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Applications of Neoantigens in Personalized Cancer Therapy
– Neoantigens are mutations in the genome of a tumor that result in mutant proteins that...
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President Trump and Biotech-Related Industries: Opportunities, not Armageddon.
– Since the new president of the United States has been elected, it is time for...
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Game of Thrones: The Pitched Battle Over CRISPR Patent Turns Even Bitter
– Renowned as one of the biggest leaps in the field of biotechnology since the polymerase...
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First Lung Cancer Trials Using CRISPR-Edited T Cells Start in August
– “We are trying to develop a last resort when everything else fails.” Says Lu You,...
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Healthcare and Life Sciences: The Future of Biotech in 100 Years?
– Many innovators try to predict the next big thing. Indeed, if we look back on...
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The Lego Game Of Macrolide Antibiotics
– What Are Semisynthetic Antibiotics? Since Alexander Fleming first discovered penicillin in his small laboratory at...
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Phase Change Materials: Basics, Building Materials & Beyond
– The term phase change may appear slightly peculiar and jargonish. However, both the concept and...
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The 20 Year Long March of Transgenic Salmon: From Petri Dish to Baking Dish
– The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally approved the sale and human consumption...
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The Rise of Bispecific Antibodies in 2015
– The concept of using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for therapeutic purposes was devised a long time...
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Penn State Research: Herpes Virus Can Infect Human Neuronal Cells
– The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is one of a few highly ubiquitous herpes viruses that infects...
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CDC Report: Columbian Man Diagnosed with Cancer of Tapeworm Origin
– In the field of cancer research, there has been a long-held belief that cancer, also...
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Vampires Zapped: Orally Administered Drug Suggests New Approach in Malaria Prevention
– Malaria prevention in under-developed regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, has been demonstrated to be both...
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Genetically-Modified Pets: Markets, Concerns and Possible Solutions
– Sus domesticus, often called swine or hog, or more commonly and simply, just “pig”, have...
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2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Research on DNA Repair Mechanisms
– After spending a whole week of holiday on the sunny beach of the Mediterranean Sea,...
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The Nobel Prize 2015: A Resurgence of Neglected Tropical Diseases Research
– In the early hours of October the 5th, Professor Urban Lendahl, secretary of the Nobel...
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Discovery of New System for Genome Editing to Dramatically Improve Genetic Engineering
– It is of no doubt that the recent advancements of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique has...
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The Evasive Agents: How Drug-delivering Nanoparticles Avoid the Immune System
– The use of artificially-designed and synthesized nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles into the human body...
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The New Herbalism: Synthetic Biology Provides Alternative Sources for Herbal Extracts
– Throughout human history, there has been an extensive reliance on herbs (and their extracts) as...
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US Government Announces Proposal to Revise Current Regulations Related to Human-Subjects Research
– On 8th of September, the Federal Register published a notice jointly made by 14 US...
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Flu Vaccine: The End of Gambling with Nature?
– With the last bit of thunderstorm warning retreats into Lake Michigan, the hot and humid...

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