Roivant appoints NEA partner Torti to oversee its ‘vant’ subsidiaries |…
Roivant Sciences named New Enterprise Associates partner Frank Torti, M.D., as Vant investment chair to assist in overseeing its family of biopharma…
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Don’t miss: Video game-making, circus science and unusual brains |…
Read Neurology and psychiatry come together in The Disordered Mind: What unusual brains tell us about ourselves (Little, Brown), a masterful summary of the…
Researchers develop ‘cytological ruler’ to build 3D map of human genome |…
It has been almost 20 years since the human genome was first sequenced, but researchers still know little about how the genome is folded up and organized within…
Leaf molecules as markers for mycorrhizal associations | Digital Science
Plants, like this wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata, produce blumenol C derivates (blue) in their roots when they have established a functional symbiosis…
CRISPR biotech Editas to lose CMO as it continues push for clinical trials…
Editas Medicine is to lose its chief medical officer at the end of the year, as the search is on for a new clinical leader. Afterhours last night the biotech…
WuXi AppTec names Hu as co-chief executive; search on for new CFO | Digital…
Chinese contract R&D and manufacturing giant WuXi AppTec promoted Edward Hu from chief financial officer to co-CEO. He will continue to report to Dr. Ge…
Top 5 Highest Paying Jobs in Computer Science and IT | Tips & Tricks
One of the silent wishes of a professional career person is to land a job that pays well to be able to live comfortably. This is also one of the goals of the…
Scientists ‘fix’ bacterial tree of life | Digital Science
The ‘tree of life’ for the bacterial world, bacteria’s taxonomy in a phylogenetic tree. Credit: The University of Queensland
Bacterial classification has…
How do fruit flies grow legs? Solving a molecular mystery | Digital Science
Cross section of developing leg imaginal disc, which will develop into the fruit fly leg. Credit: Roumen Voutev/Mann Lab/Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute…
FDA nixes Akcea’s volanesorsen despite favorable AdComm | Digital Science
The FDA served up a Complete Response Letter for Akcea Therapeutics’ volanesorsen, rejecting the antisense drug for familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS), a…