Complementary medicine for cancer can decrease survival
New Haven, Conn.— People who received complementary therapy for curable cancers were more likely to refuse at least one component of their conventional cancer treatment, and were more likely to die as a result, according...
London man potentially cured of HIV thanks to stem cell treatment
An unnamed British man's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant, according to a report in Nature. The case is only the second of its kind.
The London male patient was diagnosed with HIV in...
African researchers fabricate anti-malaria soap in a bid to save 100,000 lives
A mosquito-repellent soap invented by a young African engineer is at the centre of a campaign to eradicate malaria in the developing world.
The soap, which has been developed by social start-up business Faso Soap...
Grants will further research into Fragile-X
The National Institutes of Health in the United States has awarded more than $35m over the next five years to support research into Fragile-X- associated disorders.
Grants have gone to researchers at three Centers for...
Study throws light on the way badly injured victims are taken to hospital
A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in America found no significant difference in survival rates between gunshot and stabbing victims in Philadelphia whether they were transported to...
Research leads to ban
Research carried out by a UK-China collaboration played a key role in the introduction of a ban on the use of the antibiotic colistin as a feed additive for animals in China.
The Chinese Ministry...
An all-natural sunscreen derived from algae
Scientists are turning to thenatural sunscreen of algae– which is also found in fishslime – to make a novel kindof shield againstthe sun’srays.
Reporting in the American Chemical Society’s journal, the team report that existing...
German company scoops prize
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac GmbH has won the EU’s first innovation inducement prize.
The company received the prize for progress towards a novel technology to bring life-saving vaccines to people across the planet in safe...
Antimicrobial resistance ‘arms race’ heats up
An advanced interventional microbiomics company, which is developing non-antibiotic methods for the control of multiple-drug resistant superbugs and other infectious disease, is stepping up development of a cure for antibiotic resistant bacteria.
BioPlx has set...
Ancient genes help dolphins live on
Ancient genes that predate the last Ice Age may be the key to survival … at least if you are a dolphin!
Genes up to 2.3 million years old helped the bottlenose dolphin adapt to...
Research into Parkinson’s Disease turns focus on the gut
Research carried out by a team of American researchers has suggested that gut microbes may play a critical role in the development of Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
The findings could lead to new treatments that can...
Antarctic Penguin hotspot discovery fuels need for marine reserve
Adélie penguins thrive where sea ice persists.
Antarctica is not the uniform icy desert it is often portrayed as; studies of contrasting regions help us to understand threats to the environment. Scientists have discovered a...
UCLB spinout Freeline Closes $120 Million Series C Financing Round
Freeline, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative gene therapies for chronic systemic diseases, today announced the closing of a $120 million extended Series C financing. The financing augments Syncona’s previously announced Series C investment in Freeline of $40 million (£30.6 million) with an additional...
Firms announce expansions
Two American bioscience companies have announced expansions and new jobs.
Seventh Wave, a consulting-based contract research organisation for the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, is expanding inMissouri. The company is increasing its presence inSt. Louis...
Scientific team develop new type of rice
A team of Chinese and British researchers have developed a new form of more resilient rice.
Dr Xiaorong Fan and Prof Guohua Xu, from Nanjing Agricultural University, in China, working with Dr Tony Miller, from...
Scientists discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D ‘invisibility cloak’
An international team of scientists has identified the neural circuits that enable cuttlefish to change their appearance in just the blink to eye – and discovered that this is similar to the neural circuit...