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The spread of drug-resistant bacteria has created an urgent need for new antibiotics. Researchers report that they have developed a new generative AI model that can design new antibiotics to stop the spread of one of the world’s most dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

According to research, an experimental treatment can prevent long-term changes to neurons seen in epilepsy if provided within the first two days after the first seizure.

A new pill could improve muscle strength for people with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune condition.

Using a newly created platform, researchers have interrogated the entire human proteome for "effector" proteins, which can influence the stability of other proteins via induced proximity. The scientists were able to identify many new effectors with possible therapeutic uses.

Scientists have found that while a protein called FOXL2 plays a role in embryonic development, it regulates the activity of many more genes after birth.

Many important medicines, such as antibiotics and anticancer drugs, are derived from natural products from Bacteria. By exploring protein evolution, a team has found new "fusion sites" that enable faster and more targeted drug development.

The world's first gene-edited pig kidney transplant has been successful, reports Massachusetts General Hospital. The procedure marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients.

A cross-disciplinary University of Waterloo team has developed a new contact lens material that could act as a bandage for corneal wounds while releasing drugs in a controlled manner to help the eye heal faster.

An investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins in early childhood, known as giant axonal neuropathy, was well tolerated and showed signs of therapeutic benefit in a clinical trial.

Researchers have developed a process to bioengineer heparin, the world’s most widely used blood thinner, which is currently derived from pig intestines.