
uniqure delivers POC for hemophilia B gene therapy
AMT-061, an AAV5 vector, expresses a gene cassette with the Padua variant of Factor IX, which lacks in hemophilia B patients. According to uniqure,...

How salt triggers allergy
German researchers have found that or sodium chloride could be a promotor in allergic responses of the immune system. In Science Translational...

VTT turn waste into biofuels and chemicals
The process that converts bark, sawdust and forestry waste reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to fossil fuels, announced the group...

MEPs back €120bn budget for Horizon Europe
While the EU will miss its target to raise total public and private R&D spending in the EU to 3% of GDP by 2020 - in 2017 the EU average was...

Roche targets asthma with inhalable JAK1 blocker
The team headed by Nico Ghilardi targeted of Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) with an inhalable small molecule inhibitor for two reasons:...

Sugar replacement slows cancer growth
Feeding mannose either alone or alongside chemotherapy through a feeding tube three times a week and continuously via their drinking water was...

Evotec and HZI join forces in antibiotics discovery
Under the collaboration, the partners will initially focus on optimisation of cystobactamids, a family of natural broad-spectrum myvobacterial...