Bio Drugs
Genetic screening could help identify opioid addiction risks
Research presented at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo indicated accuracy of a ...
Genetic screening of children with epilepsy could lead to better treatments
A new study supports routine genetic testing for epilepsy in young children with seizures. … "Identifying the precise cause of ...
Targeted genetics tests can sometimes tell us which medications to avoid?
If Chuck Dushman were given Plavix, a blood thinner often given to people who have undergone the placement of a ...
Zika tragedy reanimates ethical and medical debate about vaccines for pregnant women
Ever since the shocking realization in 1961 that the morning sickness pill thalidomide caused shortened limbs in babies, doctors have ...
Life’s DNA blueprint: Rewriting yeast genome could help design better drugs and improve stem cell therapy
Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step ...
Viewpoint: Media focus on ‘scare fears’ like trace chemicals ignores real dangers like dietary supplements
There can hardly be a better example of […] logical disconnect than the silly July 12th hit piece in the [New York] Times about ...
Taming menopause? Antibody might restrain obesity, osteoporosis risks
Menopause often has some pretty negative effects on women. Their risks of heart disease, osteoporosis and obesity all increase, to ...
Isolated influenza mutations may help predict future global flu trends
A study of flu evolution in four patients with long-term infections revealed mutations that later appeared, independently, around the world ...
Oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in toddler who nearly drowned
In what is believed to be a world first, scientists have reversed brain damage in a toddler that drowned in ...
Colo Alert: DNA colon cancer test could dramatically increase diagnoses
A private group in the UAE has announced the launch of ‘Colo Alert’, the first DNA-based rapid test in its ...
CAR-T therapy for leukemia patients may pave way to more personalized medicine
[Editor's note: Jim Greenwood is president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.] [On July 19], experts at the U.S ...
Artificial intelligence meets precision medicine: IBM Watson computer 1000 times faster than humans
Researchers said Watson provided actionable insights within 10 minutes, compared to 160 hours of human analysis and curation typically required ...
Two new genetic mutations linked to Alzheimer’s
New research moves us closer to understanding the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, as scientists find two new genes that ...
Surviving the cure: Stem cell transplant that saved a patient’s life now poses mortal threat
A few months before completing medical school in 2003, Lukas Wartman was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood ...
Gut feeling: Microbiota could aid fight against depression, high blood pressure and weight gain
The trillions of microorganisms in the gut affect our physical and mental state in myriad ways. Can we influence this ...
Gene research opens doors to drug treatments to confront the ‘fine-tuned’ malaria parasite
The single-cell parasite [malaria] has been estimated to have caused the death of almost half of the world’s population since ...
First US gene therapy nears: CAR-T leukemia treatment gets nod from FDA panel
Novartis AG's pioneering new cancer drug won enthusiastic support from a federal advisory panel on [July 12], paving the way for ...
Deadly breakthrough? Scientists revive cousin of smallpox virus that killed 1 billion people
Scientists in Canada have used commercially available genetic material to piece together the extinct horsepox virus, a cousin of the ...
STDs getting ‘smarter’? Gonorrhea may become impossible to treat with antibiotics
Gonorrhea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organization said. "The bacteria ...
Smoking and health: Genetic revolution transforming medical marijuana and tobacco
Our increased understanding of plant genetics has potential to help smokers quit and provide patients with the medicinal benefits of ...
Drug weapons: Computer designed proteins prepare to battle the next pandemic
Researchers are using computer modeling to design new antiviral proteins that could slow down, or stop, global outbreaks of deadly ...
Fighting depression: Drugs stimulating growth of new brain cells may be key
Depression is something of a black box. Its underlying causes aren't completely understood, nor why particular medications work for some ...
‘Abortion pill’: How it works
While abortion is still legal, many states have since passed laws that restrict access to abortion to varying degrees...Now some ...
HIV fix: Can gene editing work alongside the virus to provide a cure?
HIV is no longer a death sentence in much of the developed world. But effective treatment in developing nations needs ...
CMV birth defects may be prevented by drug typically used to treat anxiety
An anxiety drug could prevent a common virus from causing birth defects and deafness, a study in newborn mice suggests ...
Prostate cancer treatment could get boost from DNA blood test
Scientists have developed a three-in-one blood test that could transform treatment of advanced prostate cancer through use of precision drugs ...
Fighting high cholesterol: Vaccine promises long-lasting fix
Scientists have begun a clinical trial to test a high cholesterol vaccine after research on mice proved successful. If the ...