New AI-driven method enables precise design of highly efficient custom enzymes
Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make…
Next steps for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer
A pharmacist displays a box of Wegovy pills at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, Jan. 15, 2026. George…
Number of new U.S. drug shortages hits lowest level in 20 years
The number of ongoing prescription drug shortages rose slightly in the last quarter of 2025, but remained significantly…
Twisted graphene puts magnetic fields in check
A graphene-based quantum sensor uses two decoupled layers to form a quantized 4 × 4 Landau-level checkerboard when…
Another alliance of health care and AI signals why pharma stocks could be back
Bristol Myers Squibb and Microsoft ‘s new partnership aimed at accelerating early detection of lung cancer marks the…
Researchers discover how Mycoplasma pneumoniae acquires cholesterol from human hosts
A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia…
Novo Nordisk shares rise after Wegovy obesity pill launch
A pharmacist displays a box of Wegovy pills at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, on Thursday, Jan.…
Language model-guided anticipation and discovery of mammalian metabolites
Training dataset A training dataset of known human metabolites was obtained from the HMDB, the largest and most…
A safer gene-editing tool shows promise for transthyretin amyloidosis treatment
Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), of an organism. Transthyretin…
Secretive Project Prometheus takes VC Bob Nelsen beyond just health care
Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and…
Bacillus velezensis mitigates deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal inflammation and liver injury via modulating the gut microbiota
Pestka, J. Toxicological mechanisms and potential health effects of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol. World Mycotoxin J. 3, 323–347 (2010).…
Why Changing Plant Genes Is Still Slow and How Scientists Are Speeding It Up
Even with CRISPR and advanced sequencing, altering plant behavior remains labor-intensive. A new approach aims to reveal how…