Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

FDA drafts guidance on using next-generation sequencing to assess gene therapy safety

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance on how sponsors can utilize next-generation sequencing ...
Opinion

I Spent 32 Years Believing I Was Male. Then A Shocking Phone Call Exploded Everything I Knew.

"Our phone conversation sounded like a price negotiation in the final hour of a flea market as I bargained for my old identity back." ...
Boing Boing on MSN

What happens when you clone a mouse for 58 generations?

In 2005, a husband-and-wife team at Japan's RIKEN institute ran an experiment with a mouse: clone it, then clone the clone, then clone that clone, and keep going. Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama and Dr. Sayaka ...
Morning Overview on MSN

World-first gene project aims to protect rare monkeys

Scientists have produced the first complete X and Y chromosome sequences from multiple non-human primate species, a technical achievement that researchers say could eventually support conservation ...
Knowridge Science Report

Study finds hidden cause of cancer within the body

Cancer is a complex disease that develops when cells in the body grow out of control. For many years, scientists have tried ...
eLife

Antibiotic potentiation and inhibition of cross-resistance in pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis

Targeting disulfide bond formation disables multiple antibiotic resistance mechanisms and prevents cross-protection between pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis lung infections, restoring ...
BMJ Case Reports

Gastric synovial sarcoma: the critical role of molecular techniques in diagnosis of an ultra-rare cancer

Gastric synovial sarcoma (GSS) is an exceptionally rare mesenchymal malignancy, with only 51 cases reported. We present a ...