Biotech Week Boston highlights research progress in cell and gene therapy
At Biotech Week Boston, ScienceBoard.net Editor-in-Chief Samantha Black, PhD, spoke with experts in cell and gene therapy technologies. Read More
L7 inks deal with ATCC
L7 Informatics has signed an agreement with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) to enhance the digitalization of its manufacturing and laboratory operations. Read More
Everest Medicines and AbCellera ink multiyear deal
Everest Medicines and AbCellera have entered into a multiyear collaboration and license agreement to discover therapeutic antibodies for up to 10 targets that will be selected by Everest. The initial programs will focus on targets in oncology, Everest said. Read More
Scientists release open-source platform for large-scale biological simulations
A team of scientists has released BioDynaMo, an open-source simulation platform for the life sciences. The new computational tool can perform complex simulations of biological processes in fields such as neuroscience, oncology, and epidemiology. The software was detailed in a paper published on September 16 in Bioinformatics. Read More
STM working group to address image alterations, duplication
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has appointed a working group -- the Standards and Technology Committee (STEC) -- to answer questions about automatic image alteration and duplication detection in scholarly publications. Read More
Thermo Fisher releases NanoDrop Eight spectrophotometer
Thermo Fisher Scientific is releasing the NanoDrop Eight UV-Vis microvolume spectrophotometer, which replaces the NanoDrop 8000 system, the company announced. Read More
PathAI, Summit Clinical partner for NASH trial services
PathAI recently entered a partnership with Summit Clinical Research to launch a clinical trial services solution for developers of drugs to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Read More
BioChain expands line of NGS-characterized biosamples
The BioChain Institute recently expanded its line of next-generation sequencing-characterized biosamples, the company announced. Read More
Science's gender gap persists online as male researchers dominate mentions
Research performed by female scholars is mentioned less frequently online than that of male scientists, a phenomenon that occurs across all areas of science, according to a large-scale study published on September 20 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Read More
Thermo launches AAV production, digital PCR systems
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has launched two new products. The first product is an adeno-associated virus (AAV) production system, while the second is a digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) system. Read More
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