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17 August 2020 Image: Keyy Sikkema Mitochondria effectiveness decreases when we get older, but also when we face many diseases such as diabetes, cancer or Parkinson’s. This is why scientists are increasingly interested in how they work. At EPFL, a team has developed a protocol to measure their activity live in living animals. Described in Nature […]

14 August 2020 Image: Morgan Housel Scientists at EPFL’s Brain Mind Institute have identified an enzyme that can play a central role in developing a new route of treatment for Huntington’s Disease. Huntington’s disease is a progressive and aggressively debilitating brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, psychological problems, and loss of cognition. It is caused […]

The enzyme serine palmitoyl-transferase can be used as a metabolically responsive ‘switch’ that decreases tumour growth. This is according to a new study by a team of San Diego scientists, who published their findings in the journal Nature. By restricting the dietary amino acids serine and glycine, or pharmacologically targeting the serine synthesis enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, […]

14 August 2020 Image: Markus Spiske A team of researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has developed an algorithm through machine learning that helps predict sites of DNA methylation. This is a process that can change the activity of DNA without changing its overall structure – and […]

First European Commission COVID-19 vaccine agreement enables all EU member states to access the vaccine at no profit during the pandemic. AstraZeneca has concluded an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply up to 400 million doses of the AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine. Building on the existing agreement with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance spearheaded by […]

George Washington University researchers analysed five biomarkers present in the blood of hundreds of COVID-19 patients, finding elevated levels associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death. “When we first started treating COVID-19 patients, we watched them get better or get worse, but we didn’t know why,” said Juan Reyes, MD, co-author of the […]

UK government to purchase 60 million doses of NVX-CoV2373. Novavax, a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, has signed a deal with the UK government for the purchase of 60 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine, and a Phase 3 clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the vaccine […]

13 August 2020 Image: Ana Auza Bone Therapeutics has been granted EUR1 million from the Directorate-General for Economy, Employment and Research of the Walloon Region, Belgium. This funding will provide further financial support to Bone Therapeutics, in addition to recent financing, to advance its current pivotal phase III clinical study with the enriched protein solution, […]

13 August 2020 Image: Edward Cisneros A non-hormonal therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms associated with menopause was found to be effective in a recent clinical trial. This is according to a published study by a team of researchers including faculty from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Fezolinetant, an oral, non-hormone […]

This year’s Analytica will be available in two formats – physical and digital. Organisers of the event for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology will also run Analytica Virtual to enable exhibitors and visitors who cannot come to Munich due to travel restrictions to participate. Analytica Virtual will run alongside the classic Analytica in Munich (October 19 to […]