BioSpace News Archive

As the outbreak of the new coronavirus continues to spread, VIB scientists are quickly mobilizing to try to find a potential treatment for the viral infection.

A single AQP5+ human gastric stem cell gives rise to a 3D gastric organoid that re-expresses AQP5.

RRP is a rare, potentially fatal orphan disease caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus present in 80 percent of people worldwide

The Life Science Women’s Conference is being held on February 19 and 20 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. Co-founded by Patti Rossman and Steve Fiske, the conference is an opportunity for women to accelerate their life science careers via mentoring, networking and education.

Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) proved itself effective in yet another cancer indication.

In November 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new draft guidance that would help generic drug companies bring biosimilars to insulin to the market more quickly. And now there are reports that two of the three primary biopharma companies that sell insulin in the U.S. are trying to change that draft guidance.

BD, a leading global medical technology company, announced the completion of a 50-subject human clinical trial with the BD Libertas™ Wearable Injector.

Initial project focus on uncovering metabolic signatures associated with neurodegenerative disease to provide deeper insight into mechanisms involved in Parkinson’s and its progression

While fears of a potential coronavirus or flu pandemic continue to grow across the globe, the White House is calling for a 16% cut to the budget of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, as well as a 10% cut to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Bayer and Meiogenix, a biotech company focused on next-generation breeding technologies, announced a collaboration to advance agricultural research and development by accelerating the development of Meiogenix’s proprietary technologies related to plant breeding and genome editing applications.