Industry & Policy News

[Bay Area Lyme Foundation] Bay Area Lyme Foundation announced it has united efforts with Twin Cities Lyme Foundation (TCLF) to further advance the fight against tick-borne diseases in the Midwest. Lisa and Peter Najarian carefully created a thoughtful charitable foundation in their quest for an accurate diagnostic and a desire to educate physicians with information about tick-borne diseases.

[Nature News] The field of gene therapy has blossomed over the past decade, generating a stream of official approvals for various treatments and a burgeoning pipeline of clinical trials. But the inability to administer more than one dose of a virus carrying restorative genes limits what gene therapy can do.

[Los Angeles Times] City of Hope was awarded $5.4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to build and fund a stem cell research laboratory on its Duarte campus that will further expand its scientific capabilities.

[Biopharmadealmakers] For centuries, women’s health has been neglected across science, medicine and technology. A new report from the World Economic Forum suggests tackling this could unlock a $1 trillion economic boost with the potential to change the lives of 3.9 billion women.

[TheScientist] Herpetology meets hepatology as scientists develop new tools for exploring how turtles survive freezing, oxygen-poor environments.

[University of Cincinnati] The Melanoma Research Alliance awarded an additional $60,000 to co-fund Dr. Yuhang Zhang's project with the Cincinnati Cancer Center as a Young Investigator Award, researching the roles and functions of fibroblast in melanoma stroma in promoting melanoma development by regulating the expression of a protein called beta-catenin.