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Sophia Genetics introduces privacy-protecting technology for storage and access to patients’ genomic information

Sophia Genetics, global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, unveiled today a new privacy-protecting technology for the storage and access to patients’ genomic information worldwide, paving the way to a new industry standard.

7 Dec 2016

Rigel Medical makes homecare safe and simple with new electrical safety analyser

HOMECARE is safer and simpler for providers thanks to technology Rigel Medical showcased in Germany last month.

From Rigel Medical 7 Dec 2016

New chemosensor offers better sensitivity in detecting biomarker for cancer and inflammatory diseases

A new technique offers better sensitivity and accuracy in detecting an essential biomarker of cancer and inflammatory diseases.

7 Dec 2016

Scientists discover how motors maneuver cells' intricate roadway system

Much like motors power our cars, they also ensure that proteins get to the right place in our cells, and a wide variety of diseases - from cancer to heart problems - can result when they don't.

7 Dec 2016

Mount Sinai introduces first-ever Coursera course on HPV-associated oral and throat cancer

Mount Sinai's Departments of Academic Informatics and Technology and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, in conjunction with the Office of Continuing Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have launched the first-ever Coursera course on HPV-associated oral and throat cancer.

7 Dec 2016

Endometrial microbiota play vital role in determining reproductive outcome in women undergoing IVF

Endometrial microbiota (bacteria in the uterine cavity) play an important role in determining whether women are able to get pregnant via in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

6 Dec 2016

NIH scientists unravel chain of events that lead to fatal outcomes in cerebral malaria

Using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, scientists at the National Institutes of Health filmed what happens in the brains of mice that developed cerebral malaria (CM).

6 Dec 2016

Cedars-Sinai receives $7.3 million grant to test safety of novel cell-based therapy in treating PAH

Researchers from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine are expanding their ongoing evaluation of a novel cell-based therapeutic candidate into the area of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

6 Dec 2016

Researchers develop new microfluidic device to study brain inflammation

The blood-brain barrier is a network of specialized cells that surrounds the arteries and veins within the brain. It forms a unique gateway that both provides brain cells with the nutrients they require and protects them from potentially harmful compounds.

6 Dec 2016

Knauer RID can efficiently detect weakly absorbed compounds

Detection of smallest amounts of dissolved compounds with little or no absorption in the UV-Vis spectral range still represents a chromatographic challenge today. Refractive Index Detection is in many cases the only viable choice in modern analytics.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 6 Dec 2016

Honey Profiling for Impurities and Falsifications

Patricia Beaune provides an overview of the honey industry and explains the techniques that are currently being used to detect and identify counterfeit honey products.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 6 Dec 2016

NTU scientists develop new ultrasound device with 3D printed lenses for sharper images

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new ultrasound device that produces sharper images through 3D printed lenses.

6 Dec 2016

Researchers develop new compound that can take down defenses in M. tuberculosis

Part of the reason tuberculosis-causing bacteria are so good at colonizing the human body is that they have defenses against the body's immune system.

6 Dec 2016

3D-printed organ models could aid individualized dosimetry in nuclear medicine

In nuclear medicine, the goal is to keep radiation exposure at a minimum, while obtaining quality images.

6 Dec 2016

MUSC researchers harness cutting-edge technology to uncover new role for pericytes during stroke

Pericytes are the primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent (MMP-9) capillary damage and blood leakage during ischemia, according to preclinical findings reported by Medical University of South Carolina investigators in an article published online on November 14, 2016 by The Journal of Neuroscience.

5 Dec 2016

Researcher developing smartphone-based technology to help people quit smoking

What if a smartphone app could help you avoid relapsing back to smoking even before you knew you were at risk? A researcher from the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center at the Stephenson Cancer Center is developing smartphone-based technology to help people receive real-time tobacco cessation treatment when they are most at risk.

5 Dec 2016

Project to help those living with HIV launched by Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is launching an international HIV/AIDS award at the 2016 conference for the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) being held in Cape Town, South Africa (December 3 to 8).

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 5 Dec 2016

Pittcon announce speaker for Wallace H Coulter lecture

The Pittcon Program Committee is extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Karl Deisseroth, the D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will deliver the Wallace H. Coulter lecture at Pittcon 2017.

From Pittcon 5 Dec 2016

The Integra Mediajet provides perfect preparation of petri dishes

Compact in design - MEDIAJET from INTEGRA offers the unique flexibility to fill Petri dishes of various sizes, Petri dishes with two compartments or test tubes of various diameters and length.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 5 Dec 2016

Milk from genetically-altered goats may trigger less severe allergic reactions, study finds

The presence of the allergen β-Lactoglobulin (BLG) in the milk of goats and other ungulates restricts the consumption of goat's milk by humans.

5 Dec 2016

Technology News and Research

Sophia Genetics introduces privacy-protecting technology for storage and access to patients’ genomic information

Rigel Medical makes homecare safe and simple with new electrical safety analyser

New chemosensor offers better sensitivity in detecting biomarker for cancer and inflammatory diseases

Scientists discover how motors maneuver cells' intricate roadway system

Mount Sinai introduces first-ever Coursera course on HPV-associated oral and throat cancer

Endometrial microbiota play vital role in determining reproductive outcome in women undergoing IVF

NIH scientists unravel chain of events that lead to fatal outcomes in cerebral malaria

Cedars-Sinai receives $7.3 million grant to test safety of novel cell-based therapy in treating PAH

Researchers develop new microfluidic device to study brain inflammation

Knauer RID can efficiently detect weakly absorbed compounds

Honey Profiling for Impurities and Falsifications

NTU scientists develop new ultrasound device with 3D printed lenses for sharper images

Researchers develop new compound that can take down defenses in M. tuberculosis

3D-printed organ models could aid individualized dosimetry in nuclear medicine

MUSC researchers harness cutting-edge technology to uncover new role for pericytes during stroke

Researcher developing smartphone-based technology to help people quit smoking

Project to help those living with HIV launched by Beckman Coulter

Pittcon announce speaker for Wallace H Coulter lecture

The Integra Mediajet provides perfect preparation of petri dishes

Milk from genetically-altered goats may trigger less severe allergic reactions, study finds

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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