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Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes carrying vincristine sulfate are effective in killing cancer stem cells

Whether loading vincristine sulfate into mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes could improve the targeted delivery of the drug specifically to cancer stem cells.

21 May 2024

New Horizons in Chemical Biology: A Novel Approach to Synthesize Dibenzothiophene S-Oxides

Dibenzothiophene S-oxides are important in various biochemical processes. However, their synthesis using conventional methods is not easy.

30 Jan 2024

Validant Group of Companies Unite as ELIQUENT Life Sciences

The Validant Group of companies today announced a strategic repositioning that unites the five companies as one global regulatory brand: ELIQUENT Life Sciences.

From ELIQUENT Life Sciences 10 Jan 2024

Johnson Matthey Announces Partnership With Basecamp Research to Accelerate the Adoption of Biocatalysis Solutions

Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Basecamp Research, a leader in mapping biodiversity for computational bio-design, today announced their partnership to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable, bio-based catalysts.

From Johnson Matthey 5 Dec 2023

High Levels of Exposure to the Virus Causing COVID-19 May Reduce Safety Given by Vaccination

High levels of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 may reduce or overcome the protection that vaccination and prior infection provides, according to a new study by researchers from Yale University, the University of Florida, and the Connecticut Department of Correction.

24 Aug 2023

Innovative Method Accelerates Discovery of New Drugs by Harnessing the Power of Ribosomes

A research team led by University of California, Irvine scientists has developed an innovative method for quickly and efficiently creating vast collections of chemical compounds used in drug discovery by harnessing the power of ribosomes, the molecules found in all cells that synthesize proteins and peptides.

24 Aug 2023

The BioICEP Project Turns Non-Biodegradable Plastics into New Biobased Materials for the Packaging and Pharmaceutical Industries

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, forms part of the BioICEP project (Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics), which started in February 2020 and is funded by the Horizon 2020 program.

23 Aug 2023

Analyzing the First Vaccine Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Many Older Adults

The first Americans over age 60 just started rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, now that brand-new vaccines have started to arrive at pharmacies and clinics.

23 Aug 2023

Leading UK Engineering Firm adi Group Launches Ground-Breaking New Life Sciences Division

To directly support the requirements of the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry, adi Group, a leading engineering firm based in the UK, has launched its new Life Sciences division.

25 Jul 2023

Breakthrough: Sequencing Functional Antibody Proteins Directly from Human Blood

Rapid Novor Inc., the world’s leader in mass spectrometry (MS)-based antibody protein sequencing, announced today that its REpAb® antibody discovery platform was used to successfully sequence a complex mixture of functional antibodies directly from the serum of a human patient after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

6 Jun 2023

LLNL set off to develop vaccines to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus

People afflicted with autoimmune diseases may someday receive help through treatments now under development by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) licensee and its' collaborations with two major pharmaceutical companies.

19 Feb 2023

Promotional spending share allocated to consumer advertising higher for drugs with low added benefit

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the share of promotional spending allocated to consumer advertising was on average 14.3 percentage points higher for drugs with low added benefit compared to drugs with high added benefit.

8 Feb 2023

Plankton could hold key for understanding link between ocean pollution and human health

Plankton may offer a way to monitor historical marine pollution trends, and could be used to predict trends in human health, according to new research.

10 Jan 2023

Orbit Discovery awarded Innovate UK grant to expand high throughput cell-based functional screening platform capabilities in peptide drug discovery

Orbit Discovery Ltd., (“Orbit”) a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering candidate peptide therapeutics harnessing proprietary affinity and cell-based functional screening platforms, has been awarded a Smart grant by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.

From Orbit Discovery 14 Jun 2022

VectorBuilder to expand with $500 million ‘Gene Delivery Research and Manufacturing Campus

VectorBuilder Inc. has announced the construction of a new R&D and manufacturing center in Guangzhou, China.

From VectorBuilder 12 Apr 2022

Rigaku Pharma Forum 2022 for Advanced Analytical Solutions Used in Industry and Research

Rigaku is proud to be hosting the inaugural Pharma Forum, a free-to-attend, two-day virtual event from April 27-28, 2022. The forum examines a range of analytical techniques and how these can be applied during the development, formulation, and manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

From Rigaku Corporation 4 Apr 2022

Ziath sample management innovation at Analytica 2022

Ziath has chosen Analytica 2022 in Munich, Germany (21-24th June) to launch two new innovative sample management products - Handheld 3 and LUX.

From Ziath Ltd 3 Mar 2022

Process-scale chromatography bed supports

Porvair Sciences high performance, precision manufactured Vyon® porous plastics are perfect support materials for chromatographic resins used in the isolation and purification steps of pharmaceutical drug and vaccine production.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 9 Feb 2022

Paradigm4 joins the Tetra Partner Network to leverage Tetra Data into high-performing analytical computing applications for pharmaceutical customers

TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced today that Paradigm4, an integrated scientific data analytics company, has joined the Tetra Partner Network so that pharmaceutical customers can accelerate research decision-making using Tetra Data as a foundation for analytical computing.

From TetraScience, Inc. 18 Jan 2022

A folic acid-like drug changes a DNA process within brain tumors

A folic acid-like drug, L-methylfolate, when administered alongside the standard therapy for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, changed aDNA process within their brain tumors, according to results from a phase 1 clinical trial.

From Vanderbilt University 6 Jan 2022