Bill Gates-backed Vir Biotechnology flops in trading debut – Gulf News
Bill Gates, billionaire and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2019. Image Credit: Bloomberg
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New design strategy can help improve layered superconducting materials
Modified multi-layered bismuth superconductor for higher critical temperatures
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new layered superconducting material with...
Drug reverses signs of liver disease in people living with HIV
Tesamorelin prevented progression to liver fibrosis in NIH study
Credit: Dr. David Kleiner, NCI
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital...
Regenerative Medicine Firm Recognized for Innovative Wound Care Biotechnology – Business Wire
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioLab Sciences, a regenerative biotechnology company that is creating new ways to regenerate the body for optimal performance, is garnering national attention with a culmination of industry awards for its MyOwn Skin™ product,...
Five Prime Eliminates 70 Jobs in Restructuring
William Ringo, Chairman and Interim CEO of Five Prime Therapeutics
Five Prime Therapeutics said it will eliminate approximately 70 jobs—about 40% of its workforce—and shrink its facilities as part of a restructuring by Chairman and...
Chewing gum to track fertility: Ovulaid
Infertility is a very potent cause of frustration and psychological problems such as anxiety and depression, as well as of high stress. Infertility or subfertility is defined by the World Health Organization as unsuccessful...
Skin cancer above the neck more likely to spread, research shows
Credit: EADV
(MADRID, 11 October, 2019) New results from a descriptive, 6-month clinical study suggest that malignant melanoma (MM) that develops on the neck has a higher...
A Lego-like approach to enhance nature’s own ability to attack bacteria
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers antibiotic resistance one of the most urgent public health threats, one that affects communities worldwide. The ramifications of bacteria's ability to become resistant to antibiotics can...
UCB to Acquire Ra Pharma for $2.1B, Raising Rare Disease Presence
UCB CEO Jean-Christophe Tellier
UCB plans to acquire Ra Pharmaceuticals for approximately $2.1 billion, the companies said today, in a deal designed to expand the buyer’s presence in rare disease therapeutics by adding to its...
BioNTech Launches Scaled-Down IPO, Raising $150M
BioNTech headquarters in Mainz, Germany
BioNTech today launched its initial public offering (IPO), raising about half of the maximum amount it projected late last month, and sold fewer shares at a lower price than planned—reflecting...
