Sino Biological has announced a successful listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange subsidiary ChiNext. A total of 17 million shares were issued for a total of ¥4.98 billion (US$770 million) raised during this initial public offering. Sino Biological says the listing is an important milestone in its strategic… Read More
New research from scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute has shown a gene not previously linked to cancer plays a key role in the spread of certain cancers to the lungs. The team found that when the gene LRRN4CL was over-expressed in mice, the… Read More
The earliest changes that occur in seemingly healthy breast tissue before tumours appear may have been found by researchers, suggests a new study published in Nature Communications. The study in mice, funded by Cancer Research UK, showed that before becoming cancerous, breast cells with the BRCA1 gene mutation undergo changes similar… Read More
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new deep-learning framework that predicts gene regulation at the single-cell level. Deep learning, a family of machine-learning methods based on artificial neural networks, has revolutionized applications such as image interpretation, natural language processing and autonomous driving. In a study published… Read More
A £1.5 million research programme that aims to achieve scar free healing within a generation has been launched by The Scar Free Foundation, the medical research charity which focuses solely on scarring. The five-year research study led by the University of Bristol will identify the gene(s) that causes scarring and… Read More
