Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock shared her thoughts on pandemic issues and outlined FDA modernization plans in a Q&A session with the Alliance for a Stronger...
Variants of the original SARS-CoV-2 are now in wide circulation. That means the third wave of COVID-19 has come with new questions about the variants, their...
Both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are now being investigated for links to rare blood disorders.
Researchers from Osaka University and Hokkaido University develop a system for analyzing mutations in SARS-CoV-2 that is much simpler and faster than existing methods Credit: Osaka...
Genetically modifying mosquitoes to express antimalarial genes and pass them on to their offspring is being tested as a new strategy to eliminate malaria Credit: Jim...
Prince Philip died at 99. Living to such a ripe old age isn't unusual for UK royals. Nor is it surprising, argues an expert on aging...
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With changing recommendations about AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine making headlines, many people have questions about its use.
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New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged Credit: Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/Whitehead Institute Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing...
Credit: Frank Curran A new study using human genetics suggests researchers should prioritize clinical trials of drugs that target two proteins to manage COVID-19 in its...
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Recently in the spotlight for its role in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA is not a new invention. It's a crucial messenger molecule at...
RNA was used to make COVID vaccines. Now it could lead to more personalised healthcare.
New findings and novel technology could inform COVID-19 treatment and vaccine-development efforts Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 Two studies published in the...
As the US vaccinates millions more people each day, the novel coronavirus works to survive. It does this by mutating. So far, several variants are worrisome....
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With a $15.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, a University of Arizona Health Sciences-led research team takes a three-pronged tactic to analyze asthma in children...
Credit: NIAID A clinical trial is underway to determine whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are at increased risk for...
Several key challenges remain in producing cultured meat including access to proprietary cell lines, high raw material cost, animal-source nutrients, and limited manufacturing scale. Despite this,...
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Fauci's NIAID Shielded Wuhan Bat Research Grant From Government Oversight In 2017, a subagency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - headed by Dr. Anthony...
Wax, vials, a coffee capsule and boiling water are the main components of a brand new COVID-19 test.
The CRISPR-based "SNP-Chip" is a graphene field-effect transistor (gFET) that enables amplification-free electronic detection of point mutations. A new, proof of concept study illustrates that the...
Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) burst onto the biotech scene with a novel oral treatment for Sickle cell disease (SCD). GBT's lead product, dubbed Oxbryta (Voxelotor), received...
Natural zoonosis is not the only possible explanation. Another explanation is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have accidentally escaped from a laboratory. The post Flying Blind...
Although the industry still relies on transient transfection, due to the difficulty of creating stable production cell lines, a shift from adherent to suspension culture is...
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