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Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between radiation (electromagnetic radiation, or light, as well as particle radiation) and matter.

Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to first-line drug therapies, such as Tenofovir, and are forced to adopt more potent medications.

6 May 2014

Researchers analyze living cells quickly and accurately using Raman spectroscopy

In order to investigate inflammation, tumors or stem cells, medical practitioners analyze living cells. Non-invasive optical procedures such as Raman spectroscopy accelerate this procedure. Researchers have now developed it to industrial scale.

5 May 2014

Researchers use gold nanoparticles to detect, measure cancer levels in living cell

Purdue University researchers have developed a way to detect and measure cancer levels in a living cell by using tiny gold particles with tails of synthetic DNA.

25 Apr 2014

Zenalux, RPCI collaborate to enhance Zenascope system to detect oral cancers at an early stage

Zenalux Biomedical, Inc., a leader in biophotonic diagnostics, is working with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to further enhance its flagship Zenascope™ product by adding a high-resolution camera to the system.

25 Apr 2014

NeuroPhage engineers series of molecules with potential to treat most neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers from NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have engineered a series of molecules with the potential to treat most neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by misfolded proteins, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

23 Apr 2014

Researchers investigate impact of nutrition in resource-poor regions on infant brain development

Brain activity of babies in developing countries could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, using a new technique piloted by a London-based university collaboration.

22 Apr 2014

Researchers develop new technique for discovering natural compounds that form basis of novel therapeutic drugs

Researchers at Griffith University's Eskitis Institute have developed a new technique for discovering natural compounds which could form the basis of novel therapeutic drugs.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers discover how of EBV virus takes over human cells gene regulating machinery

University of Montreal researchers have discovered how a component of the Epstein Barr (EBV) virus takes over our cells gene regulating machinery, allowing the virus to replicate itself.

10 Apr 2014

Vibrational spectroscopy opens up new ways to diagnose chronic diseases

In today’s ageing population, resulting in a rising prevalence of chronic diseases such as neurodegeneration, the need for simple, non-invasive methods to diagnose or screen for important medical conditions becomes more and more relevant. Objective and cost-effective approaches capable of diagnosing early-stage disease in point-of-care clinical settings are necessary to facilitate the personalising of therapies to prevent or slow down pathology development.

10 Apr 2014

University of Montreal scientists discover molecular details of kissing disease virus attacks

University of Montreal researchers have discovered how a component of the Epstein Barr (EBV) virus takes over our cells gene regulating machinery, allowing the virus to replicate itself.

10 Apr 2014

A novel device for inhalation drug delivery

Inhalation is an increasingly important route for non-invasive drug delivery for both systemic and local applications. Control of particle size and output plays a critical role in the efficient and effective delivery of oft en expensive medications to the lung.

4 Apr 2014

Researchers identify possible way to prevent headaches of climbers

By monitoring blood flow in the brains of six climbers scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, German medical researchers have identified a possible way to prevent the headaches that are a common feature of altitude sickness. This work appears in the latest issue of JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

4 Apr 2014

Trinean, Sony DADC sign manufacturing and supply agreement to develop microfluidic disposables

Trinean, the leading provider of microfluidic spectrophotometry platforms, today announced that it entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement with Sony DADC for the production of microfluidic disposables fit for storage and micro-cuvette analysis of droplet-sized biological samples.

1 Apr 2014

Newly identified protein markers have potential to contribute to better understanding of heart disease

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah, have discovered that elevated levels of two recently identified proteins in the body are inflammatory markers and indicators of the presence of cardiovascular disease.

31 Mar 2014

Veterans who suffer from "Gulf War illness" have impaired function of mitochondria

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that veterans of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War who suffer from "Gulf War illness" have impaired function of mitochondria - the energy powerhouses of cells.

28 Mar 2014

Real-time cervical cancer diagnostics: an interview with Sameer Kothari, Chief Executive of Zilico

Cervical cancer diagnosis is a two-step process. In developed countries, women are invited for a smear test which mainly uses LBC (liquid-based cytology), where a sample of cells are taken from the cervix and sent to a cytopathology lab for analysis.

From Zilico 19 Mar 2014

Daylight Solutions launches world's first laser-based infrared microscopy platform

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of molecular detection and imaging solutions in the mid-infrared, today announced the launch of the world's first commercially available laser-based infrared microscopy platform.

From Daylight Solutions Inc 19 Mar 2014

Study: Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia

Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia, which in turn can lead to healthier mothers and children, according to a collaborative study from the Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR) and the MR Cancer Group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

18 Mar 2014

7-Tesla ultra-high-field MRI facilitates more accurate diagnosis of breast cancer, says study

Taking part in a recent study, scientists at the MedUni Vienna have demonstrated for the first time worldwide that 7-Tesla ultra-high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used for clinical applications in patients with breast tumours.

6 Mar 2014

Bruker’s new TopSolids™ software provides accelerated workflow in solid-state NMR for the characterization of protein structures

At Pittcon 2014, Bruker introduced TopSolids™, a new intuitive, workflow-based software package for solid-state NMR in structural biology that provides menu-based, automated setup and acquisition of the most advanced multinuclear multi-dimensional NMR experiments.

5 Mar 2014

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Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

Researchers analyze living cells quickly and accurately using Raman spectroscopy

Researchers use gold nanoparticles to detect, measure cancer levels in living cell

Zenalux, RPCI collaborate to enhance Zenascope system to detect oral cancers at an early stage

NeuroPhage engineers series of molecules with potential to treat most neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers investigate impact of nutrition in resource-poor regions on infant brain development

Researchers develop new technique for discovering natural compounds that form basis of novel therapeutic drugs

Researchers discover how of EBV virus takes over human cells gene regulating machinery

Vibrational spectroscopy opens up new ways to diagnose chronic diseases

University of Montreal scientists discover molecular details of kissing disease virus attacks

A novel device for inhalation drug delivery

Researchers identify possible way to prevent headaches of climbers

Trinean, Sony DADC sign manufacturing and supply agreement to develop microfluidic disposables

Newly identified protein markers have potential to contribute to better understanding of heart disease

Veterans who suffer from "Gulf War illness" have impaired function of mitochondria

Real-time cervical cancer diagnostics: an interview with Sameer Kothari, Chief Executive of Zilico

Daylight Solutions launches world's first laser-based infrared microscopy platform

Study: Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia

7-Tesla ultra-high-field MRI facilitates more accurate diagnosis of breast cancer, says study

Bruker’s new TopSolids™ software provides accelerated workflow in solid-state NMR for the characterization of protein structures

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