Data visualization is a wonderful thing. It helps us understand important trends that would be invisible in raw data alone. Now more than ever, data analysts...
Use of self-collected saliva can minimize healthcare worker exposure and expand testing capabilities for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, researchers report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics...
Using optical biosensor technology, the test provides quantitative measurements of antibodies in blood plasma in less than 20 minutes Credit: Carolyn Lagattuta Researchers at UC Santa...
Six months after launching, then raising $130 million in two financing rounds, Adagio Therapeutics is heading into the clinic with an antibody that has shown promise...
President-Elect Joe Biden announced this week that Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, chief of the division of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, will replace Robert Redfield,...
At this week’s annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Bluebird Bio announced favorable updates related to its gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD)....
The new study points toward ways to treat not only COVID-19, but future coronaviruses that might emerge Credit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA–December 8, 2020–When...
You may be surprised to learn that of the trio of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines, the most promising, Moderna’s mRNA-1273, which reported a 94.5 percent efficacy rate...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's first mobile genome sequence analyzer is a new iPhone app called iGenomics. By pairing an iPhone with a handheld DNA sequencer, users...
A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully tested Covid-19 shot on Dec. 8, as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) was founded fifty years ago. It has gained more and more prominence over the decades and has become one of the...
The new technology can accurately diagnose the infection in less than 20 minutes, with zero false positive and false negative Credit: Institute for Basic Science (IBS)...
By now, it appears that drug hunters have exploited just about every therapeutic angle having to do with RNA. Leveraging RNA as a therapy? Check. Making...
We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.
What if I've had COVID? Should I still get the vaccine?
We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.
5 Ways Americans Could Be "Encouraged" To Get A COVID Vaccine Tyler Durden Sat, 12/05/2020 - 14:00 Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog,...
Tested 'Positive' For COVID-19? Be Sure To Ask This Question Tyler Durden Sat, 12/05/2020 - 10:20 The lockdowns are based on surging “cases” which are based...
Delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and no cure or disease modifying treatments – children living with mitochondrial disease face all The post The urgent need for education and...
Jennifer Doudna PhD, the UC Berkeley biochemist who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle Charpentier PhD, was the recent guest of honor for...
Bioproduction work is never easy but trying to run filter sizing trials in the midst of a global pandemic only serves to make matters even more difficult. So, when...
Bioprocessors have had a good handle on viral safety, but they need to keep their grip as they shift toward continuous processing and boost production of...
Innovative genomic methods are looking beyond raw DNA sequences and surveying areas such as haplotype phasing, epigenetics, and structural variants. The post Genomics Analysis Moves to...
5 Burning Questions About The New COVID Vaccine Tyler Durden Thu, 12/03/2020 - 03:30 Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The United Kingdom government yesterday announced...
COVID-19 Vaccines Pave The Way For A New Frontier In Surveillance Tyler Durden Wed, 12/02/2020 - 23:40 Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, "Man’s...
After This New Wave Of Lockdowns, Most People Will Accept Any "Solution" Because They'll Be So Desperate Tyler Durden Wed, 12/02/2020 - 16:20 Authored by Michael...
With COVID-19 vaccine announcements making headlines, non-scientists need to know what clinical trial results mean. Here are some key points to look for in vaccine trial...
Computer modeling of chromatography operations could dramatically speed up bioprocess development. That’s according to a talk due to be given next month at PepTalk Virtual. The...
Credit: Layla Aerts for KU Leuven Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 based on the yellow...
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are in a tight race to launch their Covid-19 vaccines in Europe after the companies applied for emergency EU approval on Dec. 1,...