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Three CU researchers recognized for contributions to immunotherapy in childhood cancer

Three members of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and a longstanding supporter of the campus are part of a group of more than 200 researchers nationwide who were recognized in April with the Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research.

23 Jun 2021

Blood test shows promise for predicting treatment response in patients with advanced HPV-positive throat cancer

A sensitive blood test being developed by a team of researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center shows promise for predicting whether patients with metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer will respond to treatment months earlier than standard imaging scans.

23 Jun 2021

$New composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult fractures$

New composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult fractures

A new biocompatible polymer-based composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult and unstable fractures.

23 Jun 2021

Higher levels of antibodies from COVID-19 mRNA vaccine compared to natural SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers found antibody levels in mRNA vaccinated individuals varied with age, gender, and previous coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection.

23 Jun 2021

Longitudinal study finds SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies decline a year after infection

Research led by Xin Zheng of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, found that about 90% of patients who recovered from COVID-19 continued to have IgG antibodies targeting the N-domain and receptor-binding domain of the spike protein. However, approximately 43% of patients showed signs of neutralizing antibody activity.

23 Jun 2021

Genome surveillance tool facilitates detection of COVID-19 variants

Swedish researchers have developed COVseq, a SARS-CoV-2 genome tracker that can be produced at a large scale for a small cost.

23 Jun 2021

Repligen Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Polymem S.A.

Repligen Corporation today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Toulouse, France-based Polymem S.A., a leading industrial expert.

23 Jun 2021

Insilico Medicine receives $255 million to develop AI and drug discovery capabilities

Insilico Medicine, a global leader in end-to-end artificial intelligence for target discovery, small molecule chemistry, and clinical development, announced that it has closed a $255 million from biotechnology experts to progress Insilico Medicine's current therapeutic programs into human clinical trials, initiate multiple new programs for novel and difficult targets, and further develop its AI and drug discovery capabilities.

23 Jun 2021

New AI system can help identify novel therapeutic targets implicated in various diseases

Insilico Medicine is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. to utilize Insilico's generative machine learning technology and proprietary PandaOmics Drug Discovery Platform, which aims at identifying novel therapeutic targets implicated in a variety of diseases.

23 Jun 2021

CTCELLS selected for the '200 Baby Unicorns Fostering Project'

CTCELLS, established by Prof. Minseok Kim of the Department of New Biology, DGIST, was selected for the '200 Baby Unicorns Fostering Project' organized by Ministry of SMEs and Startups(MSS) and Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development(KISED), recently.

23 Jun 2021

GenScript and Duke-NUS announce notice of allowance for “Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology”

GenScript Biotech Corporation ("GenScript", Stock Code: 1548.HK), a world-leading life sciences research and application service and product provider, and Duke-NUS Medical School, a premier, research intensive medical school, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has issued a notice of allowance for the patent application for a novel Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology (sVNT).

23 Jun 2021

University Hospitals in Northeast Ohio performs first innovative heart procedure

A University Hospitals (UH) patient is the first in Northeast Ohio to undergo a new, innovative procedure called CCM® therapy. UH is among the first hospitals in the United States and the only hospital in Northeast Ohio to use CCM therapy, delivered by the Optimizer® system, to treat patients suffering from heart failure.

23 Jun 2021

Face-to-face interaction, distrust in preventative medicine caused "excess deaths" in Amish communities in 2020

Sunday church service in Amish country is more than just belting out hymns, reading Bible passages and returning home an hour later to catch a football game or nap.

23 Jun 2021

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

A review published in Phytotherapy Research discussed the natural anti-SARS-CoV-2 products identified based on in silico prediction. The review’s authors also illustrate the impact of many phytochemicals either alone or in combination with traditional treatments and their potential molecular mechanisms involved in SARS-CoV-2 prevention and treatment.

22 Jun 2021

In a murky sea of mental health apps, consumers left adrift

In the eyes of the tech industry, mental health treatment is an area ripe for disruption.

22 Jun 2021

LegoChem Biosciences and Iksuda Therapeutics expand License Agreement for development of antibody-drug conjugates

Iksuda Therapeutics today announced that it has expanded its research collaboration and License Agreement with LegoChem Biosciences, Inc.

From Iksuda Therapeutics 22 Jun 2021

Bruker’s molecular phenomics research tools enable new insights into ‘long COVID’ and post-acute metabolic abnormalities

A clinical research collaboration on COVID-19 pheno-conversion and subsequent pheno-reversion has discovered transient and persistent systemic changes of the molecular signatures in patient blood samples three months after the acute COVID-19 disease phase.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 22 Jun 2021

Use of nanotherapeutics in treating coronavirus diseases

Despite advancements in medicine, viral infections still pose a huge threat to human health and are a significant concern for global public health systems.

22 Jun 2021

Smoother silicone breast implants can reduce inflammation and other immune system reactions

According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Rice University in Houston, silicone breast implants with a smoother surface design have less risk of producing inflammation and other immune system reactions than those with more roughly textured coatings.

22 Jun 2021

New test bed launched to advance the regenerative medicine field

The RegeneratOR Test Bed has officially launched, bringing together resources to advance the regenerative medicine field nationally and create an economic development engine for the region and the state overall.

22 Jun 2021

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Three CU researchers recognized for contributions to immunotherapy in childhood cancer

Blood test shows promise for predicting treatment response in patients with advanced HPV-positive throat cancer

New composite material could soon replace metal plates in treating difficult fractures

Higher levels of antibodies from COVID-19 mRNA vaccine compared to natural SARS-CoV-2 infection

Longitudinal study finds SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies decline a year after infection

Genome surveillance tool facilitates detection of COVID-19 variants

Repligen Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Polymem S.A.

Insilico Medicine receives $255 million to develop AI and drug discovery capabilities

New AI system can help identify novel therapeutic targets implicated in various diseases

CTCELLS selected for the '200 Baby Unicorns Fostering Project'

GenScript and Duke-NUS announce notice of allowance for “Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology”

University Hospitals in Northeast Ohio performs first innovative heart procedure

Face-to-face interaction, distrust in preventative medicine caused "excess deaths" in Amish communities in 2020

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

In a murky sea of mental health apps, consumers left adrift

LegoChem Biosciences and Iksuda Therapeutics expand License Agreement for development of antibody-drug conjugates

Bruker’s molecular phenomics research tools enable new insights into ‘long COVID’ and post-acute metabolic abnormalities

Use of nanotherapeutics in treating coronavirus diseases

Smoother silicone breast implants can reduce inflammation and other immune system reactions

New test bed launched to advance the regenerative medicine field

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