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Tag: Biotech
ReadCube expands literature management with new AI Assistant and comprehensive search
Digital Science announces the AI-powered ReadCube Pro, offering researchers new tools to simplify and accelerate literature management and literature monitoring workflows.
Molecular Designs Announces Acquisition of Lamda Biotech
Molecular Designs, a leading provider of PCR assays, associated reagents and equipment, is excited to announce the acquisition of Lamda Biotech, a specialized provider of research products for application in molecular biology, functional genomics, proteomics and gene therapy.
Zymo Research Stands by Its Innovative cfDNA Technology in Response to Qiagen’s Lawsuit
Zymo Research Corporation, a leader in innovative life science solutions, acknowledges the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Qiagen GmbH on August 20, 2024, at the US District Court for the Central District of California regarding its MAGicBead cfDNA isolation technology.
PhotonPharma to Present at Rocky Mountain Life Sciences Investor and Partnering Conference
PhotonPharma, a pioneering biotech company focused on innovative cancer therapies, is pleased to announce its selection as a premier presenting company in the upcoming Rocky Mountain Life Sciences Investor and Partnering Conference sponsored by the Colorado BioScience Association.
Breaking boundaries: the unexpected routes of minerals in crop growth
Imagine plants not just sipping nutrients dissolved in water, but actually munching on tiny mineral particles straight from the soil! This groundbreaking study sheds light on how wheat and lettuce aren’t just passive feeders—they actively grab, transport, and utilize solid minerals from their roots all the way to their shoots.
Deadly Sea Snail Toxin Could be Key to Making Better Medicines
Scientists are finding clues for how to treat diabetes and hormone disorders in an unexpected place: a toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur announce seven joint research projects launching their new partnership
NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) have unveiled their inaugural roster of collaborative research projects, the first such initiatives under the partnership that NYU and IIT Kanpur established last year. The projects aim to advance fields including cybersecurity, biotech, AI, robotics, and wireless communications.
CellFE Announces Addition of Life Science Tools Veteran Mike Rice to Board of Directors
CellFE Inc., a cell engineering platform company with a novel microfluidic technology for non-viral cell therapy manufacturing, announced today that life science tools executive Mike Rice has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
“Nabsolute,” a Biotech Startup Incubated by Chula, Won First Place for the BSB Innovation Award at “In-cosmetics Global 2024” in France
Congratulations to Nabsolute Co., Ltd., a biotech startup from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Chulalongkorn University and recipient of the first prize (Cosmetics) at the “In-Cosmetics Global 2024” in Paris, France from April 16 to 18, 2024.
metaphacts and Dimensions launch the Dimensions Knowledge Graph, powered by metaphactory
Digital Science solutions metaphacts and Dimensions announce the launch of the Dimensions Knowledge Graph, a large ready-made knowledge graph powering AI solutions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
ScienceMedia Welcomes Visionary Leaders to Advisory Board, Paving the Way for a New Era of Innovation
ScienceMedia, a global SaaS provider redefining the landscape of clinical mastery in the biotech and pharma industries, announces the formation of its inaugural advisory board.
ReadCube Expands Its Award-Winning Literature Management Platform with the Launch of Literature Review
Digital Science is pleased to announce that ReadCube, an award-winning leader in literature management and full-text document delivery, has launched a new solution for research-driven organizations – known simply as Literature Review by ReadCube.
ReadCube Expands Its Award-Winning Literature Management Platform with the Launch of Literature Review
Digital Science is pleased to announce that ReadCube, an award-winning leader in literature management and full-text document delivery, has launched a new solution for research-driven organizations – known simply as Literature Review by ReadCube.
RNA Scientist Receives Federal Funding to Commercialize Molecular Tool Against Alzheimer’s Disease
University at Albany scientist Scott Tenenbaum, founder of UAlbany spinoff company sxRNA Technologies, Inc. (sxRNA Tech), has received $500,000 from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how aging brain cells shape the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, and advance RNA technology that could inform new therapeutics to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
Novel enzyme family could provide insights into bacterial pathogenicity
Researchers discover a new family of Gram-negative bacterial enzymes related to infection capability
Digital Science boosts pharma industry support following OntoChem acquisition
Digital Science is positioning itself to play an even greater role in the pharmaceutical industry’s all-important drug discovery, by helping industry sift through a sea of information and focus on the research that matters.
Announcing the SLAS Technology Editor’s Top 10 for 2023
The SLAS Technology Editor’s Top 10 for 2023 highlights technologies that address a broad range of unmet needs in both the laboratory and the clinic.
Center of Membrane Sciences Receives NSF EPSCoR Grant to Develop a Membrane Purification Platform
The goal of the project is to create a membrane-based downstream purification platform for large-scale continuous biomanufacturing of viral vectors and virus-like particles (VLPs).
UT Southwestern ranked No. 1 in Texas, fourth in nation for tech transfer
UT Southwestern Medical Center ranked fourth in the nation and No. 1 in Texas for commercializing new biomedical technologies
New Center for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer advances promising treatments
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched a Center for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer to accelerate promising cancer therapies from the lab to the bedside. The idea is to advance precision medicine that leads to more effective, less toxic cancer therapies.
ABRF 2023 Research Group Studies
The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Executive Board is pleased to announce the approval of several innovative studies to be conducted by ABRF Research Groups in 2023, to address ongoing questions in biomolecular research techniques and methods. ABRF Research…
Open Lab Solutions Announces New Manufacturing Division to Initially focus on Medical Plastics
CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AACC 2022 Open Lab Solutions, Inc., is announcing the formation of a new division, AMCAR Scientific, that will focus on an expanding product line of plastic consumables used in the medical industry. OLS is exhibiting within booth #3257 at the 74th American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2022) at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, July 24 – 28th.
