Preclinical

This year could be the big year for the company. Its chief executive officer and president, Isaac Ciechanover, is leaving the company by June 30, but says 2019 could be transformative.
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The study showed that artificial intelligence can be used to provide widespread, cost-effective eye screenings via telemedicine to assist ophthalmologists in improving vision outcomes.
New Haven, Conn.-based NextCure and the Yale University Office of Corporate Research (OCR) announced the publication of a study describing Siglec-15 (S15), a new target for immunotherapy. The article was published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Although cautious about using the word “cure,” researchers have described a second person globally to be cleared of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The new patient, who remains unnamed, is dubbed the “London Patient.”
An analysis of the genetics of nearly 95,000 people across the United States and Europe who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease has led to the discovery of four new genetic variants in the body that can increase the risk of developing the form of dementia.
CRISPR, the gene editing technique that promises to revolutionize healthcare and medicine, is not perfect. Two new studies, one in mice embryos and the other in rice plants, seem to confirm this.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Ella Balasa, a 26-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, recently made the news when she was apparently successfully treated for a lung infection using a kind of virus called a bacteriophage.
Research is the cornerstone of new medications that treat numerous needs across the globe. Here’s a look at a few of the interesting research stories that crossed BioSpace’s slice of the Internet.
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