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Penn's newly created split-engineered base editors show potential for research, therapeutics

Targeted mutations to the genome can now be introduced by splitting specific mutator enzymes and then triggering them to reconstitute, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

28 Oct 2021

Novel ribosome-targeting antibiotic overcomes bacterial multidrug resistance

A new study published in Nature reports on a new antibiotic that binds to the ribosome of bacterial cells and stops drug-resistant pathogens from making mice sick.

28 Oct 2021

New method reveals changes in protein structure more efficiently and accurately than before

Important processes take place among the subunits of the molecules that make up our cells. Defects in these processes or distortions in the subunits can lead to serious diseases.

28 Oct 2021

A new approach to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a way to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells, including human cells.

28 Oct 2021

New insight into the tremendously complex "genetic dance"

The rapid scientific advancements that followed the mapping of the human genome have revealed just how staggeringly complex the world of genetics is.

28 Oct 2021

Researchers discover genetic risk variants involved in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. There is no cure, only pain relief. Patients' joints become inflamed, and they feel creaky and stiff in the morning.

28 Oct 2021

Immune cell patterns can help predict if kidney cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL have found immune cell patterns within tumors that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.

28 Oct 2021

Sphere Fluidics closes a $40 million funding round led by Sofinnova Partners and Redmile Group

Sphere Fluidics announced today that it has closed a $40 million (circa £30 million) investment round.

From Sphere Bio 28 Oct 2021

OSU research shines light on the way malignant cancer cells change shape

Oregon State University research has shed new light on the way malignant cells change their shape and migration techniques to invade different types of tissue.

28 Oct 2021

New system created for targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs

RUDN University and Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) chemist together with colleagues from Iran created a system for targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs.

27 Oct 2021

Modulating glycogen metabolism in fat cells may offer new approaches for weight loss

Humans carry around with them, often abundantly so, at least two kinds of fat tissue: white and brown. White fat cells are essentially inert containers for energy stored in the form of a single large, oily droplet.

27 Oct 2021

Protein plays a previously unknown role in halting cell cycle in response to stressful conditions

UT Southwestern researchers have identified a new mechanism by which stress causes cells to stop dividing.

27 Oct 2021

Study uncovers how novel coronavirus disrupts normal cell defenses to hijack human host cells

A UBC-led research team has uncovered how the virus responsible for causing COVID-19 escapes destruction in infected cells, allowing SARS-CoV-2 to persist and continue spreading in the human body.

27 Oct 2021

Researchers use a mathematical model to better understand the immune response to vaccines

When it comes to the design of a novel vaccine against viral infection, vaccine developers have to make several major decisions. One of them is the choice of what type of immune response they wish to induce.

27 Oct 2021

McMaster-Hamburg collaboration discovers promising new antimalarial compound

A study out of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University has resulted in the discovery of a promising new antimalarial compound.

27 Oct 2021

Discovery of carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction opens the door to more stable drugs

Medicines come from chemical reactions, and better chemical reactions lead to better medicines.

27 Oct 2021

Scientists flip a new piece in the male infertility puzzle

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.

27 Oct 2021

Genetic factors influence moral views concerning drug use and noncommittal sex

Few hallmarks of the 1960s counterculture stand out like sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll - elements of a "lifestyle" that Life magazine once branded as "antithetical in almost every respect to that of conventional America."

27 Oct 2021

ioSkeletal Myocytes | New product launch

bit.bio has today launched a new product, ioSkeletal Myocytes.

From bit.bio 27 Oct 2021

bit.bio expands Board of Directors with appointment of entrepreneurs and Nobel Laureate

Today bit.bio welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors, who bring their respective experience of turning world-class science into new industries.

From bit.bio 27 Oct 2021

Life Science News

Penn's newly created split-engineered base editors show potential for research, therapeutics

Novel ribosome-targeting antibiotic overcomes bacterial multidrug resistance

New method reveals changes in protein structure more efficiently and accurately than before

A new approach to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells

New insight into the tremendously complex "genetic dance"

Researchers discover genetic risk variants involved in osteoarthritis

Immune cell patterns can help predict if kidney cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy

Sphere Fluidics closes a $40 million funding round led by Sofinnova Partners and Redmile Group

OSU research shines light on the way malignant cancer cells change shape

New system created for targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs

Modulating glycogen metabolism in fat cells may offer new approaches for weight loss

Protein plays a previously unknown role in halting cell cycle in response to stressful conditions

Study uncovers how novel coronavirus disrupts normal cell defenses to hijack human host cells

Researchers use a mathematical model to better understand the immune response to vaccines

McMaster-Hamburg collaboration discovers promising new antimalarial compound

Discovery of carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction opens the door to more stable drugs

Scientists flip a new piece in the male infertility puzzle

Genetic factors influence moral views concerning drug use and noncommittal sex

ioSkeletal Myocytes | New product launch

bit.bio expands Board of Directors with appointment of entrepreneurs and Nobel Laureate

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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