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Donate blood this holiday season

During the holidays, Americans are busy picking the perfect present, gathering with family and friends, and ringing in the New Year.

31 Dec 2014

Novel device may speed up medical decision-making for critically injured trauma patients

A tool that surgeons use for monitoring a patient's blood level in physicians' offices may also save valuable minutes in medical decision-making for critically injured trauma patients, according to study results published in the January 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

30 Dec 2014

Researchers identify key events that prompt cancer cells to develop resistance to lethal therapies

A team of researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute has identified key events that prompt certain cancer cells to develop resistance to otherwise lethal therapies.

24 Dec 2014

Scientists image zinc atoms released by fertilized mammalian egg

Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface billions of zinc atoms in "zinc sparks," one wave after another, found a Northwestern University-led interdisciplinary research team that includes experts from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

24 Dec 2014

Medical researchers at Saint Louis University bring hope to those in pain and sickness

This year, Saint Louis University medical researchers advanced their fields, contributing to human knowledge and bringing hope to those in pain and sickness.

23 Dec 2014

Research shows modern humans have less bone density than earlier human ancestors

New research shows that modern human skeletons evolved into their lightly built form only relatively recently — after the start of the Holocene about 12,000 years ago, and even more recently in some human populations.

23 Dec 2014

Resveratrol activates ancient stress response in human cells, shows study

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that resveratrol, the red-wine ingredient once touted as an elixir of youth, powerfully activates an evolutionarily ancient stress response in human cells.

23 Dec 2014

UCLA researchers uncover potential to restore lost memories in patients with early Alzheimer's

New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

23 Dec 2014

Eating habits and brain chemistry: an interview with Dr Kevin Hall

Several times every day, we choose when, where, what, with whom, and how much to eat. Many of these eating decisions have become automatic and don’t require cognitive effort.

22 Dec 2014

Mexican study shows mobility can be restored in patients with Parkinson's disease

Mexican scientists demonstrated experimentally, with adult rats, that mobility can be restored in patients with Parkinson's disease, the major degenerative disease of the motor system worldwide.

22 Dec 2014

New computational technique reveals genetic roots of autism, cancers

In the decade since the genome was sequenced in 2003, scientists and doctors have struggled to answer an all-consuming question: Which DNA mutations cause disease?

22 Dec 2014

Bilateral shoulder-level amputee controls APL's Modular Prosthetic Limbs

A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory's Modular Prosthetic Limbs.

22 Dec 2014

Porvair Sciences releases 2015 catalogue of tissue culture plastics and epigenetic consumables

Porvair Sciences has released a new 2015 catalogue that describes its popular range of high quality tissue culture treated plastics and consumable products for Epigenetics.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 Dec 2014

Researchers say that misfiring of the brain's control system may underpin compulsions in OCD

Misfiring of the brain's control system might underpin compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

19 Dec 2014

Scientists identify white blood cells that tumors use to suppress disease-fighting immune system

A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified the population of white blood cells that tumors use to enhance growth and suppress the disease-fighting immune system.

19 Dec 2014

CDK activity predicts RCC recurrence

The specific activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 and CDK2 as well as a risk score based on the activity of these enzymes can predict recurrence in patients with renal cell carcinoma, study findings indicate.

19 Dec 2014

Mayo Clinic researchers correctly evaluate polyps using high-definition optical lenses

It may not be necessary for experienced gastroenterologists to send polyps they remove from a patient's colon to a pathologist for examination, according to a large study conducted by physician researchers at the Jacksonville campus of Mayo Clinic.

19 Dec 2014

UTSA, UTHSCSA researchers to jointly develop next-generation breast cancer treatment drugs

Stanton McHardy, associate professor of chemistry and director of the Center for Innovative Drug Discovery in The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Sciences, is partnering on a $1.9 million award to develop next-generation breast cancer treatment drugs.

19 Dec 2014

Scientists develop new system for studying how proteins, other biological molecules unfold and refold

Collaborating scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new system for studying how proteins and other biological molecules form and lose their natural folded structures.

19 Dec 2014

Findings show effective treatment for type 1 diabetes patients with severe hypoglycemia

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients who have developed low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) as a complication of insulin treatments over time are able to regain normal internal recognition of the condition after receiving pancreatic islet cell transplantation, according to a new study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published online in Diabetes.

18 Dec 2014

Laboratory News and Research

Donate blood this holiday season

Novel device may speed up medical decision-making for critically injured trauma patients

Researchers identify key events that prompt cancer cells to develop resistance to lethal therapies

Scientists image zinc atoms released by fertilized mammalian egg

Medical researchers at Saint Louis University bring hope to those in pain and sickness

Research shows modern humans have less bone density than earlier human ancestors

Resveratrol activates ancient stress response in human cells, shows study

UCLA researchers uncover potential to restore lost memories in patients with early Alzheimer's

Eating habits and brain chemistry: an interview with Dr Kevin Hall

Mexican study shows mobility can be restored in patients with Parkinson's disease

New computational technique reveals genetic roots of autism, cancers

Bilateral shoulder-level amputee controls APL's Modular Prosthetic Limbs

Porvair Sciences releases 2015 catalogue of tissue culture plastics and epigenetic consumables

Researchers say that misfiring of the brain's control system may underpin compulsions in OCD

Scientists identify white blood cells that tumors use to suppress disease-fighting immune system

CDK activity predicts RCC recurrence

Mayo Clinic researchers correctly evaluate polyps using high-definition optical lenses

UTSA, UTHSCSA researchers to jointly develop next-generation breast cancer treatment drugs

Scientists develop new system for studying how proteins, other biological molecules unfold and refold

Findings show effective treatment for type 1 diabetes patients with severe hypoglycemia

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