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Precigen's Gene Therapy Secures FDA Approval for Rare Lung Disease
Precigen Inc. received swift full FDA approval for Papzimeos (zopapogene imadenovec), a gene therapy treating recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), characterized by benign respiratory tract...
Eli Lilly’s Pricing Strategy Sparks Global Market Shuffle
Eli Lilly plans steep price increases for its weight-loss drug Mounjaro in the U.K., raising the highest dose price by 170%, aiming to lower U.S. prices amidst pressure from the Trump...
AI-Powered Antibiotic Discovery Targets Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers at MIT employed generative artificial intelligence to design novel antibiotic compounds effective against multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and MRSA. Screening millions of...
Schrödinger Halts Blood Cancer Drug Trials After Fatalities
Schrödinger discontinued its CDC7 inhibitor SGR-2921 development following the deaths of two AML patients in a Phase I trial. Despite promising preclinical and early monotherapy activity, safety...
Breakthrough in Brain-Computer Interfaces Enables Inner Speech Communication
Researchers have developed a novel brain-computer interface that decodes imagined speech from motor cortex activity, enabling paralyzed patients to communicate by thinking words rather than...
Cancer Immunotherapy Shows Promise with Systemic Effects from Local Delivery
A Phase I clinical trial demonstrated remarkable tumor regression in metastatic cancer patients using an Fc-optimized CD40 agonist antibody injected directly into tumors. Six out of twelve...
Genetic Insights into Human-Specific Brain Development via HAR123 Enhancer
Scientists at UC San Diego identified a rapidly evolving human-accelerated region (HAR123) that functions as a transcriptional enhancer affecting genes involved in neural development and cognitive...
Spatial Proteomics Expands with New Integrations and Market Growth
Syncell, a Taiwanese spatial proteomics company, has entered a co-marketing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to integrate MicroScoop protein purification technology with Thermo Fisher’s...
AI Powers Antibiotic Design for Resistant Infections
Researchers at MIT have harnessed artificial intelligence to design novel antibiotics targeting drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). By...
FDA Review Turmoil and Sarepta Safety Data in Rare Disease Drugs
The FDA faces scrutiny amid complex regulatory challenges highlighted by Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy safety concerns, including cases of acute liver failure...
Eli Lilly Raises Drug Prices Abroad Amid US Pricing Pressure
Eli Lilly announced plans to increase drug list prices in Europe, including a triple price hike for its obesity drug Mounjaro in the UK, aiming to offset US pricing pressures linked to the Trump...
Breakthrough Cancer Immunotherapy Shows Systemic Responses
A first-in-human trial of an Fc-optimized CD40 agonistic antibody, 2141.V11, demonstrated promising systemic tumor regression in metastatic cancer patients. Delivered via intratumoral injection,...
AI-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface Decodes Inner Speech
Neuroscientists developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) capable of translating neural signals from the motor cortex associated with inner speech into real-time text. Tested on patients with...
Spatial Proteomics Advances via Syncell-Thermo Fisher Partnership
Taiwanese spatial proteomics firm Syncell entered a co-marketing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific integrating Syncell’s Microscoop protein purification system with Thermo Fisher’s Orbitrap...
Advances in Targeted Cancer Therapies and Clinical Trials
Innovations are emerging in targeted therapies for solid tumors including trispecific T-cell engager EVOLVE-104 from Evolveimmune with FDA IND clearance, and new antibody-drug conjugates targeting...
Precision and AI in Cancer and Diagnostics
Machine learning and AI technologies are revolutionizing cancer diagnostics and drug discovery. Innovations include an AI-powered method for detecting ignition in inertial confinement fusion...
Cutting-Edge Developments in Energy Storage and Battery Technology
Researchers have achieved breakthroughs in battery materials and electrolytes, including the development of a quasi-solid 3D-SLISE electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries offering safety and...
AI Designs Novel Antibiotics Targeting Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers at MIT have harnessed generative AI to design new antibiotic molecules effective against drug-resistant bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae and MRSA. The approach involved...
Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Advanced Skin Cancer Treatment
A clinical study from UCLA demonstrated that pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy targeting the PD-1 receptor, induced durable tumor regression in patients with unresectable desmoplastic melanoma, a...
Groundbreaking Inner Speech Brain-Computer Interface Enables Communication
Neuroscientists have unveiled a novel brain-computer interface allowing individuals with severe paralysis to communicate by decoding neural signals corresponding to inner speech. Unlike previous...