India has achieved a major milestone in medical science with NexCAR19, the world’s first humanised CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell) therapy, which has made gene-based cancer treatments both ...

Emerging biotechnologies, strategic collaborations, and growing focus on personalized and regenerative medicine are accelerating the next wave of gene therapy innovation.Austin, Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

Recognized in the Biotechnology category of the 2025 Top Innovations contest, small Cas12l nucleases are versatile, ...

Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed as genetically distinct. However, ...

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

Researchers open up plant chloroplasts for high-throughput screening for the first time, enabling faster development of more ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

The understanding of immune biology and the development of newer generations of immunotherapies have opened a new stage to ...

An international team led by a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientist has created a first-of-its-kind resource ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, or liver cancer and for development of future cell therapies.

Advances in cancer immunotherapy from immune checkpoint modulation to adoptive cell transfer of tumour-infiltrating ...