Category: Healthcare & Life Sciences

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New Mutation-Specific Targeted Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

– Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening, genetic disease caused by genetic mutations that induce protein...
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The Promise of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapies for Cancer Treatment

– Cancer is a collection of related diseases characterized by the abnormal proliferation of cells and...
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Cell Therapy: An Old Therapeutic Strategy Recently Gaining Traction

– Modern medicine relies on the statistical evaluation of new therapies versus placebo or the current...
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How will the Internet of Things Impact your Industry?

– The Internet of Things (IoT) is a disruptive technology that takes wearable and wireless devices, the...
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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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Edited MicroRNAs Boost Gene Silencing Diversity

– Gene expression is a highly complex process that takes place in every cell. Genes, which...
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How to Treat Depression: Beyond Conventional Antidepressants

– Depression is a disorder with numerous medicinal remedies that either don’t work or result in...
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Biopharming Anti-Malarials from Tobacco Plants?

– Through one mosquito bite, the insect can launch a red blood cell parasite into the...
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Personalized Medicine: The Future Is Now

– I am 6 ft. and 154 lb. and last week I had a headache. I...
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Internet of Nano Things: A New Paradigm

– The Internet of Things is built through sensors that are attached to things. These inexpensive...
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Your Brain on Google Glass

– Researchers use functional near-infrared spectroscopy to measure mental workload as subjects navigate a college campus....
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Innovation in Highly Complex Markets: Lessons from BJ Adaptaciones

– The innovation model of BJ Adaptaciones, a company specialized in designing solutions adapted for people...
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Why We Can’t Cure This Deadly Cancer

– Not all cancers are the same. Each year, in the USA alone, approximately 10,000 new...
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Biotechnology Hubs and Future Incubators in Africa

– Innovation and invention in biotechnology has continued to escalate worldwide. As a result, biotech hubs...
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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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How Do Biotech Startups Become Successful?

– Taking an idea to market, and then to profit is not new, but it’s not...
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Scientists Discover Signaling Mechanism Involved in Limb Regeneration in Salamanders

– For the past 40 years, researchers have been trying to fully comprehend how salamanders regrow...
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Personalized Medicine: A New Era of Treatment?

– Personalized medicine (PM), the current buzzword in medicine, involves the use of tailor-made interventions based...
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New Technique Could Revolutionize Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy

– Scientists at the University of Exeter have developed a pioneering new technique that could revolutionise...

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