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Synopsis Phages — microscopic viruses that infect bacteria — were discovered over a 100 years ago, and a small band of scientists quickly realised their potential. However, within a few decades of discovery, they were largely abandoned in favour of antibiotics. But as antibiotics increasingly fail us, and the threat of antimicrobial resistance looms large, […]

Sarah McMullen, USFDA India director Synopsis In the past, many within the Indian pharma industry looked at US FDA audits as motivated and a larger conspiracy against it. But this senior official, who heads the Indian operations of the US FDA, and will soon move to China, worked with Indian pharma companies to slowly change […]

By Jessica Hamzelou The baby baboon is wearing a mesh gown and appears to be sitting upright. “This little lady … looks pretty philosophical, I would say,” says Eli Katz, who is showing me the image over a Zoom call. This baboon is the first to receive a heart transplant from a young gene-edited pig […]