EMORY UNIVERSITY

Virax Biolabs has signed a Research Services Agreement with Emory University's ADJUST Center to conduct clinical studies of ViraxImmune™ technology for diagnosing long COVID and other post-viral syndromes.

Aligos Therapeutics has begun dosing patients in the Phase 2 B-SUPREME study of ALG-000184, an investigational oral therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Emory University researchers demonstrated that psilocin, the active metabolite of psilocybin, extended human skin and lung cell lifespans by more than 50% in laboratory studies.

Emory University and Micron Biomedical have launched the first CDC-sponsored clinical trial of a rotavirus vaccine delivered via dissolvable microarray patch technology, marking a significant milestone in needle-free vaccine administration.

Ryght AI raised $3 million in seed funding led by Foothill Ventures to advance its AI-powered clinical trial platform that creates digital twins of over 100,000 research sites worldwide.

A two-year investigation found that 73% of the 429 drugs approved by the FDA from 2013-2022 failed to meet the agency's four foundational standards for proving effectiveness.

Children with sickle cell disease taking hydroxyurea experienced fewer emergency room visits and shorter hospital stays compared to those not on the therapy, according to a study of 2,147 pediatric patients.

Vaccinex will present new clinical data at ASCO 2025 showing that neoadjuvant treatment with pepinemab induces mature tertiary lymphoid structures that correlate with improved pathologic response in head and neck cancer patients.

One-third of Americans aged 50-80 report feeling lonely, with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels after peaking at 42% during COVID-19, according to University of Michigan research.

Expanding access to GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic and Zepbound could prevent more than 42,000 deaths annually in the United States, according to a recent Yale study published in PNAS.