In 2012, the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their groundbreaking work on reprogramming mature cells into pluripotent stem cells capable of developing into any tissue type. Although the term stem cell was coined in 1868 by a German biologist, Ernst Haeckel, it was mainly […]

More than 55 million people were living with dementia as of 2021. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common source of dementia, is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. The number is likely to climb as the baby boomer generation ages. According to one estimate, the number of people who are diagnosed with dementia […]

Many of Innate Pharma’s cancer-fighting products have recently made clinical progress. BioSpace connected with Yannis Morel, Ph.D., executive board member and head of product portfolio strategy and business development, to get an inside look at the science behind a few of the Marseille, France-based company’s therapeutics. “We specialize in immuno-oncology, and particularly in the development of new therapeutic antibodies that […]