Science and Health News

A new study shows that Brown University’s mini-brains produce networks of capillaries, an important anatomical feature for lab studies of stroke and other circulation-related brain diseases.

A new study led by Brian Hermann, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), shows promising evidence that a medication previously used to prevent infections in cancer patients can also keep them from becoming infertile. Losing fertility is a frequent problem among cancer patients, as treatments for the disease often halt sperm production.

A new set of algorithms developed by researchers at U of T Scarborough that can generate 3D structures of tiny protein molecules may revolutionize the development of drug therapies for a range of diseases, from Alzheimer’s to cancer.

Instead of ordering batteries by the pack, we might get them by the ream in the future.

Matters of the heart can be complicated, but York University scientists have found a way to create 3D heart tissue that beats in synchronized harmony, like a heart in love, that will lead to better understanding of cardiac health, and improved treatments.

FK Laboratories, a domestic biotech developer, is working on its novel drug candidate to prevent and treat thromboses, a serious health condition for millions of people.

TheraMAB, a Russian biotech company, has launched a new phase of clinical trials for its drug candidate, designated TAB08, to treat cancers at advanced stages, reported the website of RVC, Russia’s fund of funds for innovation. RVC has a shareholding in the biotech developer through Bioprocess Capital Ventures, a VC fund co-owned by RVC.

Malaria mosquitoes prefer to feed – and feed more – on blood from people infected with malaria. Researchers from Stockholm University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have discovered why. The findings can lead to new ways to fight malaria without using poisonous chemicals. The results will be published in the next issue of the journal Science.