• ‘Subway Map’ Approach To Finding Targeted Therapeutics For Lyme Disease

    Bio-IT World | Scientists in Boston are flipping the script on the current antibiotic development paradigm by painstakingly choosing a good metabolic target for combatting Lyme disease. The typical approach has been to test vast numbers of chemicals against the culprit bacteria rather than design a compound to specifically go after one of its essential biological activities.

    Nov 7, 2023

  • The Promising Future of AI in Synthetic Biology

    Bio-IT World | The synthetic biology landscape has evolved considerably to include new ways of accessing DNA for research and therapeutic development. An important advance is that DNA production is no longer limited to third-party suppliers.

    Nov 3, 2023

  • Dementia-Associated Protein Provides Clues About Preeclampsia

    Bio-IT World | Researchers at the University of Western Ontario and Brown University were surprised to discover an “almost identical mechanism” appearing in the blood and placenta of women with preeclampsia as has been previously found in the brains of older individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and vascular dementia.

    Nov 1, 2023

  • New Chair, Heidi Rehm, on the Future Focus of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health

    Bio-IT World | In January, Heidi Rehm will take over the leadership of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, GA4GH, replacing out-going Chair Ewan Birney. Rehm sat down with Stan Gloss to talk about the mission of GA4GH and share areas of future focus for the latest episode of the Trends from the Trenches podcast.

    Oct 31, 2023