Roche Extends Offer for Spark Therapeutics a Second Time, as Shareholders Balk at Tender...
Roche said today it will extend for a second time its tender offer for shares of Spark Therapeutics, the gene therapy developer it wants to acquire for $4.8 billion, as the pharma giant falls...
UK Scientists Engineer Cell Membrane for Long-Lasting Cell Therapy
Scientists at the University of Bristol, UK, have made a cell therapy that produces a glue-like hydrogel, which could make stem cells last for longer in the body and help wound healing in conditions...
New technology developed for microscopic imaging in living organisms
Biotechnologists, physicists, and medical researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed technology for microscopic imaging in living organisms. A miniaturized multi-photon microscope, which could be used in an endoscope in future, excites the body's...
Carnegie Mellon chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Chemistry have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead...
Comfort Food with a Side of Stress Supersizes Weight Gain
Some of us lose our appetites when under stress, whereas some of us might overeat. Whichever tendency we show, when the pressure is on we’re likely to pick high-sugar, high-fat “comfort” foods. Rodent studies...
Some Versions of the Longevity Gene Are Spryer Than Others
Different animal species drink from different fountains of youth, which flow with waters of different potency. That’s the gist of a new study of the SIRT6 protein, which is encoded by the so-called longevity...
Biotechnology Industry Wants to Diversify Leadership – IndustryWeek
Understanding that diversity is good for the bottom line, The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced on April 16 that it’s taking action on trying to increase gender, racial, ethnic and LGBTQ representation on biotech...
Rapid, AI-Powered Genetic Disease Diagnosis for Critically Ill Infants
The researchers at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) are known for working quickly. In February of last year, they broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest diagnosis through whole genome sequencing,...
European Biotechnology in 2019 and Beyond: What’s Hot and What’s Not? – Labiotech.eu
We spend a lot of time focusing on specific developments in biotechnology, but sometimes it’s good to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. With this in mind, I asked three...
