SCIENCE

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners interested in developing a powerful new class of chemical probes that are capable of strongly inhibiting or inducing quorum sensing. Quorum sensing is a process used by some bacteria to coordinate behavior based on local population density. To communicate, bacteria release signaling molecules, including low … Read more

Gene editing has shown great promise as a non-heritable way to treat a wide range of conditions, including many genetic diseases and more recently, even COVID-19. Now, a version of the CRISPR gene-editing tool could help deliver long-lasting pain relief without the risk of addiction associated with prescription opioid drugs. In work recently published in … Read more

Dr. Derrick Rossi is a leading innovator doing work on some of today’s most promising and exciting therapies in the life sciences. Dr. Rossi, currently the CEO of the biotech startup Convelo, also helped found three other promising startups that are working to bring advanced treatments to patients: Moderna, Magenta Therapeutics, and Intellia Therapeutics. These … Read more

Scientists and oncologists at the National Cancer Institute share their thoughts on the NEXT HORIZON IN PRECISION ONCOLOGY – proteogenomics. In a recently published article on April 1, 2021 in the journal Cell, Drs. Henry Rodriguez, Jean Claude Zenklusen, Louis Staudt, James Doroshow, and Douglas Lowy at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of … Read more

Changes that affect the structure of chromosomes can cause problems with growth, development, and function in all living systems. This is because changes can affect many genes along the chromosome and disrupt the proteins made from those genes. Structural changes can occur during the formation of egg or sperm cells (germline), in early fetal development, … Read more

NASA is investigating two potential applications of synthetic biology—one to advance nutrition and one to increase in-space manufacturing capabilities. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station receive regular resupply shipments from Earth, providing them with nutritious food during their expeditions. Future astronauts on the journey to Mars will be much farther away, outside the reach of … Read more

The DNA Data Storage Alliance, an organization of more than 25 leading companies formed by Twist Bioscience Corporation, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Western Digital together with Microsoft Research, today announced its first white paper titled “Preserving our Digital Legacy: An Introduction to DNA Data Storage.” The white paper, which can be found on the … Read more

Scientists have identified more than 1,000 potential new biomarkers for cancer that they hope will aid in the early detection of many of these complex diseases, including one of the most challenging, pancreatic cancer. In the alternate universe of reward-sensitive entrepreneurs, Jo Bhakdi has rolled out a new liquid biopsy product that detects potentially cancerous … Read more

Synthetic biology’s potential was on display for the first time at a national level when the mRNA vaccine was developed in a matter of weeks after the COVID genome was sequenced. The emerging field of machine learning is rife with potential, as it allows scientists to design biological systems to specification, such as engineering a … Read more