Antibody Therapy Opens Door to Potential New Treatment for HIV
May 9, 2024 10:16 am | by Rockefeller University | News | CommentsResearchers are developing a new kind of treatment, an antibody-based drug that may provide a better strategy for long-term control of HIV. Recent findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial offer new insights about how the antibody functions.
Innovation Detractors in Pharma
May 9, 2024 9:52 am | by Sujay Jadhav, CEO, goBalto | Articles | CommentsWhile many industries are blazing new trails in pursuit of new technologies, pharma appears to be lagging behind, often adopting a watch and wait approach. In most industries, the pace of technology change has increased so much that corporate IT leaders who don't embrace emerging trends end up behind the competition and eventually out of business. Can we really say the same is true for pharma companies?
A New Paper-based Test for the Zika Virus
May 9, 2024 9:47 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsA new paper-based test can diagnose Zika virus infection within a few hours. The test, which distinguishes Zika from the very similar dengue virus, can be stored at room temperature and read with a simple electronic reader, making it potentially practical for widespread use.
High-throughput Platform for DNA Damage Measurement
May 6, 2024 11:19 am | by AMSBIO | Product Releases | CommentsAMSBIO's 96-Well CometChip System is a high-throughput platform developed to simultaneously treat and measure DNA damage induced by different treatments, or among different cell types on a single slide using the Comet assay.
Analysis Finds Meat Consumption Raises Mortality Rates
May 6, 2024 11:11 am | by American Osteopathic Association | News | CommentsA review of large-scale studies involving more than 1.5 million people found all-cause mortality is higher for those who eat meat, particularly red or processed meat, on a daily basis.
Starving Cancer the Key to New Treatments
May 6, 2024 11:05 am | by Australian National University | News | CommentsResearchers have identified a vital supply route that cancer cells use to obtain their nutrients, in a discovery that could lead to new treatments to stop the growth of tumors.
FDA Will Require E-Cigarettes and Contents to be Reviewed
May 6, 2024 10:54 am | by Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | News | CommentsThe federal government announced sweeping new rules Thursday for electronic cigarettes that will for the first time require the devices and their ingredients to be reviewed, a mandate that could offer protection for consumers and upend a multibillion dollar industry that has gone largely unregulated.
Cayman Islands to Deploy Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
May 6, 2024 10:48 am | by Jennifer Kay and Ben Fox, Associated Press | News | CommentsBritish biotech company Oxitec and the Cayman Islands government announced plans Thursday to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight against a species that spreads Zika and other diseases.
Biochemists Image RNA Translation in Real Time
May 6, 2024 10:44 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsIn a new advance, scientists have made a live-cell movie of the second step in gene expression, when a ribosome decodes a protein.
Popular Heartburn Drugs May Cause Serious Kidney Damage
May 6, 2024 10:43 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsExtended use of drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux may lead to serious kidney damage, including kidney failure, according to a new study.
Ketamine Metabolite Works as Fast-acting Antidepressant
May 6, 2024 10:18 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA team of researchers have discovered a chemical byproduct of ketamine that rapidly treats depression in mice, without the undesired side effects.
Connectors Improve Fluid Management
May 5, 2024 10:28 am | by EMD Millipore | EMD Millipore | Product Releases | CommentsMilliporeSigma's Lynx CDR connectors improve fluid management in the biopharma industry. Making simple, reliable, sterile-to-sterile fluid connections is critical to successful biomanufacturing.
Chimp Victim Hospitalized with Face-transplant Complications
May 5, 2024 10:21 am | by Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting tissue from the transplant.
Human Heart Cells Respond Less to E-cig Vapor than Tobacco Smoke
May 5, 2024 10:17 am | by University of Bristol | News | CommentsNew research has showed substantial differences in the way human heart cells respond to e-cigarette smoke and conventional cigarette smoke.
Squished Cells Could Shape Design of Synthetic Materials
May 5, 2024 10:13 am | by University of Wisconsin-Madison | News | CommentsAll living cells are basically squishy balloons full of water, proteins and DNA, surrounded by oily membranes. Those membranes stand up to significant amounts of stretching and bending, but only recently have scientists started to fully appreciate the useful organization and functions that result from all that stress.
