Biomed in 2026 will be shaped by a collision between maturing platforms (engineered cytokines, extracellular vesicles, gene therapy) meeting faster discovery tooling (AI) and tighter geopolitical and regulatory constraints (U.S. - China decoupling pressures; shifting U.S. science and health priorities under Trump-era policy).
There is no single international standard for what qualifies as a rare disease. In the UE, it is a disease that affect fewer than 1 in 2000 people.
As new therapies emerge, charitable funding has become crucial, accelerating early research, supporting clinical trials, and offering renewed hope for affected children and families.
When researchers at the University of Helsinki set out to understand how the mechanical properties of breast tumors affect immune cell behavior, they needed a culture system that could faithfully recreate different tissue environments. Their choice of PeptiGel as a 3D culture matrix proved instrumental in uncovering a surprising mechanism of immune suppression in breast cancer.
Molecular structure such as small molecules and proteins are typically measure in Daltons. Whereas larger structures are measure in grams. Here we explain why, and how these units they relate to each other.
Last week, a Nobel prize was awarded for the discovery of T-Reg cells. When and how many immune cells have been identified and are there likely more lurking in the shadows?
Rising sea levels, extreme weather, and ecosystem disruption, are well known consequences of climate change, but emerging research also reveals a more intimate threat: climate change may be directly damaging our chromosomes and altering our genetic makeup. This hidden consequence could have profound implications for human health and evolution.
Biological research standards are the invisible agreements that make life science actually scientific. Creating these standards is more complicated (and political) than most people realize.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries across the globe, and one of its most impactful applications is in the biomedical field.
Defining a set of secreted proteins that are associated with morbidities and conditions in later life is helping to develop treatments to increase healthspan and lifespan
