At times mother’s do not get enough credit. However, for this Mother’s Day let’s shine a light on the scientists who were also raising children. While one may have been discovering radium, another was writing the calculations to launch the Space Shuttle Program. These moms went far and beyond advocating another route through life, by… [Read More]
Honoring Nurses On National Nurses Day
Today and this week are the times of year we honor nurses. On this National Nurses Day, we asked Caroline, a local nurse, to share her story. Caroline went to a four-year university and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to become a Registered Nurse. Soon… [Read More]
Scientific Discoveries That Changed Lives
There have been historic moments in scientific research that have gone unnoticed. Often we don’t hear about these scientific discoveries until they are ready to be unveiled to the rest of the world. However, listed below are four scientific breakthroughs that you may not yet know about and should. These discoveries not only shape… [Read More]
Acquisition of Celgene – Medicine is Changing
On January 3rd, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced its agreement to acquire Celgene for approximately $74 billion. This merger is a sign of change for pharmaceutical companies. Like a military planning for the previous war, corporations are always planning for the past rather than the future. In the past, pharmaceutical companies could simply stay big, block market… [Read More]
HIV Cure in the News
Today the world celebrated the second patient cured of HIV. The work of Ravindra Gupta teaches us lessons not only of the potential for an HIV cure in the future, but how that cure may function. While a bone marrow transplant is not a practical way to cure HIV in most patients, the mechanism of… [Read More]
Why Invest in an HIV Gene Therapy Cure?
Research and innovation to cure HIV is developing fast. American Gene Technologies (AGT) is emerging as a leader in the field with their first functional cure for HIV, expected to enter clinical trials in 2019. Unlike the current antiretrovirals used in HIV treatment, AGT’s solution is a one-time intervention that eliminates the need for ongoing… [Read More]
The Next Generation of Gene Therapy Companies
The future of medicine is bright. This year brought several first in class technologies over the finish line. The underpinning of these radical medical developments is the understanding of how human genes can be modified to cure diseases and save lives. The technology which captured the most attention this year is CAR-T therapy. A CAR-T… [Read More]
The Gene Therapy Market is going to produce a Microsoft
The most common analogy used to compare the science of DNA to other industries is that of computer software. DNA can be viewed as a series of commands (genes) that are coded in four nucleotides (represented by A, G, C, and T). Those letters are interpreted by the cellular machinery to produce cell products like… [Read More]
