Behind the Scenes of Breast Cancer, Researchers Collect Genetic Clues in BRCA Database SALT LAKE CITY, May 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As thousands turn out this spring to run and walk in memory of loved ones lost to breast cancer, behind-the-scene researchers are running a race of a...

USAMRIID Reports Genetic Changes in Ebola Virus May Impede Potential Treatments PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (NYSE MKT:HEB) (the "Company" or "Hemispherx"), announced today that in a new publication in the journal mBio, scientists at...

Embracing Open-Source Biotech: DNA Freeware May Out-Innovate Patented Genes BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Aug 27, 2013) - With synthetic biology (synbio) rapidly gaining momentum, and a landmark U.S. Supreme Court judgment striking down an age-old biological patenting system,...

Stroke Risk Considerably Higher if Sibling Had Stroke Study Highlights: If your brother or sister had a stroke, your risk of having one may be at least 60 percent higher. Your risk of stroke at age 55 or younger is almost double if your...

VIRxSYS Issued Third U.S. Patent This Year for Its Spliceosome-Mediated RNA Trans-Splicing (SMaRT(TM)) Program; Breakthrough RNA Therapeutic Platform GAITHERSBURG, MD--(Marketwire - Sep 22, 2011) - VIRxSYS Corporation, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a third...