A study led by LSU Health New Orleans cancer researchers describes a novel therapeutic strategy to overcome tumour-induced immunosuppression. For the first time, the research team identified a critical immunosuppressive pathway and a promising approach to intervene, protecting the ability of T-cells to attack cancer cells. Results are published in Frontiers in Immunology, available here […]

Drug molecules and biofuels can be made to order by living cell factories, where biological enzymes do the job. Now researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a computer model that can predict how fast enzymes work, making it possible to find the most efficient living factories, as well as to study difficult diseases. […]

Scientists showcase how the concentration of chemicals in droplets can be efficiently controlled by running experiments in the tiniest of cell cultures. These findings could be useful for more effective drug screening and cell-based analysis. Droplet-array sandwiching technology (DAST) lets one use droplets as tiny reaction chambers or cell culture media. In a recent study, […]

Using deadly spider venom to treat heart attacks is one of many new discoveries currently being developed at a national research centre headquartered at The University of Queensland. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS) was launched this week at its UQ headquarters. Researchers have found […]

In a presentation at AIDS 2022, the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal, scientists with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) and their collaborators described how their use of technology revealed insights into cellular reservoirs of HIV and what those observations could mean for the next steps in […]

Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a Phase I clinical trial studying the immune response and safety of their newly-developed single shot rabies vaccine, ChAdOx2 RabG. The RAB001 trial was conducted at the University and is the first time the novel rabies vaccine has been used in human volunteers. […]

From immunity to metabolism to mental health, it seems like the gut microbiome has been linked to every aspect of human health and disease. But with hundreds of bacterial species populating our gastrointestinal tract, it’s a daunting task to pinpoint which molecules made by which bacteria affect which biological processes—and how they do so. “Microbiome […]

Scientists modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene identify how the 20 different molecules unique to elephants get activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans. Scientists from seven research institutions including the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh have used pioneering bioinformatic modelling to investigate […]

Australian researchers based may be a step closer to preventing Type 1 diabetes after identifying a crucial protein that could prevent the autoimmune disease from taking hold. Mater Research and University of Queensland researchers have developed a biological agent, sRAGE, that boosts white blood cell function which is damaged in individuals who develop Type 1 […]

The world of work has changed since Covid for employees and employers in biotech. Singular Talent is carrying out a research survey to determine what the biotech landscape will look like in future years. It would like your views on attitudes and approaches in working in the biotech sector. Early predictions are that work may […]