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One AI Tool Bests Another in Enzyme Prediction Match
By Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News In this corner: the state-of-the-art enzyme function prediction tool … the Bioinformatic Brawler … the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool for proteins … BLASTp! And in this corner: the contender … the In Silico Kid …...
UCF Researchers Create Bioabsorbable Implants for Better Bone Healing
The UCF team is developing screws, pins, rods and other medical implants that are made of magnesium and dissolve within the body, eliminating the need to remove them. By Eric Eraso - UCF news When children break a bone, the traditional process of inserting metal...
Effective Patient Advocacy and Call to Action Impact Sessions showcased at upcoming World Stem Cell Summit, Winston-Salem, NC, June 5-9
The hallmark of successful patient advocacy is COLLABORATION. Even the most well-organized and well-endowed advocacy organizations must collaborate with multiple stakeholders. But how? Can the current and future stakeholder communities be effective while facing the...
Human stem cells used to create new type of biohybrid neural implant
By Paul McClure - New Atlas Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new type of neural implant that combines stem cells with electronics and has the potential to help amputees or those who’ve lost the use of their limbs. Developments in implantable...
A Parkinson’s ‘game changer,’ backed by Michael J. Fox, could lead to new diagnostics and, someday, treatments
Huge #parkinsonsdisease breakthrough illustrating the power of dedicated patient advocacy- forging coalitions supporting research and trials. It's a game changer! Ace science journalist Matthew Herper in #STAT covered the breaking announcement, "The trophy is science...
World Stem Cell Summit to feature Special Symposium on the Intersection of Regenerative Medicine and Healthspan – June 5-9
The 20th World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS), in association with the Healthspan Action Coalition, announced that it will showcase a Special Symposium and Focus Sessions on the "Intersection of Regenerative Medicine and Healthspan" - focusing on the science, technologies...
Bacterial ‘Nanosyringe’ Could Deliver Gene Therapy to Human Cells
By Ingrid Wickelgren - Scientific American This novel injection system could help advance gene therapy by nimbly inserting gene-editing enzymes into a variety of cell types nside the gut of a caterpillar lives a worm, and inside the worm lurks a bioluminescent...
New RNA-based toolkit to regulate gene activity could advance regenerative medicine, gene therapy and biotechnology
By Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Turning genes on and off as easily and predictably as flicking a switch could be a powerful tool in medicine and biotech. A type of technology called a riboswitch might be the key. The Okinawa Institute of Science and...
Veterans Affairs to Be First Major Insurer to Cover Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi
Roughly 168,000 veterans receiving care have Alzheimer’s dementia By Joseph Walker - The Wall Street journal Eisai Co.’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi will be covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the first major insurer to agree to pay for the...
Silicon Valley Bank failure spooks digital health, biotech industries
By Tina Reed - Axios Digital health and biotech firms made up a substantial part of Silicon Valley Bank's client base. And its historic failure is raising troubling questions about how much the fallout will hurt emerging health companies in need of capital. Driving...
Gene-edited rice may be able to grow on Mars
By Leah Crane - New Scientist Gene-edited rice plants may be able to grow on Mars. Researchers have now identified a gene that, when modified, seems to give rice plants a better chance of surviving in harsh Martian soil. Martian soil, or regolith, has fewer nutrients...
Methods for growing skeletal muscle tissue from stem cells to help understand disease
by The Francis Crick Institute Head of the Crick's Stem Cells and Neuromuscular Regeneration Lab, Francesco Saverio Tedesco, is also a doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he specializes in neurological and neuromuscular diseases of childhood, like muscular...