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Nano-photothermal neural stimulation method for patients with neurological disorders

A KAIST team presented a highly customizable neural stimulation method. The research team developed a technology that can print the heat pattern on a micron scale to enable the control of biological activities remotely.

6 Apr 2018

German market leader for radiation sterilization set to expand in the UK

BGS Beta-Gamma-Service, the German market leader for radiation sterilization, is set to expand its activities in the UK and will promote its services for the first time at Health GB Manchester from 30 April to 2 May.

4 Apr 2018

DS-11 FX+ Platinum Edition Giveaway from DeNovix

DeNovix Inc. is giving away a unique, platinum-colored DS11 FX+ 1µL Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer.

From DeNovix Inc. 3 Apr 2018

AXT installs state-of-the-art crystallography system at University of Western Australia

AXT have recently completed the first Australian installation of a XtaLAB Synergy-S protein X-ray crystallography system from Rigaku Oxford Diffraction in Australia, the world leaders in crystallography.

From AXT Pty Ltd 30 Mar 2018

Enclosed point-of-use filter enhances quality of API for kidney dialysis

Amazon Filters reports a leading pharmaceutical company is using SupaPore PPG pleated depth filter cartridges to enable them to achieve a safe, enclosed point-of-use filter on their nitrogen gas distribution line used in the production of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for kidney dialysis treatments.

From Amazon Filters Ltd. 29 Mar 2018

$Beckman Coulter Life Sciences introduces next-generation laser diffraction particle analyzer$

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences introduces next-generation laser diffraction particle analyzer

Beckman Coulter launched next-gen laser diffraction particle analyzers, to meet the demands of QC and research applications in pharma and industrial sectors.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Particle Counting and Characterization 28 Mar 2018

Researchers compare mouse and human blood vessels under ischemic conditions

Peripheral obstructive arterial disease develops when blood vessels narrow due to arteriosclerosis and blood flow in the legs (or rarely the arms) becomes clogged. Intermittent claudication is when blood flow disturbances in a limb causes pain, numbness, or coldness during physical activity.

27 Mar 2018

Researchers develop microsensor that enables kidney dialysis to be customized

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a microsensor that makes it possible to directly monitor and adjust the composition of kidney dialysis fluid.

27 Mar 2018

New laser source for infrared spectromicroscopy could enable early diagnosis of pathologies

Sébastien Février, reader at the University of Limoges and researcher at XLIM, and his team demonstrated that a bench-top, optical fiber-based laser source can be used to perform infrared spectromicroscopy with a precision rivaling, and in some regards even surpassing, that of experiments at large-scale synchrotron facilities.

23 Mar 2018

New computational method helps to identify tumor cell mutations with greater accuracy

A new computational method developed by researchers at the New York Genome Center allows scientists to identify rare gene mutations in cancer cells with greater accuracy and sensitivity than currently available approaches.

22 Mar 2018

Leicester research could help identify people with asthma of different severities

A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has identified biological variations in lung tissue samples that for the first time can help identify people with mild asthma from those with moderate or severe asthma.

15 Mar 2018

Researchers achieve 80% reduction in liver metastasis by restricting growth of blood vessels

The International Journal of Cancer has just published the results of an experimental therapy tested on mice. The research, led by the Signaling Lab research group of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Santiago de Compostela, achieved an 80% reduction in liver metastasis brought about by colon cancer.

14 Mar 2018

Tumor's 'microenvironment' plays key role in altering therapeutic response of breast cancer

Cancer is typically thought of as a tumor that needs to be removed or an area that needs to be treated with radiation or chemotherapy. As a physicist and cancer researcher, Joe Gray, Ph.D., thinks differently.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers create cardiomyocyte molds to mend broken hearts

2.5 billion. That's approximately the number of times the human heart beats in 70 years. And sometimes during the course of its unrelenting contractions and relaxations, the heart muscle can no longer bear the strain.

13 Mar 2018

Modifying Oncolytic Adenoviruses to Target Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the less common but deadliest cancers. Modified oncolytic adenoviruses represent an alternative to chemotherapy and targeted therapies, which have a high mortality rate.

9 Mar 2018

Uniqsis introduces new heater module for flow chemistry GSM chip reactors

Uniqsis announces HotChip - a new standalone heater module that provides precise temperature control of flow chemistry glass static mixer chip reactors.

9 Mar 2018

UH researcher examines role of estrogen in cervical cancer

Two University of Houston researchers, working to find cancer cures, received grants from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, the organization that funds groundbreaking cancer research and prevention programs in the state.

1 Mar 2018

Home-based semen analysis kit could provide rapid, cost-effective way to test male fertility

It is estimated that of the 70 million cases of infertility worldwide, almost half are caused by factors relating to the male partner. A number of semen parameters – motility, morphology, velocity, volume, concentration, and count – affect male fertility.

28 Feb 2018

Bedfont Scientific nominated for 3 awards by Federation of Small Businesses

According to the Federation of Small Businesses, there are 5.5 small businesses across the UK and the awards they organize help to promote and recognize innovation, enterprise and accomplishment in 12 areas across the UK. Bedfont is proud to have been shortlisted in 3 categories for the South East: Business Exporter of the Year, Family Business of the Year and Employer of the Year.

27 Feb 2018

Researchers demonstrate novel process to produce cell-sized lipid vesicles

A team of researchers at the University of California in Irvine, California has demonstrated a novel process to produce cell-sized lipid vesicles (CLVs) from microfluidically generated double emulsion templates by investigating the interfacial parameters that control double emulsion stability for storage, and their subsequent dewetting to form multisomes or GUVs (subsets of CLVs).

24 Feb 2018