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Labcorp optimizes NGS from tiny FFPE samples—workflow gains for trials
Labcorp published workflow upgrades that boost nucleic acid yields and sequencing success from low‑input FFPE biopsy material, addressing a frequent bottleneck in oncology trials. The laboratory...
Urine proteomics + metabolomics: noninvasive TB diagnostic signatures emerge
Researchers integrated urine proteomics and metabolomics to develop diagnostic signatures for pulmonary tuberculosis, proposing a noninvasive approach that could complement sputum-based testing....
Placental mesenchymal stem‑cell hydrogel speeds radiotherapy skin repair
A double‑blind randomized trial tested a hydrogel embedded with placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) for treating radiation-induced skin injury. The trial reported accelerated wound healing...
One‑day sterility testing: rapid QC could shave release timelines
Researchers described an accelerated sterility testing protocol capable of yielding reliable sterility results in one day for biopharmaceuticals. The method combines optimized culture conditions,...
Regeneron presses for approval — gene therapy improves hearing in children
Regeneron announced plans to seek regulatory approval after New England Journal of Medicine–published data showed its gene therapy produced measurable hearing improvements in nearly a dozen...
HHS overnight cuts force CDC shakeup — mass layoffs then partial reversals
Late-night HHS actions removed more than 1,000 CDC and HHS employees, including teams handling infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response, prompting immediate alarm from public-health...
Mass production method unveiled — CAR-iNK cell manufacturing scales
Researchers unveiled a manufacturing approach for mass production of CAR‑iNK (chimeric antigen receptor–induced natural killer) cells, addressing a bottleneck in cell‑therapy supply chains. The...
Enzyme conversion enables O kidneys — ABO‑incompatible transplant barrier lowered
Researchers reported an enzyme-conversion technique that transforms type O antigens on donor kidneys, enabling transplantation across ABO barriers. The protocol, tested in preclinical/early...
FAXP: Hydrogel expansion meets mass spec — spatial proteomics for FFPE tissue
A team introduced Filter‑aided expansion proteomics (FAXP), combining tissue expansion chemistry with mass spectrometry to profile proteins at high resolution in formalin‑fixed, paraffin‑embedded...
Sterility in 24 hours — accelerated test promises faster biopharma release
Scientists reported a validated sterility assay capable of returning results within a single day for biopharmaceutical products, potentially disrupting long lead times in lot release. The approach...
Antibody design overhauled: diffusion models and negative data reshape predictions
Two independent studies advanced computational antibody engineering: one presents an adaptive diffusion strategy to design humanized antibodies and nanobodies, and another demonstrates that...
Foundation models as pathology tools — weak supervision validated for slide analysis
Researchers evaluated foundation models as feature extractors in weakly supervised computational pathology and reported scalable performance on whole‑slide image tasks. Published in Nature...
Engineered T cells and synthetic APCs — new tools to boost immunotherapy potency
Two papers introduced complementary advances for T‑cell therapies: an overview of next‑generation engineered T cell platforms and a protocol for manufacturing synthetic viscoelastic...
Proteomics pinpoints cancer signatures — Mucin‑16 and exosome maps emerge
Two proteomics studies reported actionable molecular signatures: one used quantitative proteomics to characterize Mucin‑16 alterations in low‑grade serous ovarian cancer (Clinical Proteomics), and...
Regeneron to seek approval: gene therapy boosts hearing in children
Regeneron announced plans to pursue regulatory approval after publishing new data showing clinically meaningful hearing gains in children with a rare genetic deafness. The study, reported in The...
Sarepta files push: gene therapy shows target restoration in rare muscular dystrophy
Sarepta presented data showing its experimental gene therapy increased expression of the missing gene in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) 2E and said it plans to file for...
Novo shutters cell program – 250 jobs cut as CEO reshapes R&D
Novo Nordisk said it will discontinue its cell therapy R&D efforts and lay off nearly all of the roughly 250 employees working in the unit as part of a broader reorganization under new CEO Maziar...
Scale race in cell therapy: CAR‑iNK mass production and next‑gen engineered T cells
Researchers and companies reported two complementary advances aimed at scaling engineered immune-cell therapies. One team described methods to mass-produce CAR‑expressing natural killer (CAR‑iNK)...
Enzyme treatment enables ABO‑incompatible transplants: O kidneys now possible
A transplantation study reported successful conversion of donor blood group antigens using an enzymatic process that produced O-type kidneys eligible for broader use. The enzyme-conversion...
Proteomics goes clinical: tissue expansion method and lung‑nodule classifier
Two proteomics advances aim to accelerate clinical diagnostics. Researchers introduced FAXP (filter-aided expansion proteomics), a technique that combines hydrogel-based tissue expansion with mass...