Researchers Make ‘Molecular Movies’ with Powerful X-Rays to Help Advance Therapeutics
Researchers used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source to study the AspH enzyme – a potential therapeutic target for…
Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Derek Janssens receives a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund
Highlights Van Andel Institute’s Derek Janssens is one of 42 scientists to receive a 2026 New Innovator Award…
Tomato Pangenome Maps Genes for Fruit Size and Defense
Newswise — Tomato breeding depends on finding useful natural variants behind complex traits, but conventional linear reference genomes…
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
A human pancreas typically contains about a billion beta cells, the primary producers of insulin. Among people with…
Enveda weight loss maintenance pill mimics exercise in early tests
If you could design an oral treatment that limits appetite and mimics some effects of physical activity, you…
Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo’s health care company has analyzed 3,500 vials of blood with AI
When Fidji Simo announced she was leaving her role as one of the most senior members of OpenAI’s…
6-year-old girl dies after parents paid $860K for experimental therapy
In an effort to treat their daughter’s genetic developmental disorder, parents in China paid respected researchers millions in…
Novato dementia drug startup gets venture capital infusion
A Novato startup company that is researching the connection between Alzheimer’s disease and a bacteria found in gum…
Investment in Israeli health tech startups dove 40% in 2025 – report
Investment in local healthcare-focused startups last year plunged to their lowest level in five years, after a slight…
A Cambridge PhD discovery raised £1.5M led by SCVC to fix gene therapy’s costly flaw — TFN
Houdini Bio has secured around £1.5 million in grants and pre-seed funding, with SCVC leading the investment. The…
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century
Fragrance tech company Patina says it has raised $2 million in funding investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures. …
The Physics of Brain Development: How Cells Pull Together to Form the Neural Tube
Newswise — In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails…