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Study suggests database analysis better predicts toxicity of chemicals than animal testing

Advanced algorithms working from large chemical databases can predict a new chemical's toxicity better than standard animal tests, suggests a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

12 Jul 2018

Growing pains in CRISPR gene editing

In the six years since its inception, CRISPR gene editing has experienced ups and downs, from giddy excitement over the technology's potential to cure genetic diseases to patent disputes, ethical considerations and cancer scares.

12 Jul 2018

Focused ultrasound holds potential to be game-changing technology for treating essential tremor

"Focused ultrasound has the potential to be a game-changing technology that could impact the lives of millions of people with serious medical disorders including essential tremor," says Neal F. Kassell, MD, founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and former Co-Chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia.

12 Jul 2018

New lab-on-a-chip technology could soon help detect fetal genetic abnormalities in early pregnancy

Biomedical engineers Dr Marnie Winter and Professor Benjamin Thierry from UniSA's Future Industries Institute and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology are part of a team of researchers who have isolated fetal cells from maternal blood using a tiny microfluidic device, allowing for improved genetic testing.

11 Jul 2018

SUSU scientists develop Russian analog of voice prostheses using 3D printing

People who underwent larynx surgery face a necessity of a voice prosthesis implantation, but such artificial windpipes are only produced abroad.

11 Jul 2018

Researchers develop biofilm formulations that protect from necrotizing enterocolitis

Most of the time, we think biofilms are bad news. And when pathogenic microbes form biofilms, they are.

11 Jul 2018

Study finds low developmental screening and surveillance rates in the U.S.

Only about one-third of young children in the U.S. receive recommended screenings or surveillance designed to catch developmental delays.

11 Jul 2018

American Cancer Society outlines vision for cancer control in the decades ahead

The American Cancer Society is outlining its vision for cancer control in the decades ahead in a series of articles that begins publishing today.

11 Jul 2018

Breakthrough technology offers hope for early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes

Researchers are developing early detection technology for Type 1 diabetes that can accurately predict if a child is at risk of the chronic disease.

10 Jul 2018

Scientists discover new way to predict healthy individuals at risk of developing AML

An international team of leukemia scientists has discovered how to predict healthy individuals at risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive and often deadly blood cancer.

10 Jul 2018

New biosensor chip detects single nucleotide polymorphism in real time with high sensitivity

A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a chip that can detect a type of genetic mutation known as a single nucleotide polymorphism and send the results in real time to a smartphone, computer, or other electronic device.

10 Jul 2018

Researchers discover mechanism that shuts down cell-to-cell communications pathway

Cellular functions rely on several communications networks that allow cells to rapidly respond to signals affecting the organism.

10 Jul 2018

Fluorescent zebrafish genes provide clues about neuroblastoma

Researchers have created transgenic zebrafish that could help them understand how neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer, develops.

10 Jul 2018

Bruker launches innovative iProbe HRMAS for biomolecular, materials and clinical research

At EUROMAR 2018 conference (www.euromar2018.org), Bruker announced the iProbe HRMAS, which now enables full automation of high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 10 Jul 2018

Researchers use miniature radio transmitters to track movements of kissing bugs

With the continuing advance of technology, radio tracking devices keep getting smaller and smaller. And that's bad news for stealthy insects like kissing bugs.

10 Jul 2018

Fluorescent fish could help find origins of neuroblastoma

A new type of zebrafish that produces fluorescent tags in migratory embryonic nerve precursor cells could help a Rice University neurobiologist and cancer researcher find the origins of the third-most common pediatric cancer in the U.S.

10 Jul 2018

Researchers develop first comprehensive atlas of lung tumor cells

Researchers from VIB, Leuven University and University Hospital Leuven studied thousands of healthy and cancerous lung cells to create the first comprehensive atlas of lung tumor cells.

10 Jul 2018

Mice study shows promise for treating genetic conditions during fetal development

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University have for the first time used a gene editing technique to successfully cure a genetic condition in a mouse model.

10 Jul 2018

Researchers develop simple blood test to predict likely spread of rare cancer

New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to other organs and researchers are developing a simple blood test to tell doctors which patients are at risk of spread long before conventional imaging can.

9 Jul 2018

Researchers use information from computer tomography images to simulate heart function

Researchers at Linköping University have for the first time been able to use information from computer tomography images to simulate the heart function of an individual patient.

9 Jul 2018

Technology News and Research

Study suggests database analysis better predicts toxicity of chemicals than animal testing

Growing pains in CRISPR gene editing

Focused ultrasound holds potential to be game-changing technology for treating essential tremor

New lab-on-a-chip technology could soon help detect fetal genetic abnormalities in early pregnancy

SUSU scientists develop Russian analog of voice prostheses using 3D printing

Researchers develop biofilm formulations that protect from necrotizing enterocolitis

Study finds low developmental screening and surveillance rates in the U.S.

American Cancer Society outlines vision for cancer control in the decades ahead

Breakthrough technology offers hope for early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes

Scientists discover new way to predict healthy individuals at risk of developing AML

New biosensor chip detects single nucleotide polymorphism in real time with high sensitivity

Researchers discover mechanism that shuts down cell-to-cell communications pathway

Fluorescent zebrafish genes provide clues about neuroblastoma

Bruker launches innovative iProbe HRMAS for biomolecular, materials and clinical research

Researchers use miniature radio transmitters to track movements of kissing bugs

Fluorescent fish could help find origins of neuroblastoma

Researchers develop first comprehensive atlas of lung tumor cells

Mice study shows promise for treating genetic conditions during fetal development

Researchers develop simple blood test to predict likely spread of rare cancer

Researchers use information from computer tomography images to simulate heart function

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