Press Releases

Discovery of activation of cancer-fighting T cells by inosine, enabled by Biolog metabolic assay technology Hayward, CA, USA – August 14, 2020 – A multi-site research team headed by Dr. Ruoning Wang at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital has uncovered a metabolic pathway that can potentially be exploited to enhance the killing of anti-cancer T cells...Read More

ALS related metabolic pathway discovered by Sheffield scientists using Biolog technology Discovery could open doorway to new treatment Sheffield, UK and Hayward, CA, USA –February 13, 2019–Researchers at the University of Sheffield have identified a new pathway that is disrupted in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating and ultimately lethal motor neuron disease (MND). The...Read More

Hayward, CA – November 13, 2017 – Biolog, Inc. announced today that it has been granted US Patent 9,662,372 describing a new potential approach for treating life-threatening infections by the colon residing bacterium, Clostridium difficile (recently renamed as Peptoclostridium difficile). The patent describes the discovery by Biolog scientists that cationic compounds can rapidly inactivate the toxin produced by this...Read More

Hayward, CA – April 3, 2017 – Biolog, Inc. announced today details of its latest GEN III identification database version 2.8, containing 1568 taxa, including 258 plant pathogens. This database update was completed by scientists at Biolog’s headquarters in Hayward, CA in collaboration with Dr. Bevan Weir and his colleagues at Landcare Research in Auckland, New...Read More