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University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier
In a bold move to push for open access to publicy-funded research, the University of California has terminated its multimillion-dollar subscriptions with Elsevier.
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Mimicking Holes in HIV Coating Key to Vaccine Design
Computational modeling has been used to design and create proteins that can mimick the holes in HIV’s protective coating, creating a way forward for vaccine design
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Tobacco Plants Transformed Into Green Bioreactors to Produce Human Proteins
This work is the first of its kind to demonstrate that this functional human protein can be produced in plant cells.
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GE Inks $21 Billion Biopharma Sale to Danaher, a U-turn Decision
This week, Danaher announced a definitive agreement to purchase General Electric's Biopharma business for a cash purchase price of $21.4 billion. Factoring tax benefits from the structure of the deal, the net purchase price is about $20 billion.
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Silver Lining for Parkinson's Trial, Despite No Clinical Benefit
The pioneering clinical trials program delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain. The trial results offer hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson’s.
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Self-reported Health Symptom Relief Gauged for Cannabis Product Characteristics
The commercially developed ReleafApp is a publicly available, incentive-free app for educating patients on how their type of product affects their symptom severity levels.
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Could Targeting T Cell Metabolism Improve Immunotherapy?
Rescuing T cell glycolysis could help T cells maintain the ability to compete with cancer cells, and improve responsiveness to cancer immunotherapy.
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Key Mutations Pinpointed for Antibody Adaptability
In the quest to develop an effective HIV vaccine, researchers have focused attention on identifying and targeting the region of the virus’s outer envelope where a lineage of antibodies are able to dock and neutralize the virus.
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Phage Therapy Trial Launched Following FDA Approval
With multidrug-resistant infections on the rise, the first US clinical trial of intravenously administered bacteriophage therapy has received FDA approval.
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The "Secret Weapon" of Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies
A new study in mice has explored why certain antibodies are highly effective in protecting the body against debilitating viruses like chikungunya.
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