Researchers may have demonstrated a novel way to protect us from some of the world’s deadliest viruses. Read more in sciencemag.org
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In a milestone for synthetic biology, colonies of E. coli thrive with DNA constructed from scratch by humans, not nature. Read more in nytimes.com
Scientists have used an experimental therapy that relies on bacteria-infecting viruses collected, in part, through HHMI’s SEA-PHAGES program to fight a Mycobacterium infection in a 15-year-old girl. Read more in sciencedaily.com
US-Austrian arenavirus-based cancer and infectious diseases specialist Hookipa has has filed a prospectus for an US$86M Nasdaq IPO. Read more in european-biotechnology.com
Momentous global effort enables record-breaking milestone for polio and immunisation. Read more in gavi.org
Israeli researchers have transformed rodent skin cells into the three major stem-cell types that comprise early-stage embryos. Read more in israel21c.org
Council was advised – and misled – by scientists whose links to the GMO industry were not disclosed to the public. Read more in gmwatch.org
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Medtronic Plc’s “artificial pancreas” designed to automatically deliver the right dose of insulin to patients with type 1 diabetes. Read more in scientificamerican.com
A Norwegian tourist has died of rabies after being bitten by a stray dog she rescued from the street in the Philippines. Read more in dailymail.co.uk
Singapore has reported its first case of the rare monkeypox virus brought in by a Nigerian man who authorities said may have been infected by bushmeat he ate at a wedding. Read more in reuters.com