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Thank You for Attending Somatek’s Open House and Happy Hour!
Somatek's networking happy hour last month was a major success! Thank you so much to everyone who was able to make it. We're looking forward to seeing you all again at future events.
Possible dementia biomarkers in blood identified
Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have identified four blood proteins that could serve as early biomarkers for dementia. This is important news because early, pre-symptomatic diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia could be a big step in...
Somatek Happy Hour & Open House Thursday, February 29
Somatek will host a fun, casual evening for members of the San Diego life sciences community. Get connected, network, and share ideas. The event will be on Thursday, February 29 · 4:30 - 7:30pm PST at Somatek’s facility - 9466 Black Mountain Rd Suite 130 San Diego, CA...
CG Oncology IPO, first biotech IPO of 2024, a smashing success
We are so happy to learn that the IPO of our former client CG Oncology went exceedingly well. After recent news that GC Oncology’s bladder cancer treatment received both FDA fast track and breakthrough therapy designation, this is more good news for people with...
E is for Eggs
Chicken egg yolk antibodies, immunoglobulin Y, abbreviated IgY, are a type of antibody found in birds and reptiles, but not mammals. Like other immunoglobulins, IgY are a critical part of organisms’ immune response to foreign substances including pathogens. IgY are...
Monoclonals for Severe Asthma
Severe asthma affects between nine and 15 million people worldwide, causing chest tightness and difficulty breathing in addition to frequent asthma attacks that sometimes require hospitalization. It is usually treated with inhaled corticosteroids such as fluticasone...
Happy Holidays
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. If you'd like to check out other recent images from JWST, or a higher resolution...
Non-opioid small-molecule painkiller more effective and less risky than gabapentin
Gabapentin is a widely prescribed non-opioid painkiller, but it has many side effects, including memory loss, mood changes, and lethargy. New research out of NYU shows promise for a small molecule called CBD3063*, which in rodents has been shown to inhibit pain at...
ADC to Help People with Sickle Cell
Sickle cell disease is a set of genetic conditions where abnormalities in the structure of hemoglobin cause red blood cells to take on a long, curved, sickle-like shape, which can then impede blood flow. Gene therapies may make a huge difference in the lives of...
Nobel Prize Awarded for mRNA Vaccines against COVID
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced today, and has been awarded to Drs. Karolin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”....