Biotechnology | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH augmented large scale study of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
On Sept. 14, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had added funding for more…
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Biology | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Disease | Infectious Disease | Oncology | Therapeutics
NanoString announced new GeoMx COVID-19 Consortium, part of the GeoMx Translational Leadership Network
On Sept. 9, 2020, NanoString Technologies announced the formation of the GeoMx Translational Leadership Network (GTLN). The GTLN…
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UT Southwestern researchers showed how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
On Sept. 7, 2020, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) determined how…
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COVID-19 | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
City of Hope doctors lead novel clinical trial to treat cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, City of Hope announced that it was investigating an innovative treatment for cancer patients…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | NIH
New gene associated with reduced risk for cirrhosis
On Aug. 31, 2020, an international team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced…
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Disease | NIH | Therapeutics
NIAID awarded BioCryst $44 million contract to advance development of galidesivir
On Aug. 31, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had…
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NIH established Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
On Aug. 27, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes…
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Assembly Biosciences and Arbutus announced collaboration to evaluate combination of core inhibitor ABI-H0731 with RNAi Therapeutic AB-729 in patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
On Aug. 27, 2020, Assembly Biosciences and Arbutus Biopharma announced that the companies have entered into a clinical…
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University of Oxford study described which cancer patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19
On Aug. 24, 2020, a published study led by the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham found that, compared…
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NIH-supported research demonstrates how genetic variations cause eczema
On Aug. 14, 2020, research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) delineated how two relatively common…
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ADHD risk may be linked to inflammation during pregnancy
On Aug. 13, 2020, in a first-of-its-kind study in humans, investigators at the Center for ADHD Research at…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA approved oral treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
On Aug. 7, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) to treat patients…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | Therapeutics
CDC announced that 2020 outbreak of life-threatening acute flaccid myelitis expected
On Aug. 4, 2020, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH-funded project created an encyclopedia detailing the inner workings of the human and mouse genomes
On Jul. 29, 2020, the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is a worldwide effort to understand how…
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Secrets of naked mole-rat cancer resistance unearthed
On Jul. 21, 2020, researchers at the University of Cambridge have shown for the first time that genes…
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Deadly rabbit virus spread in the US
On Jul. 13, 2020, an emerging virus threatens both wild and pet rabbits in the U.S. The fatal…
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Philips and BioIntelliSense formed strategic collaboration to enhance remote patient monitoring at home
On Jul. 9, 2020, Royal Philips announced it had formed a strategic collaboration with BioIntelliSense, a continuous health…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | HIV
Merck announced analyses showing additional safety and efficacy data for investigational Islatravir in combination with Doravirine in adults with HIV-1 infection
On Jul. 6, 2020, Merck announced new analyses from the Phase 2b trial (NCT03272347) evaluating the safety and…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | HIV | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | WHO
Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalled
On Jul. 6, 2020, seventy-three countries warned that they were at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA
Luminex submitted Emergency Use Authorization request to FDA for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 29, 2020, Luminex announced that the company had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization request to the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Medical Device | Neurology | Therapeutics
The FDA permitted marketing of first game-based digital therapeutic to improve attention function in children with ADHD
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital…
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NIH study linked cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
On Jun. 10, 2020, African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke…
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Biology | Disease | Environmental | NIH
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
On Jun. 9, 2020, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a…
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No link between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Jun. 9, 2020, genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute of…
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Largest catalog of human genetic diversity released
On Jun. 9, 2020, an international gnomAD team of over 100 scientists released its first set of discoveries…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH researchers uncovered genes linked to common recurrent fever n children
On Jun. 8, 2020, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute announced they had discovered clues to…
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Agriculture | Biology | Cardiology | Disease | NIH | Pharmaceutical | U.S. Congress | USDA
NIH released strategic plan to accelerate nutrition research over next 10 years
On May 27, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nutrition Research Task Force (NRTF), armed with insights…
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International gnomAD Consortium released first major studies of human genetic variation
On May 27, 2020, an analyses of the largest publicly available catalog of human genomic data revealed new…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Infectious Disease | Measles | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupted routine vaccination efforts
On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 disrupted life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children –…
