GARDP and Entasis Therapeutics initiate global phase 3 trial of zoliflodacin

The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), a not for profit organisation developing new treatments for drug resistant infections, and Entasis Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ETTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibacterial products, today…

New smallpox vaccine tested by USAMRIID receives FDA approval

Army scientists played a key role in testing a new smallpox vaccine approved last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Marketed under the brand name JYNNEOS, the product, developed by Bavarian Nordic, is a live, non-replicating vaccine for…

Study helps surgeons determine optimal approach for broken hips

New Orleans, LA – Robert Zura, MD, Professor and Robert D’Ambrosia Chair of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international collaborative study group whose findings will help orthopaedic surgeons identify the best individual…

Pew funds six research teams to pursue scientific discoveries

PHILADELPHIA–The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2019 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These investigators–alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America–partner on interdisciplinary research to tackle…

New SU2C teams accelerate clinical trials for difficult breast & prostate cancers

LOS ANGELES – Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is launching teams of experts to lead innovative attacks on two types of cancer that have defied conventional treatment: triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in women and metastatic prostate cancer in men. The…

12 early-career scientists win PROLAB awards

Twelve emerging scientists will receive grants this year from the Promoting Research Opportunities for Latin American Biochemists program, or PROLAB, to advance their research by working directly with collaborators in laboratories in the United States, Canada and Spain. Since 2012,…

NSF awards two ‘convergence accelerator’ pilot grants to UNC Charlotte

Two faculty teams at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have received awards in phase 1 of the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program, a major new research investment by the agency, designed to “accelerate use-inspired convergence research in…

Albeit it exists: Unexpected new material has been quenched to ambient pressure

Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS together with colleagues from Germany and Sweden achieved a result that seemed impossible. The researchers managed to create at ultra-high pressures a new material that preserves the structure and properties…

LSU Health New Orleans awarded $13.6 million for expanded cancer clinical trials network

New Orleans, LA – LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded a $13.6 million grant by the National Cancer Institute to expand its successful statewide clinical trials network with a special emphasis on minority and underserved cancer patients. Principal Investigator…