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IQVIA looks to help life sciences companies predict clinical trial outcomes

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IQVIA has launched IQVIA Life Science Models to help predict clinical trial outcomes. IQVIA Life Science Models are a suite...

New regulator of muscle regeneration discovered

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Skeletal muscles can regenerate following an injury, a process depending on muscle stem cells. In healthy resting muscle, these...

AI system could transform global rabies testing

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Rabies virus detection in cell cultures could soon become faster and more accessible, thanks to a world-first AI system...

Life Sciences BC announces seventh annual investor readiness programme

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Life Sciences BC (LSBC) has announced the companies selected for its 2027 Investor Readiness Program (IRP). The IRP is...

Mammals produce cyclo-octasulphur to protect cells from lipid damage

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Elemental sulphur is well known in microorganisms, plants, and fungi, but whether mammals produce and use elemental sulphur has...

New antibiotic resistance mechanism discovered in superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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A joint research team led by Hongbaek Cho of the Department of Biological Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) and...

Preclinical data demonstrate prime-editing correction of pathogenic BRCA1 splice-site mutation

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Origin Genomics has announced initial preclinical results from OG-101, its BRCA1 gene-correction research programme. The company screened three prime-editor...

Undecimal Bio launches with $18m to address ‘liver trap’ in siRNA therapeutic delivery

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Undecimal Bio, a platform biotechnology company advancing targeted delivery of siRNA therapeutics, has announced an oversubscribed $18m seed financing. The...

Technology inspired by 3D printing could transform how medicines are tailored to patients

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Many medicines today are produced in standard doses, even though patients often have very different treatment needs. In her...

Growing optical fibres using biology

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A new project led by Northumbria University aims to grow optical fibres using proteins, mimicking a process that has...

Base to Base biotech podcast 79: Fragile X syndrome and Parkinson’s disease

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This week, we chat with Simon Mølgaard, co-founder and chief executive officer of Teitur Trophics about results from its...

Novel cancer therapy blocks communication between cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts

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A research team led by Yoosoo Yang of the Department of Integrative Biotechnology at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), in collaboration...

Retinitis pigmentosa cell therapy drug cleared for clinical trials in US and China

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iRegene Therapeutics Co., Ltd. has announced its investigational cell therapy NouvSight001 has received clearance from China's National Medical Products...

How cells fight back after bacterial toxins break through

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Bacterial toxins can create pores in epithelial cell membranes, threatening cell survival and weakening the body’s protective barriers. Yet...

New approach to treating chronic wounds

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The human body possesses the ability to heal itself. To do so, it replaces millions of old cells with...

Hidden amplification switch has implications for cancer metastasis

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Lymphatic vessels act as the body’s “drainage system,” collecting excess fluid from tissues. When lymphatic drainage is impaired because...

Recreating key features of the antibody factory in a dish

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Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a simple culture method that converts B cells isolated from human...

FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for sarcoma drug

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UTR Therapeutics Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)...

Confidence boost for AI virtual cells for novel target discovery

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Shift Bioscience has published new research in Nature Biotechnology describing an improved calibration framework for deep learning-based genetic perturbation...

Anti-fibrotic drug could be repurposed to control cell communication

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An experimental anti-fibrotic compound can dramatically alter how cells release the microscopic packages they use to communicate, according to...

Positive data from oral therapy designed to improve muscle function and body composition

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Atrogi AB has announced positive data from a human trial for its lead candidate ATR-258, a first-in-class small molecule...