A new global evaluation of the conservation of plant genetic resources is published as nations discuss new biodiversity conservation targets at the Convention on Biological Diversity...
Credit: University of Tartu Nearly every second individual is affected by a mental health problem in their lifetime, but the exact mechanisms causing these problems remain...
China: What To Do About It? By Gordon G. Chang, via The Gatestone Institute, What does China really want? Well, China really wants to rule planet...
In this GEN webinar, our guest presenter Daisy Hoagland from Icahn School of Medicine, will tell us how she and her colleagues used a broad range...
Fujifilm’s biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) subsidiary, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, will operate the new manufacturing site, which according to the company will be the...
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time observed photochemical processes inside the smallest particles in the...
Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic Credit: National Institute...
Cryo-EM study show how structural alterations in G614 variants stabilize the spike Credit: Bing Chen, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital BOSTON – March 16, 2021 – The...
Medicago said on March 16 the Canadian drug developer had started a late-stage study of the company's experimental Covid-19 vaccine combined with an adjuvant from GlaxoSmithKline.
In an effort to find new treatments for COVID-19 that could be made available quickly, researchers searched through FDA-approved drugs to identify candidates that may inhibit...
Former State Dept Lead Investigator Says COVID-19 Escaped From Wuhan Lab, May Have Been Bioweapons Accident The US State Department's former lead investigator who oversaw the...
Cleveland Clinic Florida researchers publish findings in Nature Microbiology Credit: Cleveland Clinic March 16, 2021, PORT ST. LUCIE, FL: Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and...
So far, most vaccines in the US are mRNA vaccines. These represent a new technology and are likely to take over the vaccine world. But how...
The success of Covid-19 vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) is smoothing the way for using the novel technology not only in other vaccines, but possibly...
Explained: The 3 Major COVID-19 Variants As billions of people gear up for widespread vaccination against COVID-19, another issue has reared its head. Three major COVID-19 variants have...
Credit: MacLean OA, et al. (2021), Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen. PLoS Biol...
In this new GEN eBook sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, we will explore various aspects of AAV bioproduction—looking at the challenges that many investigators face, and...
Our study found that the bacteria which causes diphtheria is rapidly changing.
Shares of Novavax popped almost 23% in Thursday’s extended market session after the biotech company announced that its coronavirus vaccine candidate showed to be 96.4% effective...
Credit: Matheus Oliveira de Souza LAWRENCE — Much like coronavirus, circulating HIV-1 viruses mutate into diverse variants that pose challenges for scientists developing vaccines to protect...
Abbott on March 11 announced the formation of the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, a first-of-its-kind global scientific and public health partnership dedicated to the early detection...
Judging from the numbers reported by the nation’s top U.S. clusters, 2020 saw record-high amounts of lab space and NIH funding, as well as record-high numbers...
Project builds on ‘One Health’ testing and disease surveillance collaborations in Arizona Credit: Photo: Courtesy of TGen. PHOENIX, Ariz. — March 10, 2021 — The Translational...
Findings could help explain how asthma, COPD, severe COVID-19 are triggered Credit: Holtzman Lab Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated...
Prescription drug watchdog GoodRx compiled a list of the 10 most expensive drugs on the market.
The coronavirus pandemic has driven a lot of scientific progress in the past year. But just as some of the social changes are likely here to...
SARS-CoV-2 is much like a zombie virus. It interferes with normal sickness behavior and blocks pain, turning its victims into unsick spreaders of the virus.
Will This Be A Big Week For Biotech Penny Stocks? 5 Penny Stocks To Watch
It’s time to check in with the macro picture, to get an idea of just where markets are headed in the coming months.
'Fear' Is The New 'Smart' Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog, The Washington Post said recently: “The anti-vaccine movement is comparable to domestic...