Lab-grown ‘mini eyes’ unlock understanding of blindness in rare genetic condition

In a healthy eye, rod cells the cells which detect light are arranged in the back of the eye in an important region responsible for processing images called the retina. In this research, published in Stem Cell Reports1, the team found that they could get rod cells to organise themselves into layers that mimic their […]
A glimpse into the future of physician engagement

For life sciences companies, effective commercial execution depends on delivering useful information to healthcare providers. How can your business manage engagement intelligently across all channels? The pace of pharmaceutical development is accelerating faster than ever before. During the pandemic, life sciences leaders proved that the industry can react to emerging healthcare challenges at impressive speed, […]
Bacterial infections the ‘second leading cause of death worldwide’: Lancet

The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infection across 204 countries and territories. The pathogens were associated with 7.7 million deaths, 13.6 per cent of the global total, in 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic took off. Bacterial infections are the […]