The Map of the Human Brain Grows More Detailed Researchers have compiled huge amounts of data to yield a new map of the human brain’s cerebral cortex with 180 different subunits. Of these areas, 97… Read More
June 2016: The Antibody Update
First CRISPR/Cas9 Therapeutic Clinical Trials Starting The increasingly popular CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has been approved for use in cancer therapy. CRISPR is a DNA sequence that codes for the Cas9 complex, which is able… Read More
May 2016: The Antibody Update
The USDA Fined Santa Cruz Biotechnology $3.5-million for Animal Wellness Violations The United States Government has fined Santa Cruz Biotechnology $3.5-million over violations of the animal welfare act, making for the largest fine in the USDA’s history…. Read More
April 2016: The Antibody Update
Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Prevent HIV Infection Even Through Repeated Exposure A cocktail of anti-HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) was able to prevent infection of animals with simian HIV (SHIV) while the animals were continuously exposed to the… Read More
March 2016: The Antibody Update
A Possible Vaccine for Dengue Virus Vaccine research has shown that infecting volunteers with a weakened form of the dengue virus is able to boost the immune system enough to prevent future infections. This method of vaccination using… Read More
February 2016: The Antibody Update
The Cancer Moonshot Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire entrepreneur of pharmaceutical companies, had met with Vice President Biden in 2015 about the moonshot of curing cancer. This year, the entrepreneur has gathered several drug makers to speed… Read More
January 2016: The Antibody Update
Multiple Sclerosis Antibody May Be Linked to JC Virus InfectionMultiple sclerosis patients taking Natalizumab showed an increase in the number of cases of the neurodegenerative John Cunningham virus (JCV). JCV can cause a fatal brain… Read More
December 2015: The Antibody Update
Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics Conference Highlights The Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics conference held in San Diego was a fantastic exchange of knowledge between all the participants. One of the many topics that stuck out was… Read More
November 2015: The Antibody Update
Bacteria with Resistance to Polymyxins, the Last Form of Antibiotics, Have Been Found in China Strains of E. coli that are resistant to polymyxin class antibiotics have been found in both pigs and citizens in China. Polymyxins were the… Read More
October 2015: The Antibody Update
Antibody Against an Alzheimer’s Associate Protein Presented at the 2015 Society for Neuroscience Conference At the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in Chicago, an abstract was presented by a Harvard research team about an antibody to… Read More