HOUSTON – (March 13, 2023) – Synthetic biologists at Rice University are embarking on a three-year project to create “genetically encoded antibiotics,”...
Researchers analysing wastewater say that routine monitoring at sewage treatment works could provide a powerful early warning system for the next flu or...
An analysis of national surveillance data found that cases of the highly contagious fungal infection Candida auris rose drastically between 2019 and 2021...
A recently patented genome editing tool called PASTE holds genuine promise for expanding the universe of treatable genetic diseases. The post PASTE, Don’t...
The enzyme TBK1 is an important component of the innate immune system that plays a critical role in the defense against viruses. Upon mutation-induced...
For the first time in the world: a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based...
Young people living in highly polluted areas were 28% more likely to suffer from long COVID.
Intermittent fasting, especially when done over the course of decades, can have positive effects on metabolic and cardiovascular health. Now, a new study...
Making sure RNA molecules are in the right place at the right time in a cell is critical to development and normal function. Researchers are figuring...
In the last several years, scientific breakthroughs have led to an influx in research and development around RNA-based therapeutics that offers new hope...
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The gut microbiome plays a big role in mediating how the immune system responds to perceived threats, which include the body’s own nerves.
After Novartis acquired AveXis, executives from the leading gene therapy biotech shuffled off to form new startups looking to repeat their Zolgensma story...
In one report, business services consultancy Deloitte details the growing research-and-development (R&D) expenses that biopharmas often blame for the...
Deep sequencing of antibody/B-cell and T-cell receptor repertoires (AIRR-Seq Data) can help understand the dynamics of immune repertoire in vaccinology,...
A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that...
In the UK, disparities in mortality risk factors exist between ethnic groups, with differences in overall mortality, top causes of mortality and individual...
Sherlock says the technology has shown in tests the potential to deliver flexible, high-accuracy, low-cost Cas12-based detection of diseases, including...
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be one of the first...
From my analysis of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ZYNE) and the extremely optimistic analyst stock price projections stated above, I think Zynerba would...
If you get sick with norovirus it won’t be pleasant, but will usually pass in a couple of days.
Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could help public health researchers...
Houston, Feb. 14, 2023 – Four University of Houston professors have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for their achievements...
Lab testing provides doctors with essential information to help them diagnose and treat disease. Here’s what happens behind the scenes after you roll...
Are They Telling Us What Is Coming Next? Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Why are global authorities suddenly...
Dealing with the seismic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biopharma industry continues to break new ground during a transformative era of product...
The role that real-world evidence, and the data that feeds into it, play in the clinical trials arena is changing. For many years, drug developers and...
Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds....
Some coughs can last for weeks or even months following an upper respiratory infection. The good news – albeit not very satisfying – is that most...
An epigenetic model of cancer that incorporates the concept of stochasticity could also explain why cancer risk increases with age and how biological development...