6 expert essays on the future of biotech – World Economic Forum
What exactly is biotechnology, and how could it change our approach to human health?
As the age of big data transforms the potential of this emerging field, members of the World Economic Forum's Global Future...
Going Gray Too Soon? Scientists Say It Really May Be Due to Stress
Stress has long been anecdotally linked with prematurely graying hair. It’s said, for example, that when Marie Antoinette was captured during the French Revolution, her hair turned white overnight. Anecdote this may be, but...
Gene Therapy Discovery Offers Hope for Patients with AMD
Scientists report that they have successfully treated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in mice after finding an unexpected link between the two main forms of the blinding eye disease, the leading cause of vision loss...
New method reveals how giant viruses infect amoeba
Jan 23 2020
Host cells infected with giant viruses behave in a unique manner. To gain deeper insight into the infection mechanism of giant viruses, scientists at Tokyo University of Science developed a specialized algorithm...
Preventing metastasis by stopping cancer cells from making fat
Credit: copy University of Louvain
Olivier Feron, a researcher at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, seeks to understand how metastases form from a tumour. He already demonstrated that the...
Increasing Per Capita Income to Augment Agricultural Biotechnology Market Growth – Dagoretti News
The rising demand for biofuel and transgenic crops, growing population, regulatory support in Brazil and the U.S., and increasing per capita income are driving the agricultural biotechnology market. It generated a revenue of $28.5...
Male fertility after chemotherapy: New questions raised
A pilot study conducted by Canadian researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty
Credit: Géraldine Delbès, INRS
A pilot study conducted by...
New approach for the manufacture of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Jan 22 2020
Akron Biotechnology, a leading supplier of ancillary materials to the regenerative medicine industry, today announces the publication of a white paper proposing a new pragmatic, unified and staged approach for the qualification...
Akron Biotechnology publishes industry-wide recommendations for ATMP ancillary material regulation – P&T Community
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Akron Biotechnology, a leading supplier of ancillary materials to the regenerative medicine industry, today announces the publication of a white paper proposing a new pragmatic, unified...
3i Establishes a Single-Use Bioprocessing Platform
Officials at the 3i Group report that they have established a single-use bioprocessing platform serving the biopharmaceutical sector with the acquisitions of Cellon, Silicone Altimex, and TBL Performance Plastics. Cellon, based in Luxembourg, and...
