Issues: Biotech and pharma
Resources to help you understand the potential benefits of biotech and new pharma developments to society, the changes they will work across the economy, and their potential benefits to humanity.
- For the first time, scientists believe they have potentially cured HIV in a woman. [web page]
- COVID vaccine points the way in the fight against malaria. [web page]
- A new malaria vaccine could make a massive impact on the disease's death toil. [web page]
- The sickness 'disappears' in EVERY participant in a cancer medication trial. [web page]
- Body-implanted microchips to detect and fight viruses. [web page]
- According to US experts who have been investigating Viagra's effects on the brain, it might be an effective therapy for Alzheimer's disease. [web page]
- Synthetic mRNA might have saved the world from COVID, but the technology is only just getting started. [web page]
- In the UK an artificial pancreas will revolutionise diabetes treatment. [web page]
- New cancer treatments on the horizon thanks to mRNA vaccines. [web page]
- Scientists have finally completed the decoding of the whole human genome. [web page]
- The first human studies for a functional cure for type 1 diabetes have been successful. [web page]
- How Covid-19 was beaten by science, and science alone. [web page]
- Will mechanical wombs replace human ones soon? [web page]
- How the EU's political games around the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine cost hundreds of thousands of lives. [web page]
- University of Cambridge team use CRISPR to replace 18,000 codons with synthetic amino acids that never existed in the natural world. [web page]
- Messenger RNA vaccines to be repurposed to tackle a host of new medical conditions. [web page]
- More than Lyme disease may be protected by a new mRNA anti-tick vaccination. [web page]
- A new class of cancer-prevention vaccinations may be able to prevent tumours from forming in the first place. [web page]
- Paralyzed people were able to walk after receiving a spinal cord implant in only one day. [web page]
- AI has figured out how proteins join together to form complexes and imagined unique protein structures that might one day be made into medicines to regulate our fundamental biology. [web page]
- CRISPR is used by scientists to link each human gene to its function. [web page]
- New bio-glue derived from barnacle studies can heal bleeding organs. [web page]
- A genetically engineered Pig-to-human heart transplant goes ahead without issue. [web page]
- Inside a living brain, scientists see the formation of a memory. [web page]
- As a result of new brain maps, it is now possible to predict human behaviour. [web page]
- Finding microorganisms related to prostate cancer has been heralded as a possible breakthrough in the fight against the disease. [web page]
- Israel pandemic study shows vaccine seriously inhibiting spread of the COVID disease. [web page]
- New technology might be able to diagnose dementia in a day. [web page]
- Human cells in monkey embryos... is this how we get to Planet of the Apes? [web page]
- Are gene coding errors being inserted into humanity by new tech? [web page]
- Blurred near vision eye drops looking good for future treatments. [web page]
- According to new research, we have the capacity to usher in a new age in medicine by accurately matching medications to people's genetic code. [web page]
- With DNA sequencing, researchers set a new speed record for identifying uncommon genetic illnesses. [web page]
- Cancer immunotherapy gets a boost from new mRNA treatment. [web page]
- Gene therapies are finally coming onstream thanks to CRISPR. [web page]
- In England, the first individuals with sickle cell disease received a new sickle cell therapy. [web page]
- Saudi Arabia intends to spend $1 billion each year researching anti-aging treatments. [web page]
- Mice with 'Drug Factory' beads get rid of tumours in a week. [web page]
- Neural link cures spinal cord paralysis in mice... humans next? [web page]
- New medical device can suppress chronic pain as it happens. [web page]
- Age-based cognitive decline drug shows promising results. [web page]
- Mice now show the way for humanity living for centuries. [web page]
- Crispr is moving forward to provide a whole host of genetic treatments. [web page]
- Meet the new CRISPR tech that can flip genes on and off at will. [web page]
- A pair of common blood disorders fixed by CRISPR. [web page]
- The release of 2 billion genetically modified mosquitoes in California and Florida has been approved. [web page]
- This week, the FDA is expected to approve Pfizer and Merck's Covid pills. [web page]
- Bacteria that has been genetically modified to manufacture a Parkinson's disease medication in the stomach. [web page]
- Blindness cured by synthetic cornea implant. [web page]
- Jeff Bezos is a supporter of research into extending life expectancy. [web page]
