Study: Underweight boys and overweight girls have increased risk of depression
The results of a large community-based study have shown that the probability of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents with high, low, or normal body mass index differs according to gender. Underweight boys...
Why fears over smartphone ‘addiction’ are based on flawed evidence
Credit: Lancaster University
Most studies into the impact of technology use on psychological wellbeing rely on flawed measures say researchers.
Surveys are often used to understand how people...
Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products – Mirage News
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to conduct Federal oversight of agricultural biotechnology products that...
GENcast: Microbiome Research is More Than Just a Gut Reaction
Over the years, the field of Microbiology has spawned some of the most important discoveries across all of the biological sciences. The emergence of innovative research on the microbiome and its connection to human...
Plant-derived siRNAs could bring a ‘green revolution’ in RNAi tools and therapeutics
"Green revolution" in the early 1950s, the extensive cultivation of Dwarf Rice solves the food problem in developing countries. At present, chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been a major public health...
Using molecular biomarkers to guide the choice of therapies for metastatic pancreatic cancer
A new pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using molecular tumor markers as the basis for selecting the chemotherapeutic agents to use in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Based on these promising results a...
URMC biotech start-up receives funding to develop cell-based therapies for neurological disorders
Oscine Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company based on discoveries made and developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has received a significant multi-year investment to support both research and development of cell-based...
Tiny light box opens new doors into the nanoworld
Credit: Denis Baranov/Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a completely new way of capturing, amplifying and linking light to...
Master’s degree in biomanufacturing and biotechnology launching this fall – Source
A master’s degree that will provide focused training in emerging biotechnology fields will be offered at Colorado State University starting this fall.
The Professional Science Master’s in Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology, housed in the Department of...
Fujifilm Invests in Full-Scale, Fully Integrated Continuous Processing Facility
Fujifilm made an initial $10 million investment to establish a full-scale, fully-integrated continuous processing facility for non-GMP manufacture of biopharmaceuticals at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in Billingham, U.K., location.
Fujifilm officials say their advanced upstream perfusion...
