by admin | Apr 10, 2023 | News & Opinions
By Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Turning genes on and off as easily and predictably as flicking a switch could be a powerful tool in medicine and biotech. A type of technology called a riboswitch might be the key. The Okinawa Institute of Science and...
by admin | Apr 7, 2023 | News & Opinions
Roughly 168,000 veterans receiving care have Alzheimer’s dementia By Joseph Walker – The Wall Street journal Eisai Co.’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi will be covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the first major insurer to agree to pay for...
by admin | Apr 6, 2023 | News & Opinions
By Tina Reed – Axios Digital health and biotech firms made up a substantial part of Silicon Valley Bank’s client base. And its historic failure is raising troubling questions about how much the fallout will hurt emerging health companies in need of...
by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | News & Opinions
By Leah Crane – New Scientist Gene-edited rice plants may be able to grow on Mars. Researchers have now identified a gene that, when modified, seems to give rice plants a better chance of surviving in harsh Martian soil. Martian soil, or regolith, has fewer...
by admin | Apr 4, 2023 | News & Opinions
by The Francis Crick Institute Head of the Crick’s Stem Cells and Neuromuscular Regeneration Lab, Francesco Saverio Tedesco, is also a doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he specializes in neurological and neuromuscular diseases of childhood, like...
