How Fruit Flies Become Male or Female

Researchers use structured illumination and confocal microscopy to study proteins involved in Drosophila sex determination The generation of offspring through sexual reproduction between a male and a female evolved approximately 1.2 billion years ago. An important part of this process is that each new generation contains both males and females in order to continue propagation... Read more

Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra receives U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults and children

The authorisation enables emergency use of Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adult and paediatric patients Basel, 25 June 2021 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for intravenous Actemra/RoActemra® (tocilizumab) for the treatment of COVID-19... Read more

FDA accepts application for Roche’s Port Delivery System with ranibizumab (PDS) for treatment of neovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration (nAMD)

If approved, PDS would be the first and only eye implant with continuous drug delivery that offers people living with nAMD an alternative to frequent eye injections A pivotal study showed PDS extends time between treatments up to six months for more than 98% of patients and provides vision outcomes equivalent to monthly ranibizumab injections... Read more

Xylem Breakthrough Achieves up to 60% Energy Savings in Industrial Dewatering

New Dewatering Solution, Flygt Biboα, Uses Integrated Intelligence to Cut Repair and Maintenance Costs by up to 50% RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 21, 2021– Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), has today unveiled Flygt Biboα – a breakthrough dewatering pump that dramatically reduces energy, wear and tear, and maintenance costs. As the latest addition to... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with the University of Sheffield to Advance Oligonucleotide Characterization and Analytical Workflows

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with the University of Sheffield to Advance Oligonucleotide Characterization and Analytical Workflows HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and the University of Sheffield, a leading institution with a global reputation for research excellence, have joined forces to develop advanced end-to-end... Read more

GE Healthcare and the American College of Cardiology Join Forces to Advance AI in Cardiac Care

CHICAGO (June 3, 2021) – GE Healthcare is collaborating with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) through support of and participation in the ACC’s Applied Health Innovation Consortium for the purpose of building a roadmap for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technology in cardiology and developing new strategies for improved health outcomes. The Consortium brings... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Complex Materials Research at Monash University with Specialized 300kV (S)TEM Microscope

Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Complex Materials Research at Monash University with Specialized 300kV (S)TEM Microscope HILLSBORO, Ore., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has developed a custom-built high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscope ((S)TEM) to support advanced materials research at Monash University. The instrument is being installed in the... Read more