Genentech Announces $750 million Manufacturing Expansion in Hillsboro, Oregon
On Aug. 20, 2026, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced plans to invest approximately $750 million…
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Lab-grown brain ‘organoids’ set longevity record
On Aug. 19, 2026, in a new milestone for stem cell research, Harvard neuroscientists have set a record…
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Ultragenyx Announces U.S. FDA Approval of GENGLYCOS™ Gene Therapy, the First-Ever FDA-Approved Treatment Designed to Treat the Underlying Cause of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia
On Aug. 19, 2026, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated…
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BioMarin to Acquire Alesta Therapeutics in Deal Valued at $490 Million to Gain ALE1, a Potential First Oral Therapy for Hypophosphatasia
On Aug. 18, 2026, BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alesta Therapeutics to gain Alesta’s lead…
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MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors
On Aug. 17, 2026, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers announce they have engineered bacteria that can function…
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DNA origami illuminates invisible molecular movements
On Aug. 13, 2026, Salk Institute researchers announce recording the stepping motion of RNA polymerase along DNA using…
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Melbourne researchers create human heart valve tissues from stem cells in world-first discovery
On Aug. 12, 2026, a research team from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has produced lab grown heart…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Clinical Research | Diagnostics | Disease | Medicine | Stem Cell | Therapeutics
New £20m MRC Hub to Transform Development of New Medicines using Stem Cells and AI
On Aug. 12, 2026, the Medical Research Council (MRC) announced a £20 million investment in a new Pre-clinical…
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Poultry industry in Australia warned of devastating bird flu losses to Come
On Aug. 12, 2026, the Australian Associated Press reported Australia’s poultry farmers can expect a bird flu mortality…
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Bird flu ‘tsunami’ set to cause Aussie wildlife carnage
On Aug. 11, 2026, the Australian Associated Press reported Australia faces the prospect of devastating animal mass mortalities…
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Actio Biosciences, Expanding Rare Epilepsy Portfolio, Valued at $1.32 Billion
On Aug. 10, 2026, Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Actio Biosciences announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement…
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Bristol Myers Squibb Announce New $2.3 Billion Manufacturing Campus in Houston
On Aug. 10, 2026, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) announced the selection of Houston, Texas, as the site for…
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Single-cell atlas reveals how spinal neurons help coordinate walking and other rhythmic movements
On Aug. 10, 2026, scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announce they have created a single-cell atlas…
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China releases powerful DNA-screening AI tool for free to help fight rare diseases
On Aug. 10, 2026, Chinese researchers have created an open-source AI system capable of bridging the gap between…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine | Women's Health
Gates Foundation provides $540 Million landmark grant to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
On Aug. 10, 2026, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research organization at the…
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FDA Approved Labcorp Diagnostic for Advanced Melanoma
On Aug. 10, 2026, Labcorp announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Labcorp’s PGDx elio®…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | NIH | Vaccine
CDC adds almost 100 new cases to expanding US measles outbreak
On Aug. 7, 2026, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed 94 new measles infections—most of…
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Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC as Infections Increase
On Aug. 6, 2026, The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health…
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FDA approves Moderna’s New mRNA-based influenza vaccine for adults
On Aug. 6, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has approved a new kind of flu…
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First complete songbird genome reveals hidden biology
On Aug. 6, 2026, scientists at Rockefeller University’s Jarvis lab announced that they have assembled the first fully…
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Roche Expands Cyclospora Testing Portfolio to Support U.S. Public Health Response
On Aug. 6, 2026, Roche announced the availability of two new flexible and cost-effective research PCR testing options…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Nanotechnology | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Stanford researchers Use AI to Create New viruses
On Aug. 5, 2026, a team of Stanford University scientists announced using an AI model of their own…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Stanford Medicine researchers awarded $20 million for AI-guided research facilities
On Aug. 5, 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $20 million grant to a collaboration…
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U.S. FDA Approves Takeda’s ORZEYFUL™ , the First and Only Medicine to Treat Narcolepsy
On Aug. 5, 2026, Takeda announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved ORZEYFUL™ (oveporexton),…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | NIH | Oncology | Organoids
Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer
On Aug. 5, 2026, an international team led by researchers at MIT’s Koch Institute, the Broad Institute, the…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Disease
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
On Aug. 3, 2026, Michigan, state health officials announced that two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak,…
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UCLA scientists build ‘cell villages’ to map the genetics of brain cell fitness
On Aug. 3, 2026, UCLA researchers announced they have grown brain cells from dozens of genetically distinct donors…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology
FDA approves Pluvicto for PSMA+ metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), advancing potential new standard of care across metastatic disease
On Jul. 31, 2026, Novartis announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pluvicto® (lutetium Lu 177…
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Family History Increases Cancer Risk in BRCA-Tested Patients
On Jul. 30, 2026, a study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators found that women who test…
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Biotechnology | Imaging | Medical Device | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
UVA Radiology Professors Develop New Focused Ultrasound Approach for Brain Tumors
On Jul. 30, 2026, researchers at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging have…
