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Synthego adopts GMP standards for producing sgRNA

Synthego has adopted Good Manufacturing Practice standards for producing customized GMP-grade synthetic guide RNA at its facilities, an initiative the company said will benefit its academic and industry customers as they develop advanced cell and gene therapies.

From Synthego Corporation 23 Jan 2020

Ncardia and Bluerock Therapeutics announce collaboration agreement and licensing of process development technologies for the manufacture of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes

Ncardia and BlueRock Therapeutics today announced an agreement covering process development technologies for the manufacture of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes.

From Ncardia 23 Jan 2020

Protein linked with neurodegenerative diseases may help explore the aggressive behavior of gliomas

A protein typically associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's might help scientists explore how gliomas, a type of cancerous brain tumor, become so aggressive.

22 Jan 2020

New discovery changes the understanding of gene expression

A group of University of Chicago scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality.

22 Jan 2020

Study finds stress does whiten hair

In most cases, hair starts to gray in the thirties, and becomes pronounced in the fifties, at which time the head is typically crowned with a thatch of white, gray and perhaps some hair of the original color. A new study published January 2020 in the journal Nature, shows that this process is speeded up significantly by acute stress persisting over a period, or by severe trauma.

22 Jan 2020

Molecular biologists identify gene that puts brakes on tissue growth

The planarian flatworm is a simple animal with a mighty and highly unusual ability: it can regenerate itself from nearly every imaginable injury, including decapitation. These tiny worms can regrow any missing cell or tissue -- muscle, neurons, epidermis, eyes, even a new brain.

22 Jan 2020

Researchers identify potential way to halt age-related macular degeneration

Researchers have successfully treated age-related macular degeneration in mice after finding an unexpected link between the two main forms of the blinding eye disease, the leading cause of vision loss in people 60 and older.

22 Jan 2020

Study sheds light on mechanisms that underlie a rare genetic condition

A team of researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal has shed light on the mechanisms that underlie a rare genetic condition by creating the first cellular model of the disease.

22 Jan 2020

Horizon Discovery enters into licensing agreement with NGM for GS knockout CHO K1 cell line

Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, today announced that it will license its gene-edited Glutamine Synthetase knockout Chinese Hamster Ovary K1 cell line to NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc..

From Revvity 22 Jan 2020

MIT spin-out partners with Cambridge Consultants to co-develop the first Flowfect system

MIT spin-out company Kytopen has engaged Cambridge Consultants to co-develop the first Flowfect system.

22 Jan 2020

Potential Parkinson's treatment effectively targets a specific group of brain cells

Scientists have discovered that a non-invasive technique which could one day be used to treat Parkinson's disease, can successfully target a highly specific group of brain cells which play a key role in development of the condition.

22 Jan 2020

Fat cells can sense light, not getting enough raises risk of metabolic diseases

All life forms need sunlight to survive and not getting enough may impact health and well-being. There is a growing body of evidence that getting enough sunlight can promote optimum health. A new study supports this claim as scientists found that fat cells deep in the skin can detect sunlight and not getting enough can increase the risk of metabolic disruption.

21 Jan 2020

Case Western researchers suggest potential Alzheimer's breakthrough

Researchers at the Case Western University School of Medicine say they have identified a previously unknown gene and associated protein which could potentially be suppressed to slow the advance of Alzheimer's disease.

21 Jan 2020

'Innovative Research Award' helps CU scientists to explore BRAF inhibition resistance in brain cancer

Cancers used to be defined by where they grow in the body - lung cancer, skin cancer, brain cancer, etc. But work in recent decades has shown that cancers sharing specific genetic changes may have more in common than cancers that happen to grow in an area of the body.

21 Jan 2020

Researchers show potential link between a genetic variation and atrial fibrillation

Researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have shown a possible link between a genetic variation and the widespread type of cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation.

21 Jan 2020

Study shows how gene therapy may help protect against vision loss in multiple sclerosis

New research by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, reveals the molecular process in which synaptic connections in the brain are damaged in multiple sclerosis and how this contributes to neurodegenerative symptoms.

21 Jan 2020

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Synthego adopts GMP standards for producing sgRNA

Ncardia and Bluerock Therapeutics announce collaboration agreement and licensing of process development technologies for the manufacture of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes

Protein linked with neurodegenerative diseases may help explore the aggressive behavior of gliomas

New discovery changes the understanding of gene expression

Study finds stress does whiten hair

Molecular biologists identify gene that puts brakes on tissue growth

Researchers identify potential way to halt age-related macular degeneration

Study sheds light on mechanisms that underlie a rare genetic condition

Horizon Discovery enters into licensing agreement with NGM for GS knockout CHO K1 cell line

MIT spin-out partners with Cambridge Consultants to co-develop the first Flowfect system

Potential Parkinson's treatment effectively targets a specific group of brain cells

Fat cells can sense light, not getting enough raises risk of metabolic diseases

Case Western researchers suggest potential Alzheimer's breakthrough

'Innovative Research Award' helps CU scientists to explore BRAF inhibition resistance in brain cancer

Researchers show potential link between a genetic variation and atrial fibrillation

Study shows how gene therapy may help protect against vision loss in multiple sclerosis

Lack of exposure to sunlight may increase metabolic syndrome risk

Research team identifies new roles for Huntington's Disease protein

Powerful combination of experimental drugs reverses osteoarthritis in rats

Drug profiling and gene editing method open new avenues in the development of CAR T-cell therapy

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Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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