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Innovative blood test for lung cancer offers faster and more sensitive diagnosis

A new way of diagnosing lung cancer with a blood draw is 10 times faster and 14 times more sensitive than earlier methods, according to University of Michigan researchers.

3 Oct 2024

Key RNA pathway controlling DNA packaging and cancer progression

Inside every cell, inside every nucleus, your continued existence depends on an incredibly complicated dance. Proteins are constantly wrapping and unwrapping DNA, and even minor missteps can lead to cancer.

3 Oct 2024

Innovative HiTIP-seq method advances epigenetic research in pediatric brain tumors

Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is a highly aggressive and fatal pediatric high-grade glioma that primarily affects critical regions of the central nervous system, such as the pons, thalamus, and spinal cord.

24 Sep 2024

Space conditions disrupt rhythmic function of bioengineered heart tissues

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.

23 Sep 2024

New model reveals mechanisms of lung injury from mechanical ventilation

For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs.

19 Sep 2024

New kidney chip offers breakthrough for drug development and personalized medicine

Developing advanced drug screening tools is crucial for the advancement of personalized medicine and the creation of more effective treatments. One organ receiving particular attention in this area is the kidney.

19 Sep 2024

Lupus Research Alliance announces 2024 Diversity in Lupus Research Award recipients

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Career Development and Postdoctoral Awards to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research.

17 Sep 2024

Brain-inspired materials pave the way for efficient computing

A team of researchers from Texas A&M University, Sandia National Lab - Livermore, and Stanford University are taking lessons from the brain to design materials for more efficient computing.

16 Sep 2024

Researchers uncover why typically normal protein drives prostate cancer

NSD-2 is crucial for AR activity in prostate cancer, promoting tumor growth and offering a potential therapeutic target for advanced prostate cancer treatment.

12 Sep 2024

Ropirio Therapeutics secures exclusive license for novel lymphatic system activators

The Wyss Institute at Harvard University announced today that Ropirio Therapeutics, Inc. (Ropirio) has secured a worldwide, exclusive license from Harvard's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and Boston University (BU)'s Technology Development office for novel molecules that activate the lymphatic system - a first in the pharma industry.

11 Sep 2024

New acoustic tweezers isolate viruses from saliva with high precision

Developing antiviral therapeutics and vaccines requires close study of the viruses that cause disease. But how can these small germs be isolated from complex biological samples like saliva?

11 Sep 2024

NIH awards multi-million grant for groundbreaking organ transplantation research

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have been awarded a multi-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance research in organ transplantation and antibody-mediated rejection.

6 Sep 2024

Artificial lymphoid organ-chips created to predict vaccine responses in humans

Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France have developed artificial "lymphoid organ-chips" that recreate much of the human immune system's response to booster vaccines

6 Sep 2024

Breakthrough technology detects cancer mutant genes with unprecedented sensitivity

Dr. Min-young Lee and Dr. Sung-gyu Park of the Advanced Bio and Healthcare Materials Research Division at KIMS have developed a technology that can detect cancer mutant genes in blood with the world's highest sensitivity of 0.000000001% based on plasmonic nanomaterials for optical signal amplification.

6 Sep 2024

CHIP News and Research

Innovative blood test for lung cancer offers faster and more sensitive diagnosis

Key RNA pathway controlling DNA packaging and cancer progression

Innovative HiTIP-seq method advances epigenetic research in pediatric brain tumors

Space conditions disrupt rhythmic function of bioengineered heart tissues

New model reveals mechanisms of lung injury from mechanical ventilation

New kidney chip offers breakthrough for drug development and personalized medicine

Lupus Research Alliance announces 2024 Diversity in Lupus Research Award recipients

Brain-inspired materials pave the way for efficient computing

Researchers uncover why typically normal protein drives prostate cancer

Ropirio Therapeutics secures exclusive license for novel lymphatic system activators

New acoustic tweezers isolate viruses from saliva with high precision

NIH awards multi-million grant for groundbreaking organ transplantation research

Artificial lymphoid organ-chips created to predict vaccine responses in humans

Breakthrough technology detects cancer mutant genes with unprecedented sensitivity

Sweat-powered wearable enables continuous health monitoring from the fingertip

Breakthrough miniaturized brain-machine interface enables brain-to-text communication

Engineered heart tissues uncover new mechanisms in lupus-related heart damage

New implantable device could revolutionize opioid overdose response

Kids who survived Super Bowl shooting are scared, suffering panic attacks and sleep problems

Researchers develop new method to study critical type of protein modification process

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