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Study proposes new model for understanding how proteins bind together to facilitate cell movement

Cell movement plays an important role in a host of biological functions from embryonic development to repairing wounded tissue. It also enables cancer cells to break free from their sites of origin and migrate throughout the body.

17 Apr 2014

Professor from INRS receives NIH grant to explore biomedical potential in field of oncology

Professor Nicolas Doucet of the Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier has just received a research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the amount of nearly US$600,000. The 5-year grant is to pursue cutting-edge research in the workings of tiny proteins called RNases and to explore their biomedical potential in the field of oncology as well as in inflammation and asthma.

17 Apr 2014

Hooper Holmes enters into Strategic Alliance Agreement with Clinical Reference Laboratory

Hooper Holmes and Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement under which CRL will become Hooper Holmes' exclusive provider of laboratory testing services and Hooper Holmes will become a member of CRL's preferred provider network for wellness programs.

16 Apr 2014

Researchers coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into working spinal cord cells

The sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells are growing affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become, a University of Michigan study shows.

16 Apr 2014

Scientists report new approach to restore penicillin's combat effectiveness against bacterial infections

Penicillin, one of the scientific marvels of the 20th century, is currently losing a lot of battles it once won against bacterial infections. But scientists at the University of South Carolina have just reported a new approach to restoring its combat effectiveness, even against so-called "superbugs."

16 Apr 2014

UTMB experts honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to study of deadly diseases

The global experts who study the deadliest infectious diseases recognized the contributions of Frederick A. Murphy and Thomas G. Ksiazek, professors at the University of Texas Medical Branch, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th annual International Symposium on Filoviruses. The filoviruses include Ebola and Marburg viruses that cause death in 50 to 90 percent of people infected. The current outbreak of Ebola virus raging in West Africa has caused more than 100 deaths so far.

16 Apr 2014

Optimal use of combination therapy achieves best treatment outcomes in patients with CHB

Three new studies presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2014 have helped clarify the optimal use of combination therapy with peginterferon and nucleoside analogues (NUCs) to achieve the best treatment outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

16 Apr 2014

New blood test accurately detects presence of breast cancer and monitors response to treatment

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators report they have designed a blood test that accurately detects the presence of advanced breast cancer and also holds promise for precisely monitoring response to cancer treatment.

15 Apr 2014

EventusDx completes $2.72M financing to support development, commercialization of Octava breast cancer tests

Eventus Diagnostics, Inc. today announced completion of a $2.72 million financing. The financing was led by a new family office private investor, and existing investors also participated. Proceeds of the financing will mostly be used to support the continued development and commercialization of the company's Octava breast cancer tests.

15 Apr 2014

Engineers develop tools to efficiently analyze living cells

For more than a decade Chang Lu, associate professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, has worked on the development of tools to efficiently analyze living cells. The long-term goal is to gain a better understanding of a range of diseases.

15 Apr 2014

Long-term study confirms association between more television viewing and reduced sleep in kids

A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration.

15 Apr 2014

Researchers identify eight new active molecules against Alzheimer

Researchers of the Unit of Medicine Design and Molecular Topology (Department of Physics Chemistry) of the University of Valencia have discovered eight new active molecules against Alzheimer by a novel mechanism of action, different to the currently used medicines. The work has just been published in the "Plos One" magazine.

11 Apr 2014

Researchers uncover new aspect of autism

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Center for Cancer Systems Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has uncovered a new aspect of autism, revealing that proteins involved in autism interact with many more partners than previously known. These interactions had not been detected earlier because they involve alternatively spliced forms of autism genes found in the brain.

11 Apr 2014

Researchers discover tumor suppressor gene folliculin essential to normal lung function in BHD patients

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered that the tumor suppressor gene folliculin (FLCN) is essential to normal lung function in patients with the rare disease Birt-Hogg-Dube (BHD) syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, skin and kidneys.

11 Apr 2014

Scientists report first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs

Scientists reported today the first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs. A research team led by Anthony Atala, M.D., director of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, describes in the Lancet long-term success in four teenage girls who received vaginal organs that were engineered with their own cells.

11 Apr 2014

EU-funded project aims to find solution to combat hepatitis C epidemic in Egypt

New ways to differentiate between chronic and self-clearing infections may help towards effective patient management and reduce drug costs. But there are major challenges in implementation.

11 Apr 2014

Research team to investigate ways to develop novel immune therapies for HPV-associated cancers

Stand Up To Cancer and the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, along with the American Association for Cancer Research, SU2C's Scientific Partner, announced the formation of a research team dedicated to HPV-related cancers during a press event today at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, held here April 5-9.

11 Apr 2014

Laboratory News and Research

Study proposes new model for understanding how proteins bind together to facilitate cell movement

Professor from INRS receives NIH grant to explore biomedical potential in field of oncology

Hooper Holmes enters into Strategic Alliance Agreement with Clinical Reference Laboratory

Researchers coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into working spinal cord cells

Scientists report new approach to restore penicillin's combat effectiveness against bacterial infections

UTMB experts honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to study of deadly diseases

Optimal use of combination therapy achieves best treatment outcomes in patients with CHB

New blood test accurately detects presence of breast cancer and monitors response to treatment

EventusDx completes $2.72M financing to support development, commercialization of Octava breast cancer tests

Engineers develop tools to efficiently analyze living cells

Long-term study confirms association between more television viewing and reduced sleep in kids

Researchers identify eight new active molecules against Alzheimer

Researchers uncover new aspect of autism

Researchers discover tumor suppressor gene folliculin essential to normal lung function in BHD patients

Scientists report first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs

EU-funded project aims to find solution to combat hepatitis C epidemic in Egypt

Research team to investigate ways to develop novel immune therapies for HPV-associated cancers

Scientists solve a decades-long mystery of cell biology

Scientists report successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in laboratory

Experts connect sleep deprivation to elevated risk of developing diabetes

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