AI‑Designed Anti‑CRISPRs Enable Rapid Cas13 Inhibition
Credit: Meletios Verras/Getty Images Last year’s landmark case of “Baby KJ”—the first patient to receive a personalized CRISPR‑based…
Scientists Tested a Brazilian Arthritis Folk Medicine and The Results Surprised Them in a Good Way
A. littoralis. Credit: [email protected] In coastal communities across Brazil, people have used the plant Alternanthera littoralis—sometimes referred to…
Why cancer can come back years later — and how to stop it
When Lisa Dutton was declared free of breast cancer in 2017, she took a moment to celebrate with…
Synthetic Cannabinoid Comes Without the Side Effects
Northeastern University researchers have made a breakthrough drug discovery, developing the first synthetic endogenous cannabinoid compound, with repercussions…
Quinoline tag helps vancomycin breach gram-negative defenses
Vancomycin is a common antibiotic used to treat gram-positive bacterial infections. It targets a key building block…
Immune Cell Profiling in Type 1 Diabetes Identifies Changes in Memory T Cells and B Cells
Scientists analyzing human and mouse pancreatic lymph nodes (PLNs) and spleens have identified a distinct subset of CD4…
Why big pharma is teaming up with AI giants to speed up drug discovery and make work easier for health care workers
AI chip maker Nvidia’s fresh partnerships with Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson point to a broader trend…
AbbVie parts ways with Calico
Unexpected uncoupling raises questions about the pace – and patience – of longevity drug discovery amid shifting pharma…
Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
Two teenage founders walked into Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham’s backyard with an idea no one in agriculture…
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Engineered Sweet-Smelling Fungus Lures Mosquitoes to Their Death
Mosquitoes placed in a container. [Mark Sherwood and Raymond St. Leger] In the battle against mosquito-borne diseases that…
This AI method could turbocharge the hunt for new medicines
An artificial-intelligence method that incorporates gene-expression data could help to speed up drug discovery.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty An artificial…
Cyclana Bio raises £5M to advance drug discovery for endometriosis
Cyclana Bio, a biotechnology company pioneering tissue-level approaches to women’s health, today announced the close of a £5M…