll out, for which rashes are common
Credit: McMaster University
Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2021) –...
New natural extract inhibits the development of diabetic nephropathy
A team of researchers have published in the Journal of Cellular Physiology that a new natural extract is able to inhibit the development of diabetic nephropathy, a kidney disease that is increasing in incidence...
New insights into the genomic landscape of meningiomas identified FGFR3 in a subset of...
The identification of oncogenic mutations has provided further insights into the tumorigenesis of meningioma and the possibility of targeted therapy
Credit: Malak Abedalthagafi, email: malthagafi@kfmc.med.sa
The identification of oncogenic...
Biotechnology ETF (IBB) Hits New 52-Week High – Nasdaq
For investors seeking momentum, iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) is probably on radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up about 34.3% from its 52-week low price of $89.01/share.
But are more gains in...
Cell Membrane’s Cheek-to-Cheek Proteins ID’d with Extra-Tight Proximity Labeling
Heaven, they’re in heaven,
And their hearts beat so that they can hardly speak
And they seem to find the happiness they seek
When they’re in the membrane, signaling, cheek to cheek
The lyrics above, with apologies to...
