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15 FOR '19: KEY CLINICAL DATA TO WATCH FOR NEXT YEAR
On Monday, Xconomy began our annual look ahead at clinical trials that could define biotech and have profound healthcare effects in...
MICRONEEDLE PATCH VACCINATION WITH RSV VIRUS EFFECTIVE AGAINST RSV
Skin vaccination using a microneedle patch vaccine containing inactivated respiratory syncytial virus proves to be effective in protection...
STUDY: PHYSICAL EXERCISE IS A SAFE, NATURAL, AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO REMEDY IBS SYMPTOMS
Irritable bowel syndrome is a disease that has no known cause, albeit being very common. It causes pain or discomfort in the stomach...
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD BEAT-PCD CONFERENCE AND 4TH PCD TRAINING SCHOOL
Abstract Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a chronic suppurative airways disease that is usually recessively inherited and has marked clinical...
HOW NEURONS FEND OFF ALZHEIMER'S WITH A CELLULAR BROOM THAT CLEARS THE TOXIC TAU PROTEIN
Some neurons never get clogged up with tau, the toxic protein that's been implicated in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders....
NEW, RAPID AND ROBUST METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PROFILING
Hope for better understanding of the inner works of cancer and other serious diseases.
ALZHEIMER'S STUDY REVEALS FIRST SOMATIC GENE RECOMBINATION FOUND IN HUMAN NEURONS
Scientists in California recently released exciting results that could offer an entirely new approach to treating the most common form...
NOVO BAGS €430M STATEN BUYOUT OPTION TO BOOST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PIPELINE
Novo Nordisk has landed an option to buy Staten Biotechnology in a €430 million deal. The agreement gives Novo the chance to add an...
SEER LAUNCHES TO DEVELOP LIQUID BIOPSY FOR CANCER, BRAIN DISEASE
Omid Farokhzad has, as he says, “been around the block a few times” in biotech. The cancer nanomedicine researcher has cofounded a...
15 FOR '19: KEY CLINICAL DATA TO WATCH FOR NEXT YEAR
It can take decades and billions of dollars to develop a drug, and its fate-and often that of its developer-rests in the outcome of...
NEW STUDY REVEALS HOW BODY COMPOSITION IMPACTS YOUR BREAST CANCER RISK
Are you at high risk of developing breast cancer? Cancer of the breast is a disease that many women fear, but, fortunately, if you...
DRUG IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN BONE CANCER PATIENTS
A therapeutic drug improves remission and reduces progression of disease in bone marrow cancer patients, reveals a research by Newcastle...
ECDC: AVERAGE OF 100 OUTBREAKS PER WEEK IN 2017
There were an average of 100 food and waterborne outbreaks per week in Europe, according to the 2017 zoonoses report. The European...
MOST ACCURATE TOOL YET TO PREDICT ASTHMA IN KIDS: STUDY
Pediatric Asthma Risk Score will become the most common tool used to predict asthma in young children and help prevent the common airway...
ALL 50 US STATES TO SCREEN NEWBORNS FOR 'BUBBLE BOY DISEASE'
Newborns in all 50 states in the US will now be screened for SCID, the devastating immune deficiency that claimed the life of Carol...
U.S. GUN DEATHS REACH RECORD HIGH
The numbers, which were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that 2017 had the highest number of gun deaths...
OPTIMIZE YOUR HEALTH WITH THESE 11 DELICIOUS SUPERFOODS
Eating the wrong foods can make us sick, but choosing the right ones can heal us and help prevent disease. However, many people struggle...
BIO ROUNDUP: ELI LILLY TRIES TAU, GENERIC INSULIN, NASH CASH & MORE
Pharmaceutical industry critics lament the cost of rare disease drugs, but some of the steepest price hikes have come on widely used...
NEW SALIVA TEST CAN HELP DETECT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Newly developed saliva test can now help in detecting Alzheimer's disease, reveals a new study. Scientists have identified biomarkers...
STATISTICS SHOW MIXED RESULTS ON PROGRESS AGAINST FOODBORNE ILLNESS IN EU
Salmonella and Campylobacter infections were at a stable level during the past five years, but Listeria cases continue to rise in Europe,...