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New mathematical model can calculate the risk of resistance evolution for drug pairs

Bacteria have dangerously evolved to thwart many of the medicines that were designed to kill them. As a result, a growing antibiotic resistance crisis is responsible for more than 700,000 deaths each year, emerging as one of the world's most pressing health issues.

19 Jan 2022

Study identifies a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics against Epstein-Barr virus

A new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine development, has identified a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics that target Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

19 Jan 2022

‘Decoy’ protein mitigates lung damage, death induced by aggressive SARS-CoV-2 variants

A drug treatment that acts as a decoy against SARS-CoV-2 was highly effective at preventing death and lung damage in humanized animal models of severe COVID-19 disease, according to a Nature Chemical Biology study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago.

19 Jan 2022

New structure prediction method allows scientists to map thousands of secreted proteins

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have recently published work that lays the foundation for new ways of thinking about pathogen evolution.

19 Jan 2022

Yale research sheds light on the lifespan and myriad functions of messenger RNAs

It took a global pandemic, but the critical role of messenger RNA in all of life's functions has taken center stage in the past year with the successful rollout of mRNA vaccines to combat the SARS-Cov-2 virus.

19 Jan 2022

New topical cream could help prevent frostbite injuries

Skiers, hikers, soldiers and others exposed to extreme cold temperatures can experience frostbite - a painful injury that occurs when ice crystals form in the skin. Many extremely cold areas are also remote, and delays in frostbite treatment can result in severe wounds, scarring and even limb amputation

19 Jan 2022

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

A new scientific review, published in Nutrients, highlights coffee's effects on digestion and the gut, and its impact on organs involved in digestion.

19 Jan 2022

Evaporators assist academic drug discovery

BioChromato Inc reports how the renowned Chemistry Research Laboratories (CRL) at Oxford University (UK) are using several Smart Evaporator C1 units to support their drug discovery activities in therapeutic areas including oncology and regenerative medicine.

From BioChromato Inc. 19 Jan 2022

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours — a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.

19 Jan 2022

Hamilton Storage Expands the Verso® Q-Series Automated Sample Storage System Family

The new Verso® Q50 and Verso Q75 Automated Sample Storage Systems from Hamilton Storage offer compact, walkaway sample storage.

From Hamilton Process Analytics 19 Jan 2022

Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines aims to close the gap between scientific research and clinical care

Stanford University and Deerfield Management, a health care investment firm, have collaborated to create Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines to accelerate translational research into clinical therapeutics.

19 Jan 2022

New method reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

Insecticides play a central role in efforts to counter global impacts of mosquito-spread malaria and other diseases, which cause an estimated 750,000 deaths each year. These insect-specific chemicals, which cost more than $100 million to develop and bring to market, also are critical to controlling insect-driven damage on crops that poses a challenge to food security.

18 Jan 2022

UW and Stanford researchers complete study on the link between food environment and dietary health

An estimated 19 million people in the U.S. live in so-called food deserts, which have lower access to healthy and nutritious food.

18 Jan 2022

Contagious cancers can jump between marine clam species, study shows

A contagious blood cancer jumped from one species of clam to another and spread among clams living in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, shows a study published today in eLife.

18 Jan 2022

MD Anderson and Eisbach Bio collaborate to develop precision oncology drugs

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Eisbach Bio GmbH today announced a strategic research collaboration to jointly discover and develop precision oncology drugs that target synthetic lethal engines key to tumor genome evolution.

18 Jan 2022

Paradigm4 joins the Tetra Partner Network to leverage Tetra Data into high-performing analytical computing applications for pharmaceutical customers

TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced today that Paradigm4, an integrated scientific data analytics company, has joined the Tetra Partner Network so that pharmaceutical customers can accelerate research decision-making using Tetra Data as a foundation for analytical computing.

From TetraScience, Inc. 18 Jan 2022

Life Science News

New mathematical model can calculate the risk of resistance evolution for drug pairs

Study identifies a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics against Epstein-Barr virus

‘Decoy’ protein mitigates lung damage, death induced by aggressive SARS-CoV-2 variants

New structure prediction method allows scientists to map thousands of secreted proteins

Yale research sheds light on the lifespan and myriad functions of messenger RNAs

New topical cream could help prevent frostbite injuries

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

Evaporators assist academic drug discovery

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

Hamilton Storage Expands the Verso® Q-Series Automated Sample Storage System Family

Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines aims to close the gap between scientific research and clinical care

New method reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

UW and Stanford researchers complete study on the link between food environment and dietary health

Contagious cancers can jump between marine clam species, study shows

MD Anderson and Eisbach Bio collaborate to develop precision oncology drugs

Paradigm4 joins the Tetra Partner Network to leverage Tetra Data into high-performing analytical computing applications for pharmaceutical customers

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

UniSA scientists make a surprising discovery in the origins of antibiotic-resistant gene

Earth BioGenome Project moves from pilot projects to full-scale sequencing

Synthetic Biology and the Pursuit of Living Diagnostics

Modular, Scalable, Intelligent: How n6 Is Rethinking NGS Library Prep

Shaping the future of lab automation through AI and robotics

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