Eliksa Therapeutics launched with University of Utah’s commercial and clinical-stage regenerative medicine technology
Eliksa Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company developing novel therapeutics for a range of debilitating diseases, announced today it has launched with investments from the University of Utah (U) and Militia Hill Ventures (MHV) to develop and commercialize multiple clinical programs using the regenerative medicine technology developed at the U.
Genetics/biotech expert offers comments & availability on IVG (in vitro gametogenesis) major breakthrough
A groundbreaking study demonstrating the most advanced form of in vitro gametogenesis (making eggs from stem cells, IVG) was published Thursday in Science. See STAT’s coverage of the study. Regarding the study and breakthrough, Dr. Kevin Doxzen offers the below comments…
Mount Sinai Health System Launches Elementa Labs, A Virtual Incubator Program
Elementa Labs will connect health care startup companies with Mount Sinai’s vast network of research and clinical experts to advance groundbreaking health care innovations.
Nanotech scientists create world’s smallest origami bird
Cornell University researchers have created micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations. All they require is a quick jolt of voltage. And once the material is bent, it holds its shape – even after the voltage is removed.
Leveraging Modeling and Simulation in Medicine at VisualizeMED
ASME’s VisualizeMED: Modeling and Simulation in Medicine will take place on April 14-15, 2021. This two-day virtual event is enabling the transformation of modeling and simulation in medicine by bringing together industry experts of technology and masters of technique who are effectively implementing it with the goal to increase the application and adoption on a global scale.
Biotechnology research and policy expert joins Thunderbird School of Global Management and Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU through World Economic Forum fellowship
Thunderbird School of Global Management announces the first of two prestigious Hoffmann Fellowships appointed in collaboration with the World Economic Forum for post-doctoral research and policy innovation at the intersection of society, science and technology.
2021 CSUPERB Awards Honor the Best in Biological Sciences
Exemplary faculty and students from Cal State Fullerton, CSUN and Sacramento State were honored during the virtual university-wide symposium.
This Anti-COVID Mask Breaks the Mold
To address PPE shortages during the pandemic, scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley are developing a rechargeable, reusable, anti-COVID N95 mask and a 3D-printable silicon-cast mask mold.
New U.S. Strategy Unveiled for a Smart Competition with China in Science and Tech
The United States’ global leadership on science technology faces formidable competition from the People’s Republic of China; however the U.S. can take actions to maintain its competitive edge while enhancing innovation and protecting national security, according to a new report from the University of California San Diego.
Fueling the Biotech Pipeline
The CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) continues to prepare students for California’s growing biotechnology workforce in several disciplines across all 23 campuses.
Jennifer Doudna Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a professor at UC Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the development of a method for genome editing.”
Microscopic robots ‘walk’ thanks to laser tech
A Cornell University-led collaboration has created the first microscopic robots that incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled – and made to walk – with standard electronic signals.
Recursion and University of Utah launch region’s largest life science incubator
Altitude Lab announced its first resident companies and opened applications for its breakthrough collaborative facility and program. It’s the first of its kind—a blended incubator/accelerator program focused on developing diverse and inclusive early-stage life science and health care companies in Utah.
WFIRM Scientists Prove Bioengineered Uteri Support Pregnancy
WFIRM scientists were able to show that bioengineered uteri in an animal model developed the native tissue-like structures needed to support normal reproductive function.
UCLA Health’s Dr. Clara Lajonchere elected Chair of the California Precision Medicine Advisory Council
Dr. Clara Lajonchere, deputy director of the Institute for Precision Health at UCLA Health, has been elected chair of the new California Precision Medicine Advisory Council.
Tiny sensors fit 30,000 to a penny, transmit data from living tissue
Cornell University researchers who build nanoscale electronics have developed microsensors so tiny, they can fit 30,000 on one side of a penny. They are equipped with an integrated circuit, solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that enable them to harness light for power and communication. And because they are mass fabricated, with up to 1 million sitting on an 8-inch wafer, each device costs a fraction of that same penny.
Foxglove plants produce heart medicine. Can science do it better?
Biologist Zhen Wang’s team recently published a pair of papers detailing characteristics of cardiac glycosides in two foxglove species. “This kind of study is important because we first have to know the accurate structure of natural compounds before we can explore their medicinal effects,” she says.
UC San Diego Partners with 5 Leading Diagnostics Manufacturers to Boost COVID-19 Testing
Partnering with five diagnostics manufacturers, UC San Diego is significantly ramping up testing for COVID-19, projecting capacity to complete up to 1,500 tests daily within two to three weeks.
Robot Uses Artificial Intelligence and Imaging to Draw Blood
Rutgers engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs. Their research results, published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, suggest that autonomous systems like the image-guided robotic device could outperform people on some complex medical tasks.
The Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. Renews Partnerships with Takeda and Bridge Medicines, LLC
To date, work done within the Tri-I TDI has resulted in the launch of two New York City–based companies and the licensing of six therapeutic discovery programs.
Investors inject $45 million into health and biotech industry
A new $45 million Adelaide China Biotech Investment Fund will accelerate the development and commercialization of health and bio-technologies from South Australia for the global market.
Frozen sperm retains its viability in outer space conditions
Human sperm samples exposed to microgravity are just as active and concentrated as on Earth Vienna, 24 June 2019: Zillionaires like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who see the ‘colonisation’ of space as an answer to the Earth’s ever threatened resources…
Scientists hit pay dirt with new microbial research technique
A better method for studying microbes in the soil will help scientists understand large-scale environmental cycles Long ago, during the European Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci wrote that we humans “know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the…