The UK has agreed a 50 million-dose order for a COVID-19 vaccine with German biotech CureVac
A legal challenge was heard today in Europe’s Court of Justice in relation to a controversial EU-funded research project using artificial intelligence for facial ‘lie detection’...
How protein condensation slows down gene activity and ensures the survival of stressed cells Credit: © MPI of Immunbiology and Epigenetic, P. Rawat All life on...
Credit: John Sennett. It is necessary to develop additional COVID-19 vaccines, as different vaccine approaches have their advantages and disadvantages and may work synergistically. Researchers at...
Where conventional mass spec struggles with sequencing and the recognition of isoforms and post-translational modifications, new technologies may shine. The post Proteomics Begins to Emerge from...
Stirred to action by the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine stalwarts mobilize new formats, accelerate development, and scale up manufacturing. The post The Sleeping Giants of Vaccine Production...
New figures have confirmed that the UK’s biotech sector received a massive boost from the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Centre for Existential Risk, Cambridge University During the summer of 2019, a global team of experts put their heads together to define the key questions...
Technology based on nanoparticles identifies IgG antibodies and costs only about a fifth of similar devices now on the market. It was developed by scientists at...
Researchers take a step in the development of genome editing technology. Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
Study included cohort of more than 200,000 veterans Credit: Christopher Menzie A new Veterans Affairs study finds that delays in undergoing colonoscopy following an abnormal stool...
The virus is evolving and new strains are more transmissible. Will the vaccines work against these new variants? How can researchers stay ahead of the virus's...
Every year, Brand Finance – the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy – puts 5,000 of the biggest brands to the test, evaluating their strength and quantifying their value,...
The COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on how non-profit organizations operate and how they're funded. Is it enough to boost non-profit sector capacity to address social...
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04956 Rapid, sensitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is essential for early treatment, contact tracing and reducing viral spread. However, some...
A friend on an email group I’m on asked my friend and co-author Charley Hooper the following question about the COVID-19 vaccines: Are you sure that...
Credit: @Science China Press In the past 20 years, humans have suffered several serious epidemics from emerging viruses, such as SARS, swine flu, Ebola, MERS and...
While the whole world is obsessed by the COVID-19 pandemic, another equally deadly threat is going unnoticed: antibiotic resistance.
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Once regarded as merely cast-off waste products of cellular life, bacterial membrane vesicles (MVs) have since become an...
Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals dropped about 7% after the biotech company priced its $150.5 million share offering.
Lifestyle medicine targets the root of chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Experts explain why everyone should embrace these free prescriptions for good health.
Ella Balasa says she owes her life to the experimental phage therapy she was able access in no The post Education and empowerment would provide more...
Mammoth and IDbyDNA are among subcontractors under a four-year, up-to-$36.7 million CRISPR diagnostics contract inked by DoD’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) with prime contractor...
Measuring mitochondrial DNA could predict who will need ICU care, intubation Credit: WANDY BEATTY One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors’...
Healthcare technology firm Seqster has introduced a new version of its service that aims to help pharma companies The post Seqster launches new cloud version of...
Qualcomm has clinched a deal to buy chip startup Nuvia for about $1.4 billion, to help the supplier of mobile phone chips meet the demands of...
Coronavirus-focused stocks have been prone to surge majestically after the announcement of positive news. Last Friday, Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) played by the rulebook. Shares more...
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses to...
With vaccine shortages looming, experts are debating whether it is important to receive two doses or whether it's better to give one dose to more people...
Merck has watched as mRNA-based shots have stormed out to a lead in the fight against Covid-19 and mRNA’s potential effect isn’t limited to just vaccines