An alliance between two major pharmaceutical companies is bringing a promising proposal out of the lab: a personalized cancer vaccine. Although the alternative, for many, is still experimental, NEC Bio Therapeutics and AGC Biologica are betting on its possibilities. Did you know that Bristol-Myers Squibb’s drug Opdivo is estimated to sell more than $11 billion … Read more
The virologist Margarita del Val explained yesterday at the Royal Academy of Sciences (RAC) that the supply of a monoclonal antibody to neonates to prevent the bronchiolitis virus, has caused the pediatric ICUs to be “empty” this year. The researcher at the Severo Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology (CBM) gave this example of how the … Read more
The case is updated. Early on Thursday morning, the biotechnology company Ultimovacs released the results of its main study on mole cancer. It was read in January and since then the market has been eagerly awaiting the results. Now they have arrived, and they are not encouraging., writes DN. The share was set to fall … Read more
Jakarta – It has been more than a quarter century since Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal. Now, for the first time, scientists have succeeded clone rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), a primate species known to be close to humans. Experts in China used somatic cells, animal cells other than sperm and egg cells … Read more
Bank of America has named four small- and mid-cap biotech stocks as its top picks for 2024. The brokerage remains “cautiously selective” in its biotech picks as the sector as a whole has underperformed the broader stock market in 2023. Four favorites According to CNBC, analysts Greg Harrison and Mary Kate Davis see upside in … Read more
Jakarta – A team from Imperial College London and the University of Nottingham in the UK has produced synthetic chromosomes for yeast cells. The finding of this synthetic yeast chromosome is called SynXI. These synthetic chromosomes are known to be able to replace natural chromosomes and allow yeast cells to continue to grow and develop … Read more
Jakarta – The emergence of the theory of evolution has led some humans to dream of one day creating the human-chimpanzee hybrid known as a ‘humanzee’. Some of these efforts seem to have started a long time ago. Russian biologist Lya Ivanovich tried the worst possible method and luckily failed, because he had the idea … Read more
Vietnam at an international biotechnology congress in the United States A delegation from the Ministry of Health, led by its permanent deputy minister Dô Xuân Tuyên, attends the International Congress of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) 2023 from June 5 to 8 in Boston, United States. >> Vietnam whets the appetites of the global pharmaceutical … Read more
Neuralink Elon Musk’s company is allowed to conduct studies on humans. (Photo: Reuters) The company Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, has apparently received the green light from the US health authority FDA for a first human clinical trial. “This is the result of the incredible work of the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the … Read more
Nature highlight May 11, 2023 Nature 6177960 The Bell inequality has helped shed light on the structure of correlations allowed by quantum mechanics and what this theory of physics says about the world. Experimental verification of the Bell inequality is also of practical importance, as it allows confirmation of the existence of true quantum correlations … Read more