Targeted bacteriophages offer standardized and scalable GI therapy
In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been cultivating 'good viruses' from feces. The goal is to replace fecal capsules now being used in so-called fecal transplants. Their new technique...
Transgene and ProBioGen Collaborate on Individualized Cancer Vaccine Development
Transgene and ProBioGen, a CDMO, inked a license agreement for ProBioGen’s AGE1.CR.pIX® suspension cell line which will combine ProBioGen’s specific production technology with the manufacturing capabilities of Transgene’s individualized cancer vaccine program and its...
Child with Rare, Genetic, Neurological Disease Receives Diagnosis, With C. elegans’ Help
A team of researchers from around the world has solved the mystery of a child with a rare, unknown, genetic illness. The team found a link between the child’s neurological symptoms and a mutation...
Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging
insights from industryDr Martin BiggsSales Manager, UK and IrelandSyngene, a division of the Synoptics GroupIn this interview, News Medical speaks with Dr Martin Biggs from Synoptics about Syngene's G:Box, a high-quality imaging and...
Scientists develop synthetic genes that can build intracellular structures
Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build...
Cognitive health benefits linked to education and financial stability
Socioeconomic factors such as education, occupation, and wealth influence the likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or dementia in later life and whether a person is likely to recover, finds a new study led by...
ASHG Attendees Share Meeting Expectations, Thoughts on U.S. Election Impact on Science
Prior to the 2024 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) meeting, GEN’s editorial team spoke with some attendees to find out what they’re most excited about. This year’s meeting, slated for November 5–9 in...
Huntington’s Aggregates Disrupted by Protein-Like Polymer, Rescuing Neurons in Mouse Model
Scientists at Northwestern, and Case Western Reserve universities have developed the first polymer-based therapeutic for the genetic disorder Huntington’s disease, an incurable neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells to break down in the brain.
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NGS Sample Preparation Taking the Pain Out of Painstaking
Although next-generation sequencing (NGS) keeps giving—exploring the human genome and revolutionizing our knowledge of health and disease—it needs to take a little, too. At the very least, NGS requires that attention be devoted to...
Omics Data Analysis: A Range of Options
We resent it when preliminary or ancillary work occupies so much of our attention that our real work, or what we consider to be our real work, recedes. No less a figure than Enrico...