- Jeff Bezos is a supporter of research into extending life expectancy. [web page]
- Recent research from the UK shows that the immunotherapy Keytruda may lower the risk of aggressive cancer returning after surgery by more than a third. [web page]
- Why the Left didn't want a female biochemist and the UK's leading biotech investor to lead the UK's COVID vaccine response - until she saved the country. Then they went silent. [web page]
- Biopsies may become obsolete as a result of new technologies. [web page]
- Messenger RNA might improve medicine—or increase health care inequalities—with clinical vaccination trials for everything from HIV to Zika. [web page]
- It is discovered that the gene-edited pig heart that was given to a dying patient was infected with a porcine virus. [web page]
- Alzheimer's disease may have a new cause, according to scientists. [web page]
- mRNA tech turns its sight against Flu - can we beat it, too? [web page]
- Alzheimer’s versus gene editing... one has to lose. [web page]
- Synthetic live vaccine variant created to beat covid-19 pandemic. [web page]
- Science moves closer to synthetic embryo creation from skin cells. [web page]
- Micro-sized organic robots are on the way. But is humanity ready? [web page]
- Scientists have discovered a possible solution for arthritic pain by regrowing cartilage using electricity. [web page]
- Scientists have discovered a possible solution for arthritic pain by regrowing cartilage using electricity. [web page]
- DNA hacking just got real with a couple of A.I.-powered advances in protein folding. [web page]
- Synthetic cell division developed by lab. [web page]
- RNA's secrets are being unravelled by A.I. deep learning techniques, just like protein folding. [web page]
- Genome design gets the CAD treatment to produce new life. [web page]
- Now the public know why the US FDA and Pfizer sought to keep the findings of their Covid vaccination experiment confidential for up to 75 years. There are a few severe issues that need to be addressed. [video]
- Laboratory-created monoclonal antibodies put malaria on its hit list. [web page]
- Desert ecosystem provides an unexpected goldmine for genetic science. [web page]
- Scientists have brought dead eyes back to life, suggesting that death may be reversible. [web page]
- AlphaFold A.I. system opens up hope for thousands of new cure as it cracks advanced protein folding models. [video]
- Gene edited tomatoes designed to prosper in a hotter world. [web page]
- Scientists map the neural system of a mouse brain for the first time. [web page]
- Injecting dead germs into tumours may help cure cancer. [web page]
- How safe is genetically modifying farm pests to increase yield? [web page]
- CRISPR gene editing is now 4,000 times less error-prone thanks to a protein change. [web page]
- The STAR system, a robot surgeon, was able to conduct a difficult, delicate procedure in pigs cleaner and more reliably than human surgeons. [web page]
- Piezoelectric material has been proven to aid in the regeneration of cartilage in the knee joint. [web page]
- Cellular Rejuvenation Therapy was used to slow down the ageing process in mice. [web page]
- Why molecules are going to become the new microchips. [audio]
- Anti-ageing gene therapy looks promising. [web page]
- Phage therapy shows promise in fight against antibiotic-resistant infections. [web page]
- Now is the time to plant the world's first genetically engineered wheat. [web page]
- We now have the ability to employ CRISPR to combat tick-borne illnesses. [web page]
- Prime editing is making basic CRISPR look, well, basic! [web page]
- A California startup is sending tiny robots on a spectacular journey through people's minds. [web page]
- Transplants for all patients will be possible thanks to the development of universal blood type organs in a ground-breaking process. [web page]
- Cancers being challenged by a new blood-test. [web page]
- Rapid DNA Sequencing technology sets a new record for reading whole genomes in record time. [web page]
- Human trials for HIV cure are being planned by GlaxoSmithKline. [web page]
- New Nano particle technique used to fight skin cancer. [web page]
- After treating Parkinson's disease in rats, stem cell treatment will soon be tested in humans. [web page]
- Chinese scientists have developed a gene-edited wheat variety that is resistant to fungal disease. [web page]
- Growing your vaccines in a plant? Meet molecular farming. [web page]
- Heart disease targeted by new artificial heart tech. [web page]
- Scientists are working on retinal implants that might provide blind people with artificial vision. [web page]
- Up to three years after treatment, an experimental CRISPR gene editing therapy is safe and successful in treating two uncommon hereditary blood illnesses. [web page]
- Scientists claim to have discovered a method for creating universal donor lungs. [web page]
