When the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the nation well over a year ago, Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, immersed herself in the shell-shocking revelations that clinicians began posting on social media. The accounts offered just a snapshot of the pandemic’s heavy psychological toll, and Hendrickson, a psychiatrist at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle
The London-based biotech struck an agreement with Blackstone Life Sciences for a collaboration and financing deal that will see the latter company provide $250m (€215m) of investment. According to the partners, the capital injection will be used to support the development of Autolus’ CD19 CAR-T cell investigational therapy product candidate, obecabtagene autoleucel (obe-cel). The funding
Wellness company Ombre recently emerged with a new identity, announcing new leadership, seed funding and a complete rebrand. The company is now led by CEO Elise Contarsy, a consumer product branding and merchandising expert. Contarsy said the overhaul gives the brand extra room for expansion to serve more customers in different ways in the personalized
Qi Jia, PhD, President and CEO of Unigen, explained that the company discovers its ingredients through its high throughput screening system, PhytoLogix, which is applied to a proprietary collection of botanicals and a legacy mining approach applied to botanicals with known medicinal benefits. One ingredient that Unigen discovered was Zea mays, a natural mood health
A leading session of the event, which is scheduled for February 14-16, will focus on the proper place of CBD in sports nutrition. As a result of a federal regulatory logjam, CBD still occupies a legal limbo. But that hasn’t stoped formulators and marketers from bringing an almost dizzying array of products to market. Why
American Indian and Alaska Native women die from breast cancer at twice the rate of white women. Unfortunately, there are other areas of their cancer care may be less than ideal, as well. A team from the University of Arizona investigating the breast cancer experiences of Native women discovered another disparity that plays a big
Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association, spoke with NutraIngredients-USA at the recent SupplySide West trade show in Las Vegas. He said one of the major issues facing the industry is whether to step into line with the US Food and Drug Administration’s stated desire to have a mandatory product listing
Lung cancer cells under a microscope. Credit: LRI EM Unit 3 new cancer drugs have been given the go-ahead by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for routine use in Scotland, but a fourth has been rejected. The approved drugs are: Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for adults with non small cell lung cancer that has spread to another
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos Mike Blake | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. — In a surprise announcement, the government said Wednesday that it would likely rest its case next week against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in her criminal fraud trial. “It is likely that the government will rest next week,” Jeffrey Schenk,
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 5 million lives globally since it emerged in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. The causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), primarily affects the respiratory system, but serious symptoms have also been noted in other organ systems. Patients suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes,
Follow these eight practical tips for embracing and building self-love The road to self-love is rarely straightforward. It includes twists, turns, hurdles, and challenges – and, above all, it’s going to take time. We have a good idea of what it means to love another person – you care about their wellbeing, you root for
Fatty acid uptake produces an epigenetic modification that is required for cancer metastasis, according to a study published in Nature. Inhibiting this epigenetic mechanism — the activity of a methyltransferase called Set1A, a major component of the COMPASS complex — could be key to reducing cancer metastasis according to Ali Shilatifard, PhD, the Robert Francis
Happy hour, we’re all familiar with it, we all love it. It’s the time of the day when bars around the world offer drinks at a discount. It’s a promotion that many of us look forward to, as it enables us to have fun and let loose at less the cost after a long day of work. So you better make sure
A novel noninvasive endoscopy trial lends further support for the safety of single antiplatelet therapy after a 6-month course of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Results from the OPT-PEACE trial show that patients at low bleeding risk on aspirin or clopidogrel monotherapy for an additional 6 months after DAPT
A developer of diagnostic tests, protective nasal sprays and mobile medical facilities, Birmingham Biotech Ltd has entered into a partnership with that university to commercialize the product. The formulation was engineered by Professor Liam Grover, from the university’s Healthcare Technologies Institute, and a team of researchers who also collaborated on its testing. “As COVID-19 restrictions
In a statement, the Kilkenny-based firm revealed its intentions to walk away from Glanbia Ireland, a joint venture between the two parties to focus on Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) and Glanbia Nutritionals (GN). “Glanbia Ireland has a successful heritage, and for many years we have valued the partnership with Glanbia Co-op in creating a strong
1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. All of us can support the research that will beat it. Donate Today, the Government set out its spending plans for the next 3 years. We saw the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) as an opportunity to put the UK on a path towards better
The construction project took just over a year to build (completed in December 2020) supported by significant investment from a consortium of Canadian agriculture players, including $10m in debt-free financing from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in June 2020. With construction, commissioning, and optimization now complete, Merit said it can now ensure ample supply of pea
In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 “is as transmissible as chickenpox.” As some researchers have pointed out, the CDC’s comparison was an overstatement. Based on various studies and projections, on average a person infected with the delta strain of
The proportion of UK people reporting eating and drinking plant-based alternative foods such as plant-based milk, vegan sausages and vegetable burgers nearly doubled between 2008-2011 and 2017-2019, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. The study was led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), with partners the
About 1 in 10 patients will contract an infection while hospitalized in the United States. Mayo Clinic has been testing a high-tech solution, ultraviolet disinfection devices. Here’s Dennis Douda for the Mayo Clinic News Network.