Biotechnology Industry News

With a global population of 8 billion, current global food systems are strained in terms of providing a sustainable, healthy diet, particularly in our dietary preference for livestock-based food. Industry insiders might have seen this coming. While affordable and scalable meat is still probably years away from occupying supermarket shelves,...

Driven by remarkable data and advances in AI, 2023 is a promising year set to expand frontiers of what is known about biotechnology. To pick up on which sector of the biotech industry think tanks are eying this year, Kiera Peikoff, Deputy Director of Communications at Leaps by Bayer and...

Developers of COVID-19 vaccines need inspiration, and it may come from cancer researchers. And why not? Viruses and cancers share certain behaviors to help them visit woe upon humankind...

California currently has the third largest number of COVID-19 cases (roughly 131,000) with less than half of New York and just slightly less than New Jersey. An investigation into the genomic epidemiology...

The results of a study funded in part by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) suggest that abnormal lung development may explain why some non-smokers will develop the debilitating lung disorder...

Ligands are protein molecules that transmit signals in between or within the cells. They exert their effects by binding to cellular proteins called receptors. After binding to the ligand...

Dietary nutrients are key to influencing metabolic health. Some recent studies have shown that a diet with reduced protein could influence longevity/metabolic health. One approach is dietary protein dilution...

During implantation, the human embryo is hidden inside a “black box.” Although peeking inside has been prohibited by the 14-day rule, which restricts in vitro studies to preimplantation events, a new...

More than 120,000 novel human genetic variations that affect large regions of DNA have been discovered, some of which are linked to immune response, disease susceptibility or digestion. Scientists at...

Whole genome sequencing data is used to determine the sequence of individual genes, larger genetic regions. WGS of tumor cells can aid in the prognosis of a patient’s cancer and offer clues to...

While most of us wouldn’t want our cells sucking up more fat, cancer cells often need to adjust their metabolic needs to compensate for a deficiency in the production of certain lipid molecules. Now, a team...

Obesity affects millions worldwide and drives health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and many cancers. Now researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center...

Breeding plants for specific characteristics goes back thousands of years. For most of that time, the process has been slow and tied to the agricultural cycle. Farmers identified plants with desirable traits...

Citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing of HLB), transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, is currently the biggest threat to the citrus industry and is threat to many parts of the world, including...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are gaining more attention in studies of human diseases such as cancer, because changes in miRNA expression are frequently associated with abnormal cellular functions...

Researchers in Japan say they have replicated cancer cells from diseased bladder tissue in dogs, minimizing the use of costly stem cell products. The synthesized tumor cells allow scientists to diagnose cancer...

A tendency to aggregate limits the therapeutic use of IgG2 antibodies, but that could change. Although most of the approved antibody-based therapeutics come from the IgG1 isotype, scientists at Kyowa Kirin developed...

Astrocytes are star-shaped glial cells with many functions which include providing nutrient support to neurons, helping repair damage to nervous system tissue, regulating connectivity of brain circuits, participating...

Fresh from Phys.Org, here is a noteworthy Biotechnology article for you: From bacteria-made insulin that obviates the use of animal pancreases to a better understanding of infectious diseases and improved treatments, genetic engineering of bacteria has redefined modern medicine. Yet, serious limitations remain that hamper| progress in numerous other areas.......

A team of scientists from Stanford University is working with researchers at the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user facility located at the Department of Energy's Lawrence...