High-throughput screening of AAV vector capsid libraries reveals unexpected insights
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Mar 18 2020
Researchers have used high-throughput screening of adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector capsid libraries to maximize the likelihood of obtaining AAV variants with desired properties. As a result of these...
Ball-and-chain inactivation of ion channels visualized by cryo-electron microscopy
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Crina Nimigean.
Ion channels, which allow potassium and sodium ions to flow in and out of cells, are crucial in neuronal ‘firing’...
Industry Breakdown: Where Does Ibio Inc (IBIO) Stock Fall in the Biotechnology Field? –...
Ibio Inc (IBIO) is near the middle in its industry group according to InvestorsObserver. IBIO gets an overall rating of 57. That means it scores higher than 57 percent of stocks. Ibio Inc gets...
Obesity Linked to Protein Involved in Controlling Fatty Acid Uptake
Researchers at the Max Delbrueck Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine have identified a protein that appears to be involved in controlling the cellular uptake of fatty acids by fat cells, and which may play...
Vaxxas’ novel high-density microarray patch can deliver vaccines safely and effectively
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Mar 17 2020
Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccination platform, today announced the publication in the journal PLoS Medicine of groundbreaking clinical research indicating the broad immunological and...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continues
Credit: Health Perspectives Group
70% have concerns that COVID-19 will hurt...
Coronavirus Turmoil Throws Biotechnology IPOs Into Question – The Wall Street Journal
Turmoil stemming from the novel coronavirus threatens to slow biotechnology startups’ march onto the public markets and constrict a critical source of capital for young drugmakers.
Drug startups for most of the past several years...
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical and Insilico Medicine announce cancer drug discovery collaboration
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Mar 16 2020
Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tide), a subsidiary of Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited, and Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing end-to-end drug discovery pipelines, announced today that they...
Anesthesia standards for coronavirus-infected patients requiring emergency surgery
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Mar 16 2020
Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for patients with COVID-19 infection requiring emergency surgery to minimize the risk of virus spread and reduce lung injury in...
To Develop Coronavirus Treatment, Lilly Taps AbCellera Antibody Platform
Ester Falconer, PhD, AbCellera’s Head of Research & Development
Within a week of receiving a blood sample from one of the first U.S. patients to recover from COVID-19, AbCellera, a Canadian therapeutic antibody developer, put...
