Wales creates a database of DNA barcodes for all of its native flowering plants, hoping to guide conservation and drug development efforts.
Wales creates a database of DNA barcodes for all of its native flowering plants, hoping to guide conservation and drug development efforts.
Protesters crash the BIO conference to protest the delayed approval of a breast cancer drug.
Industry experts discuss the agency’s plans to make the drug approval process more transparent.
An Amgen executive refutes accusations that the company published misleading results of its mid-90s clinical trial testing an anemia drug.
The regulatory agency will allow early-stage breast cancer patients to try experimental drugs previously reserved for those with advanced disease.
Gene therapies typically involve the introduction of genetic material into target cells to replace or supplement an existing, usually dysfunctional, gene. Techniques for delivering the corrective payload vary widely. Many gene therapies utilize modif
Actin filaments respond to pressure by forming branches at their curviest spots, helping resist the push.
Germline stem cells discovered in human ovaries can be cultured into fresh eggs.
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