By Raffaele Pereno – PhD, MBA VIENNA, Austria – A discussion with AATech CEO Rüdiger Jankowsky at BioEurope highlighted a decisive shift in how alpha‑1 antitrypsin (AAT) may be deployed in respiratory medicine. While most companies in the field continue to focus on treating the rare genetic disorder alpha‑1 antitrypsin...
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Philadelphia, January 2, 2024 – Findings from a pioneering study in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, reveal that administration of the neuropeptide α-melanocyte–stimulating hormone (α-MSH) promotes corneal healing and restores normal eye function to an otherwise degenerating and diseased cornea by providing protection against cell death and...
PITTSBURGH – Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have identified eight genes that help predict a melanoma patient’s response to treatment. The new findings are being presented at the 45th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), May 29 to June 2, in Orlando,...
Cambridge, England – Scientists have developed a technique to rapidly and reliably detect genetic changes in malaria parasites in Ghana, using just a gaming laptop and portable MinION sequencer from Oxford Nanopore. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and University of Ghana were able to demonstrate for the first time...
Pohang, South Korea – A research team consisting of Professor Kyoung-Duck Park and PhD candidates Taeyoung Moon and Huitae Joo, from the Department of Physics at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has engineered “broadband nanogap gold spectroscopic sensor” using a flexible material capable of bending to create a...
Gdańsk, Poland – PolTREG S.A., a clinical-stage biotechnology company in Europe developing cell therapies for use in a wide range of autoimmune diseases, announced it received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), covering the manufacturing of T-regulatory cells (T-reg) to treat Type-1 diabetes...
Ottawa, Canada – A new review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is aimed at helping clinicians diagnose and manage polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), an endocrine disorder that affects about 10% of females. This disorder affects females of reproductive age and is associated with infertility, miscarriage and pregnancy complications. Its...
Barcelona, Spain – International research led by the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University, in collaboration with Hospital del Mar, Hospital Clínic, Charité – Medical University of Berlin, and the universities of Oslo and Genoa, has developed a computational biology tool, based on multi-level network...
SEOUL, South Korea – A research team at the Yonsei University College of Medicine reported in Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism that poor physical function at baseline is associated with premature death in patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)—2 conditions that fall under the umbrella of...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer’s disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica. Researchers with the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, in collaboration with scientists...