Big cancer-therapy ambitions for 3D-printed ‘mini colon’
By GREGORY ZELLER // The species that brought you Mini-Me, the MINI Cooper and M&M’s Minis now gives a poop with the “mini colon.” Behold, the world’s first functional, drug-testable,…
Biotech
‘Bioprinting’ breakthrough could reset biotech research
App that predicts falls rises in national competition
With $150M ante, Albany all-in on LI’s BioGenesis Park
Study gives science the upper hand on Lyme disease
State nod marks another win for ‘precision medication’
In little Leo, the face of future personalized medicine
CSHL, Northwell extend cancer-fighting ‘affiliation’
In Cell and Gene hub, LI’s best socioeconomic destiny
Albany accelerates future of DNA manufacturing, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest state investment will help push a Long Island bioscience pioneer toward the brink of a DNA-manufacturing revolution. Through its Excelsior Jobs Program and chunky…
How to stop COVID, and maybe whatever comes next
By GREGORY ZELLER // The latest DNA-based advance by a progressive Long Island biotech goes where other biochemists have gone before – but also blazes a trail for new vaccination…
Following COVID win, Island biotech targets monkeypox
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences is ready to play a little monkey ball. The Stony Brook-based biotech – part supply-chain authenticator, part Polymerase Chain Reaction-based DNA technology leader,…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
Beefing up cancer treatments, with a vaccine in sight
By GREGORY ZELLER // New vaccines produced in part by a progressive Long Island biotech could significantly increase the efficacy of existing cancer treatments. The potential breakthrough – detailed this…
For ‘ancient DNA’ researchers, ethics never go extinct
By GREGORY ZELLER // Every human being deserves respect – even humans who walked the Earth 10,000 years ago. So says an international assemblage of modern-day scientists – more than…