CRISPR-Edited Cells Offer New Hope for Type 1 Diabetes For millions with type 1 diabetes, daily insulin injections and immune-suppressing drugs have long been unavoidable. Now, a pioneering clinical study brings the dream of a simpler, healthier life with... biotechnology cell therapy CRISPR diabetes gene editing immune evasion stem cells
MIT Introduces Precision in Genome Editing: Anti-CRISPR Protein Delivery System A recent breakthrough by MIT and Harvard scientists is set to enhance the safety and accuracy of the widely used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, setting the stage for more effective gene therapies. Und... anti-CRISPR biotechnology CRISPR gene therapy genome editing MIT research precision medicine protein delivery
AI-Designed Drugs Break Through Barriers in Cancer and Alzheimer’s Treatment Researchers are now leveraging AI to design drugs that target the so-called “undruggable” proteins, unstable, shifting molecules that have evaded traditional therapies for decades. Why Protein Shape M... AI drug design Alzheimer's research biotechnology cancer therapy intrinsically disordered proteins medical innovation protein binders synthetic biology
Quantum Computing is Aiding mRNA Drug Discovery with Moderna and IBM Drug discovery is entering a new era as Moderna , a leader in mRNA therapeutics, partners with IBM Quantum to accelerate the development of life-saving medicines. By integrating quantum computing with... algorithms biotechnology drug development healthcare innovation IBM Moderna mRNA quantum computing
Swallowable mRNA Pills: A Needle-Free Future for Medicine Swapping your next vaccine shot for a simple pill might be closer to a reality thanks to researchers at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital . Recent reserch has unveiled RNACap , an innovative caps... biotechnology chronic disease drug delivery medical innovation mRNA oral pill RNACap vaccines
Bullfrog AI and Sygnature Discovery Are Redefining Drug Discovery with Explainable AI The pharmaceutical landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. For decades, soaring research costs and protracted development timelines have plagued the industry, all while most experimental drugs never ... AI biotechnology CRO digital health drug discovery explainable AI pharmaceutical strategic partnership
AI In Drug Discovery: From Protein Structures to Molecular Interactions Artificial intelligence is reshaping drug discovery, moving well beyond predicting static protein structures to modeling the intricate dance of biomolecular interactions. This leap is enabling scienti... AI drug discovery AlphaFold biopharma innovation biotechnology computational biology machine learning protein interactions therapeutic design
Yale Scientists Triple Precision and Reach in Human Gene Editing Yale genome engineers are dramatically expanding the capacity and accuracy of gene editing. The work recently published in Nature , may change how we approach gene editing across research and personal... biotechnology CRISPR disease research gene editing genome engineering precision medicine Yale research
RNA’s Hidden Structural Powers Are Changing Molecular Biology For decades, RNA has been seen primarily as a messenger—carrying genetic instructions between DNA and the machinery that makes proteins. But recent research has upended this view, revealing that RNA i... biotechnology cryo-EM molecular biology RNA SLAC Stanford synthetic biology
FDA’s Shift Away from Animal Testing: A New Era in Drug Development The pharmaceutical landscape is on the verge of a significant transformation as the FDA embarks on a journey to phase out animal testing in favor of innovative, human-relevant alternatives. This strat... animal testing biotechnology clinical trials drug development FDA organ chips pharmaceuticals
How Open-Source AI Is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with TxGemma AI Accelerates Drug Development The traditional path to new medicines is slow, expensive, and fraught with risk. Now, with Google DeepMind’s open-source TxGemma models, there’s a seismic shift in how ... AI biotechnology DeepMind drug discovery open source therapeutics TxGemma
How evoCAST Is Transforming Precision Gene Editing Having the power to insert entire genes precisely where you want in the human genome is the remarkable promise of evoCAST , the latest innovation from Samuel Sternberg’s lab at Columbia University, de... biotechnology CRISPR evoCAST gene editing genetic therapy protein evolution transposase