Biotech/Pharma News

By Kevin E. Noonan — An international cadre of scientists* from almost 70 institutions worldwide recently reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature that […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — An international cadre of scientists* from almost 70 institutions worldwide recently reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature that […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — An international cadre of scientists* from almost 70 institutions worldwide recently reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature that […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The domestic cat has been the subject of much study, recently involving its genetic structure, genomic DNA sequence, and comparisons […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The advent of technology making feasible elucidation of whole genomic sequencing over the past 30 years has led to reports […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Cephalopods are fascinating creatures, and their primary living representative — the octopus — has recently been the subject of the […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) has been the subject of many genetic studies, particularly since the dawning of the […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) has been the subject of many genetic studies, particularly since the dawning of the […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) has been the subject of many genetic studies, particularly since the dawning of the […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — In a time of a global pandemic, with antivaxxer and anti-science sentiments running rife, and when combinations of fear, distrust, […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Earlier this month, Eric Sagonowsky reviewed the top ten drugs in the U.S. (in terms of sales) losing patent exclusivity […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The humble peach has been the inspiration for pies, album titles, independent movies, and a fictional woman’s baseball team, but […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The giraffe is the tallest extant terrestrial animal, and its iconic long neck (6 feet) provides advantages for foraging for […]

By Donald Zuhn — Late last month, a group of intellectual property organizations sent a letter to members of Congress and officials at the Patent […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — A recent COVID post elicited the comment that we were just a “ray of sunshine.” Following in this tradition, this […]

By Donald Zuhn — Earlier today, a group of fifteen industry and trade organizations sent a letter to five members of the Biden Administration, to […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — When it comes to SARS-CoV-2 infection (and resulting COVID-19), it seems our Neanderthal ancestors giveth and taketh away. Genetic material […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — When it comes to SARS-CoV-2 infection (and resulting COVID-19), it seems our Neanderthal ancestors giveth and taketh away. Genetic material […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The wooly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an iconic animal, like the saber tooth tiger or dire wolf, from a time […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe, infecting more than 90 million people and causing almost two million deaths […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — When I awoke, the dire wolf Six hundred pounds of sin Was grinning at my window All I said was, […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe, infecting more than 90 million people and causing almost two million deaths […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Cancer, the “Emperor of All Maladies” as it has been termed, has been studied for millennia. President Nixon’s “War on […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The Fountain of Youth — an enduring aspiration, particularly as the ravages of age reduce human faculties prior to leading […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Over the past decade, genetic archeology has revealed two branches of the human family tree, one known since the 19th […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Cancer of the appendix is a very rare form of cancer, having an incidence of 0.12 per 1,000,000 person-years (Siegel […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Svante Pääbo created the science of detecting Neanderthal DNA in archeological samples (and living humans) almost single-handedly (see Neanderthal Man: […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Perception by the five human senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch) varies significantly between individuals and populations. Some use […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — One of the hallmarks of the current coronavirus pandemic, caused by SARS-Cov-2, is its zoonotic origins. The virus is thought […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Despite the challenges of addressing a previously unknown virus, development of an effective vaccine, soon, is a distinct possibility (see […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — In the face of the economic and social consequences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic (COVID-19) […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most severe since the 1918 influenza pandemic […]

Turns Out, Early Humans Not the Cause of Woolly Rhinoceros Extinction By Kevin E. Noonan — Paleogenomics (the use of genetic analysis of DNA contained […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — Chemotherapeutic drug resistance is one reason cancer remains an unsolved clinical problem despite the efforts ever since President Nixon declared […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — One of the signal public health achievements/victories of the 20th Century is the eradication of smallpox (variola virus, VARV) announced […]

By Kevin E. Noonan — As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life throughout the world this spring, bats have been a prominent feature in news […]