Prescription drug costs steadily soar, yet price transparency is lacking
Scripps Research analyzed pharmacy insurance claims from over 35 million Americans, finding 'continual, marked, annual increases' of popular brand-name drugs, ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Scientists develop gel-based delivery system for stem cell-derived factors
New approach could improve kidney regeneration In ongoing research to find a treatment for acute kidney injury, Wake Forest Institute ...
DNA origami to scale-up molecular motors
Credit: Matsuda K. et al., Nano Letters, April 30, 2019 Joint press release by Hokkaido University, Kansai University, and Tokyo ...
Transgenic fungus rapidly killed malaria mosquitoes in West African study
Technology developed at the University of Maryland could safely reduce malaria mosquito populations, including insecticide-resistant strainsCredit: Oliver Zida According to ...
Combination of three gene mutations results in deadly human heart disease
Research study first to show multiple genes working together to cause diseaseCredit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes Congenital heart disease occurs ...
Human contact plays big role in spread of some hospital infections, but not others
Findings suggest hand hygiene is key, but more methods needed to fight multidrug-resistant infectionCredit: David Dorward; Ph.D.; National Institute of ...
Scientists engineer unique ‘glowing’ protein
Credit: Vera Nazarenko et al. Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have joined forces with colleagues from ...
Insilico Medicine to present at the CogX Festival of AI and Emerging Technology
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, May 30, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Dyson-Hudson receives grant to study treatment for shoulder injuries in wheelchair users
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $549,000 grant to Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, of Kessler Foundation; the ...
Scientists bioengineer human liver disease in the lab to find new treatments
3D human liver organoids help reveal molecular secrets of deadly ailmentsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--Scientists successfully bioengineered human liver organoids that ...
NIH awards Cleveland Clinic $3 million grant to determine effects of exercise in Parkinson’s
The study is designed to measure the impact of long-term, high-intensity aerobic exerciseCredit: Cleveland Clinic Cleveland: The National Institutes of ...
LED device could increase memory retention among astronauts
Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington Hanli Liu, a professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, ...
Intelligent algorithms for genome research
New repository 'Kipoi' improves access to machine learning models Although the importance of machine learning methods in genome research has ...
Dr. Genova of Kessler Foundation receives major grant for autism research
The New Jersey Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism awarded a $357,000 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., ...
First-class protein research: New research training group established at MLU
Credit: MLU / Maike Glöckner A new research training group will start conducting research on proteins at the Martin Luther ...
Aubrey de Grey to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., CSO, SENS Research Foundation; VP of New Technology Discovery, AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., to present at the ...
All ears: Genetic bases of mammalian inner ear evolution
Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest of caves and the deepest oceans, and from the highest mountains to ...
Self-healing DNA nanostructures
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00888 DNA assembled into nanostructures such as tubes and origami-inspired shapes could someday ...
Bioengineers suggested ways to reduce crop losses caused by heat, cold and drought
The treatment aimed to increase the stress resistance of plants was proposedCredit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Branch ...
Jumping drops get boost from gravity
Credit: Virginia Tech A decade ago a new idea was brought into the general scientific community - shedding water from ...