lifesciences
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Scientists Are About to Try to Create Stem Cells in Space
Stem cell research is expanding beyond earthly confines. Scientists from Cedars-Sinai in California have partnered with the private company Axiom Space to help them produce stem cells aboard the International Space Station — an apparent first that will test whether these cells can be manufactured more efficiently in a microgravity environment. The initial cargo needed…
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FDA Will No Longer Require Animal Tests Before Human Trials for All Drugs
Animal testing will no longer be a mandated part of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for all new drugs. Since 1938, pharmaceutical makers seeking FDA approval have had to successfully put their medications through multiple animals trials before proceeding to human tests.
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Moderna Is Suing Pfizer Over the mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Moderna and Pfizer are set to wage legal battle over the technology that led to their respective COVID-19 vaccines. Moderna is now suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for the alleged infringement of patents related to the development of a viable mRNA vaccine platform that Moderna claims to have pioneered. Though the Massachusetts-based company…
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Free From Prison, the Pharma Bro Is Now a Crypto Pharma Bro
If there’s one thing we can trust Martin Shkreli to do, it’s revolutionise the healthcare industry. The disgraced pharmaceutical executive is now behind a Web3 based drug discovery platform called Druglike, that seeks to increase the accessibility of drug discovery through decentralized computing.