Though treatments are available, there is no cure or vaccine from HIV, which impacts about 38 million people worldwide. It's difficult to target the RNA genome of the HIV virus in part because it ...
Scientists at the Electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC) at Diamond Light Source, in the U.K., have harnessed a new technique, using cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) and subtomogram averaging (STA) to ...
RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO), a genomic medicine company, today announced preclinical data from its proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid ...
Gene therapy (introducing genetic material into living cells to fix, replace, enhance, or block a faulty gene) is rapidly gaining traction as a strategy for the treatment of genetic diseases. The ...
The last time I wrote about Abeona Therapeutics (ABEO) it was in a Seeking Alpha article entitled "Abeona: BLA Resubmission of Pz-Cel Gets Ball Rolling Towards Other Milestones." With respect to this ...
Researchers have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can cause respiratory tract infections, which can be life threatening in patients who have cystic fibrosis. It is therefore important to develop a vaccine ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American ...