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LabVantage Solutions unveils version 8.9 of its industry-leading LIMS platform to improve lab productivity and efficiency

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, today announced the release of LabVantage 8.9, the latest iteration of its flagship laboratory information management system (LIMS), to deliver the most cutting-edge capabilities to laboratories worldwide.

3 Mar 2025

Researchers uncover key biological mechanism that prevents sperm-egg fusion

A Yale-led research team has uncovered how a naturally occurring biological mechanism found in mammals is able to prevent sperm cells from interacting with an egg, preventing fertilization.

3 Mar 2025

Breakthrough research uncovers way to maintain metabolism during calorie restriction

Many people who have tried to lose weight by cutting calories are familiar with this frustrating reality: at some point, the body stops shedding pounds.

3 Mar 2025

Pioneering the world’s first CRISPR medicine for sickle cell disease

When Vijay Sankaran was an MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School in the mid-2000s, one of his first clinical encounters was with a 24-year-old patient whose sickle cell disease left them with almost weekly pain episodes.

3 Mar 2025

St. Jude scientists discover how retinoic acid selectively kills metastatic neuroblastoma cells

Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that occurs in children. When high-risk, the disease has a poor prognosis. Decades ago, adding the drug retinoic acid to neuroblastoma treatment increased survival by 10-15%.

2 Mar 2025

FDA warns of dangerous products sold online with hidden active ingredients

Whether you're looking to buy weight loss, male enhancement, or certain other products, these days you're apt to look for them online, rather than at a physical store.

2 Mar 2025

Researchers uncover how brain tumors reprogram neutrophils to hinder cancer treatment

The lab of Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., at The Wistar Institute has discovered a previously unknown mechanism for how aggressive brain cancers reprogram immune system cells from fighting cancer to enabling further tumor growth.

2 Mar 2025

European project aims to develop new treatments for rare eye diseases

The Ocular Neurobiology laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), is participating in the European project RESTORE VISION, an ambitious initiative aimed at developing new treatments for rare eye diseases such as aniridia and neurotrophic keratopathy.

28 Feb 2025

New discovery sheds light on energy crisis in children with TANGO2 deficiency

Researchers studying a protein linked to a rare, severe disease have made a discovery that sheds light on how cells meet their energy needs during a severe metabolic crisis.

28 Feb 2025

UCSF study reveals lungs as source of hematopoietic stem cells

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing.

28 Feb 2025

Trained immunity may exacerbate inflammatory bone loss disorders

Clinical research has long focused on ways to harness the actions of the immune system. From vaccines to immunotherapies, researchers have used their knowledge of the immune system to develop therapies to treat or prevent diseases from influenza to autoimmune disease and cancer.

27 Feb 2025

New framework aims to accelerate nanomedicine development

Nanomedicines save lives, but they don't reach the market or the patient's body fast enough. Researchers have now come up with a recipe to accelerate and improve the process.

27 Feb 2025

WHO Director-General issues revised recommendations on mpox emergency

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024, held on 25 February 2025, from 12:00 to 17:00 CET, concurs with its advice that the event continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern and, considering the advice of the Committee, he is hereby issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations.

27 Feb 2025

AI system accurately detects changes in longitudinal medical images

A new AI-based system for analyzing images taken over time can accurately detect changes and predict outcomes, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell's Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech.

27 Feb 2025

Artificial sweeteners may reduce metformin’s effectiveness in weight and glucose control

Drinking artificially sweetened beverages may reduce metformin’s effectiveness in young patients with obesity and prediabetes, but a larger study is needed to confirm these findings.

27 Feb 2025

Innovative combination of treatments effectively kills acute myeloid leukemia cells

Scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified an innovative combination of treatment strategies that work collaboratively to effectively kill acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, a frequently incurable form of cancer.

27 Feb 2025

Biomass smoke compounds linked to lung damage and respiratory diseases

Biomass burning-whether from wildfires, wood stoves or agricultural fires-sends massive amounts of tiny particles and chemicals into the air.

27 Feb 2025

New study confirms rope skipping as an effective cardio workout

Researchers investigate whether high or moderate intensity rope skipping improves cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition.

27 Feb 2025

Research shows exercise can delay Alzheimer’s, but there’s a catch

Regular physical activity slows the accumulation of p-tau181, a key Alzheimer’s biomarker, but its cognitive benefits diminish when tau levels are high.

26 Feb 2025

Scientists pioneer fecal transplant capsules to enhance pancreatic cancer treatment

Scientists at Lawson Research Institute (Lawson) of St. Joseph's Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) are the first in the world to study fecal transplants using capsules containing microbes from the gut of healthy volunteers to improve the response of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer to chemotherapy.

26 Feb 2025