MDI Biological Laboratory to expand innovative data literacy program
Grant will support study of seasonal variations of arsenic in well water
Jane E. Disney, Ph.D., is the leader of the innovative SEPA (Science Education Partnership Award) program at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar...
Building Bio in the Big Apple
Nancy J. Kelley, JD, president and CEO of Nancy J Kelley + Associates, discusses NYC Builds Bio+, and New York City’s growing life sciences community, in an interview with GEN Edge . . .
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The Outlook for 2020 and Beyond
The crystal ball has had its ups and downs as a means of divination. Although it was esteemed by the Druids and other ancient peoples, the crystal ball fell into disrepute during the Middle...
Super-Resolution Microscopy Comes into Focus
In decades past, researchers and scientists have been constrained by an optical resolution limit—defined over 140 years ago—that established the maximum resolution of an optical system of 200 nm in the XY direction. This...
Antabio SAS advances cystic fibrosis programme – European Biotechnology
Antabio SAS has got a US-$4.4m tranche from CARB-X to advance preclinical development of its P. aeruginosa treatment in Cystic Fibrosis patients
Antabio said it will use the second tranche of a 2017 CARB-X grant...
The Outlook for 2020 and Beyond – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The crystal ball has had its ups and downs as a means of divination. Although it was esteemed by the Druids and other ancient peoples, the crystal ball fell into disrepute during the Middle...
Sustainable supply of minerals and metals key to a low-carbon energy future
Credit: University of Sussex.
The global low-carbon revolution could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are put in place to ensure a sustainable...
China and Cuba unveil joint biotechnology innovation center – Prensa Latina
Beijing, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) China and Cuba completed the assembly of their first joint biotechnology innovation center, built in the central province of Hunan with equipment and laboratories designed by specialists from the...
Systematically Prioritizing Candidates in Genome-Based Drug Repurposing
Drug repurposing is the practice of developing approved drugs for uses in new, unexplored indications.1 Repurposing initiatives have seen major growth in recent years, partially energized by the industrial undertaking of repurposing projects in parallel...
Intravenous administration boosts protective power of TB vaccine
Worldwide, more people die from tuberculosis (TB) than any other infectious disease, even though the vast majority were vaccinated. The vaccine just isn't that reliable. But a new Nature study finds that simply changing...
