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...
Alzheimer’s Disease Protein Aggregation Prevented by Cell-Penetrating Peptides
An international research team headed by scientists at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi has developed small proteins called cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), which can prevent formation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) protein aggregates that are...
New tool monitors real time mutations in flu
Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of viruses
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A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help...
Why Puma Biotechnology Is Soaring Today – Motley Fool
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Shares of Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI), a small-cap cancer company, are absolutely on fire this morning. Specifically, the biotech's shares gained as much as 38% right out of the gate Wednesday. Puma's shares are...
Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
New design approach needed to handle impact of climate change
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During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and melt–combined with sudden rainfalls–can lead to bottlenecks...
Tissue-Attaching Parasite-Mimicking Microneedles May Replace Hypodermic Needles
Engineers at Rutgers used 4D printing to create tiny needles that mimic parasites that attach to tissues and could replace hypodermic needles. The team published its study (“4D Printing of a Bioinspired Microneedle Array...
Improving food production with agricultural technology and plant biotechnology; free online course – Mirage...
Learn how to address challenges in growing, harvesting, and processing food and build your knowledge of food production challenges and technology with this Future Learn online course for 16-19 year olds studying biology.
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Coral Reef Research Collection wins $100,000 International Science Prize
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A team of scientific editors has been awarded US $100,000 by Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers in recognition of an outstanding special issue research collection...
Researchers develop an emergency stop switch for CAR T-cell therapies
Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. In recent years, it has proven to be remarkably successful at treating leukemia, lymphoma and other liquid cancers, or cancers...
Ludwig Cancer Research study develops a safer CAR-T therapy
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has devised a new type of chimeric antigen-receptor (CAR) T cell-;a family of promising immunotherapies for cancer- that can be switched on and off on demand. The study, led...
