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A Patch for Peanut Allergies
April 9, 2024 11:13 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | CommentsFrench biopharmaceutical company DBV Technologies moves closer to bringing its peanut allergy patch to market, receiving Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as it prepares to launch its Phase 3 trial.
Who Should Fund Biomedical Research?
April 9, 2024 9:44 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | CommentsAt Experimental Biology 2015 the Public Affairs Advisory Committee for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held a panel discussion titled Who Should Fund Biomedical Research?
Ocular Therapeutix Eye-Pain Implant Fails Crucial Clinical Study
April 9, 2024 8:39 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | CommentsInvestors did not seem pleased by these results.
The First Personalized Genomic Cancer Vaccines
April 8, 2024 9:10 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsThe first personalized cancer vaccine using genomics to define targets elicits robust immune responses, says a recent Science study.
Investigating Cell Death Pathways Using Simplified Cytometry
April 8, 2024 9:08 am | by Kamala Tyagarajan, Ph.D., EMD Millipore Corp. | CommentsThe study of cell death mechanisms and pathways has become increasingly complex over the years with the improved understanding that processes such as apoptosis, autophagy, necro-apoptosis and others can act singly or in concert to modulate cell death.
Analyst: India to Lead Asia-Pacific Non-Vascular Stents Market Growth by 2021
April 7, 2024 2:59 pm | by Priya Radhakrishnan, Director of Medical Devices, GlobalData | CommentsThe Asia-Pacific non-vascular stents market, consisting of urinary tract, pancreatic and biliary, enteral, and airway stents, will expand in value from $148.1 million in 2013 to $223.8 million by 2021.
Potential Life on a Saturn Moon
April 2, 2024 10:20 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsHydrothermal vents on a Saturn moon are so similar to life-ridden hydrothermal vents on Earth, scientists think they may find life up there, says a report in Nature.
Chimp Eggs Die Off Later than Humans Eggs—Even Though Humans Live Longer
April 2, 2024 10:18 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsThe oocytes (eggs) of chimpanzees degrade at a slower rate than the oocytes of women, even though chimps do not live as long.
Oldest Homo Fossil Implies Humans Created by Climate Change
March 25, 2024 9:39 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsOn an East African hill somewhere in “Afar,” a stone’s throw from “Awash,” two sections of a large detached jawbone grinned brokenly at Ethiopian Arizona State University (ASU) graduate student Chalachew Seyoum. The pieces were just lying there, so the student picked them up and brought them together. They fit “perfectly,” he said.
Non-FDA Approved Hormone Therapies on the Rise
March 24, 2024 11:06 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsUse of potentially risky, non-FDA approved hormone therapies may soon be as common as use of FDA-approved hormone therapies, according to a study by University of Virginia gynecology researcher JoAnn Pinkerton.
Darwin’s Children’s Art Saved a Bit of His Science
March 24, 2024 11:06 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsCharles Darwin’s kids doodled all over several pages of - and notes for - the original manuscript of his historic 1859 book, which launched the field of evolutionary biology: “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.”
Epidural Stimulation Shows Promise for Spinal Cord Injuries
March 23, 2024 3:49 pm | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | CommentsBioscience Technology caught up with Susan Harkema Ph.D., professor and rehabilitation research director of the University of Louisville’s Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, to discuss her research and new funding awarded by Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation for epidural stimulation.
Scientists Call for Freeze on Genome-Editing Method
March 20, 2024 4:18 pm | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | CommentsDesigner babies? It’s far from a whimsy, and now a new technology that would make it possible to alter human DNA at the germline (meaning changing traits that can be inherited) has scientists calling for caution and a freeze.
Brain Injuries - Not Worth the Risk for One NFL Player
March 20, 2024 3:03 pm | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | CommentsIt’s not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes.
Tumors Dedifferentiated by Chemo May Spawn New Paradigm
March 19, 2024 11:16 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsA Harvard University and Waterloo University team has found that a common breast cancer chemotherapy (chemo) can create stem-like cancer cells out of more differentiated tumor cells.
