Non-Economic Factors Handicap Bay Area’s Economy

Immigration and high-quality public services are crucial to any economic recovery in the Bay Area.

New Research Demonstrates Safety Of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments

In a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology, China's leading stem cell research and regenerative medicine company, and Medistem, Inc., reported positive safety data in 114 patients who were treated by doctors at Nanshan Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College (Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital) in Shenzhen using Beike's ...

Millennium publishes article on MLN4924 pathway mechanism in lymphoma

Millennium, The Takeda Oncology Company today announced the publication of an article in the journal Blood describing the novel mechanism of action of MLN4924 through targeted pathway modulation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Imaging Reveals New Details Of Cannibalistic Bacteria

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have revealed new details about how cannibalistic bacteria identify peers suitable for consumption. The work, which employed imaging mass spectrometry, is a first step toward a broader effort to map all signaling molecules between organisms. "These are the molecules that control biology," said Pieter C...

Celsion Receives SBIR Grant To Expand Its Technology Platform

Celsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN), a biotechnology drug development company, announced that it has been awarded a competitive Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support the proposal, "New Thermal Sensitive Carboplatin Liposomes for Cancer". This funding will support the Company's efforts to develop its proprietary heat ...