Bio Drugs
GENeS launches: New project provides journalists, NGOs, policy analysts scientific expertise on breaking stories
Journalists and policymakers take note: GENeS--Genetic Expert News Service--is now live! Turn to GENeS for independent expert analysis and commentary ...
No, a single hormone cannot turn mice gay
In 2011, a group of scientists “turned mice gay.” The only issue is, of course, they didn’t. Rather, Yi Rao ...
Can ancient Anglo-Saxon remedy cure MRSA infection?
A plant-based ointment recipe pulled from a 1,000-year-old manuscript is spiking excitement about what historical knowledge and traditional remedies can do to ...
WHO: Doomsday health crisis looms if we do not anticipate post-antibiotic era
Water sanitation and antibiotics still work well, but antibiotic resistance is growing, and there as signs that water chlorination could ...
Ken Burns’ cancer documentary a tour de force
Forbes The 6-hour Ken Burns and Barak Goodman television documentary “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” television documentary “Cancer: The Emperor of All ...
Why does science denialism persist, and how is it harming society?
The March issue of National Geographic raises many intriguing questions about the world we live in today. It also has a particular ...
Long Island research center, NY hospitals join forces to find cancer treatments
Some of the world’s finest scientists live in a former whaling village on the North Shore of Long Island, in ...
Can biomedical data be boiled down to Amazon.com-style recommendations?
Citizen scientists and research startups have begun to play an important role in creating new data sets for biomedical researchers ...
New brain tumor treatment looks promising, but probably not miracle cure
CBS’ hit newsmagazine 60 Minutes devoted not one but two segments to an early-stage trial at Duke University of a cancer ...
How to weigh enormous promise, potential danger of CRISPR/Cas9 technology
A technique for editing genes while they reside in intact chromosomes has been a real breakthrough. Literally. In 2013, Science ...
Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline, set for further trials
The search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been riddled with failures, but a promising new drug could ...
Why do so many Americans fear Ebola, but reject vaccines?
Sitting and talking about the 10,000 people so-far killed by Ebola hemorrhagic fever in West Africa, it's easy to feel ...
Aspirin may protect some against colorectal cancer
The link between taking aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDS, and colorectal cancer prevention is well established, but the mechanisms ...
Will gene therapy make humans masters of own evolution?
Human genetic engineering is not new; it has been going on for a long, long time — naturally. Ancient viruses ...
Why we should be concerned about antibiotic-resistant superbugs
Scientists and public-health officials are a careful bunch who don't often paint doomsday scenarios. That is, unless they're talking about ...
Gene therapy dilemma: Would you tweak your child’s genes if it might prolong life but leave her deaf?
New gene therapies can bring collateral consequences--solving one heath problem but creating another. Patients, healthcare providers and insurance companies are ...
The Death of death? Review of “Evolving Ourselves” and unnatural selection
The meat of this controversial new book is the immense array of futurist and transhumanist possibilities for driving change on ...
Gene transfer therapy could replace vaccines, treat HIV
A team of scientists has announced what could prove to be an enormous step forward in the fight against H.I.V ...
Colorado biochemist Rob Knight on TED: Microbes make us who we are
Microbes, more than DNA, might explain why we're so different from one another. At least that's what biochemist Rob Knight ...
How will approval of first copycat biotech drug impact consumer costs?
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first copy of a biotechnology drug for the U.S. market, firing the starting ...
Is the antibiotics miracle about to end–And to what end?
Predictions that we might sacrifice the antibiotic miracle have been around almost as long as the drugs themselves. Penicillin was ...
Vaginome: What’s hiding in the private’s microbial garden?
Microbes reside in virtually every human bodily system, a mix of about 10,000 different species of bacteria, fungi, and archaea ...
Proposed New York bill misguided attack on GMOs, vaccines
In a bizarre juxtaposition of irrational fears, a New York State legislator has introduced a bill to ban GMOs in ...
Alligators to the rescue against antibiotic resistance
Among all the animals captivating our collective attention, one of the most prevalent has been the alligator. Historical records reveal ...
Could some inherited diseases be treated more effectively before birth?
Rresearch in mice suggests that treatment for haemophilia – and maybe other inherited diseases – could start in the womb, ...
Lab made antibody against HIV shows promise in non-human primate studies
For 30 years, researchers have struggled to determine which immune responses best foil HIV, information that has guided the design ...
Soybeans genetically engineered to produce anti-HIV drug
Dozens of experiments by companies and academic institutions all over the world are using techniques to insert genes in the ...
