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Kuopio, Finland – A new study identifies alterations in the transcriptomic signatures in human olfactory mucosal cells of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection, potentially contributing to exacerbated COVID-19 outcomes. The study was conducted at the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with the University of Helsinki and published...
Baltimore, Maryland – The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a universally fatal prion disease that progresses rapidly, rose consistently from 2007 to 2020, a study of death certificates showed. CJD codes on death certificates totaled 5,882 during that period, with 51.2% of cases occurring among women, according to John Probasco,...
Basel, Switzerland – New research presented early ahead of this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, 27-30 April) from a team of researchers in the Netherlands shows how the latest CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology can be used to eliminate all traces of the HIV...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA  —  The gene-editing technology CRISPR shows early promise as a therapeutic strategy for the aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancer known as primary glioblastoma, according to findings of a new study from Gladstone Institutes. Using a novel technique they’ve dubbed “cancer shredding,” the researchers programmed CRISPR to zero-in...
SAN DIEGO – Cardea Bio, a Tech+Bio company integrating molecular biology with semiconductors electronics via graphene-based biology-gated Cardean Transistors, announced today that its Chief Science Officer, Dr. Kiana Aran, and collaborators published a paper entitled “Discrimination of single-point mutations in unamplified genomic DNA via Cas9 immobilized on a graphene field-effect...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is excited to announce the launch of the Critical Path for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CPA-1) Consortium. The CPA-1 consortium aims to accelerate drug development for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare disease that affects individuals and families worldwide. This will be achieved by...
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – CSL Behring has released promising 3-year results from the pivotal HOPE-B study, confirming the sustained long-term durability and safety of etranacogene dezaparvovec-drlb (Hemgenix®) in individuals with hemophilia B. The data, demonstrating prolonged elevated factor IX activity levels following a single infusion, were recently presented at...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Penn. — Global biotechnology leader CSL today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for garadacimab (CSL312) as a once-monthly prophylactic treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE). The company also announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the...