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New project explores how algae could be key to next generation of sunscreens

A Swansea University project exploring how to use algae to create the next generation of sunscreens has now teamed up with an award-winning skincare firm to help develop the idea.

22 Jul 2020

COVID-19 vaccine displays protective traits in nonhuman primates

A replicating RNA vaccine, formulated with a lipid-based nanoparticle emulsion that goes by the acronym LION, produces antibodies against the COVID-19 coronavirus in mice and primates with a single immunization. These antibodies potently neutralize the virus.

20 Jul 2020

Sphere Fluidics and Heriot-Watt University collaborate to develop next generation droplet generator instrumentation

Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Heriot-Watt University, a specialist, pioneering Scottish University, today announced they have been awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.

From Fluidic Sciences and Sphere Bio 20 Jul 2020

Fox Chase and BGU receive grant for cancer treatment study

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have received a new grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) that will fund continuing research on an antibody developed as part of a longstanding collaboration between the two organizations.

17 Jul 2020

Groundbreaking technology could enhance therapeutic efficiency of nanomedicines

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a breakthrough technology to resolve a key problem that has prevented the introduction of novel drugs into clinical practice for decades.

17 Jul 2020

COVID-19 rates among health care workers drop at Mass General Brigham after universal masking

In March of 2020, Mass General Brigham implemented a new policy: everyone working at the hospitals would be required to wear a surgical mask.

15 Jul 2020

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers.

15 Jul 2020

Nanotechnology plays major role in COVID-19 vaccine development

From mRNA vaccines entering clinical trials, to peptide-based vaccines and using molecular farming to scale vaccine production, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing new and emerging nanotechnologies into the frontlines and the headlines.

15 Jul 2020

Avacta and Integumen team up for detection of novel coronavirus in waste water

Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Integumen plc (“Integumen”) to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind the SARS-COV-2 spike protein for the detection of the coronavirus in wastewater, to provide a real-time alert system to warn of localized COVID-19 outbreaks.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 14 Jul 2020

Researchers develop new video game to teach chemistry and engineering

Polycraft World, a modification of the video game Minecraft, was developed by the University of Texas at Dallas researchers to teach chemistry and engineering.

14 Jul 2020

Spectral notch filters in glasses enhance color vision for those with red-green CVD

A new UC Davis Eye Center study, conducted in collaboration with France's INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, found that special patented glasses engineered with technically advanced spectral notch filters enhance color vision for those with the most common types of red-green color vision deficiency ("anomalous trichromacy").

14 Jul 2020

International research collaboration to investigate the role of immune system in health

An international research collaboration to pioneer the field of immuno-cardiology and investigate ways to harness the power of the immune system to improve recovery from heart attacks will be led at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania by Jonathan Epstein, MD, executive vice dean, chief scientific officer and the William Wikoff Smith Professor of Cardiovascular Research.

13 Jul 2020

High-level noise exposure linked to risk of having low birth weight babies

Prolonged exposure to loud noise is more than annoying? it is bad for human health. Beyond the obvious potential damage to hearing, chronic noise exposure has also been linked to adverse cardiovascular effects, such as increased risks of heart attacks and strokes.

13 Jul 2020

Developments in Separation Science

An interview with Daniel Armstrong about the evolution of separation science and its recent and future developments.

From Pittcon 13 Jul 2020

Study shows how gut microbiota may contribute to type 2 diabetes

The individual mix of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract provides vital clues as to how any future incidence of type 2 diabetes can be predicted, prevented and treated. This is demonstrated in a population study led from the University of Gothenburg.

13 Jul 2020

Study shows smoking is associated with a higher likelihood of COVID-19 progression

As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals indicates that youth may not shield people from serious disease.

13 Jul 2020

EKF introduces novel molecular transport media for dual COVID-19 and influenza sampling

EKF Diagnostics the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it has added a novel viral transport media for the safe sample handling and testing of multiple infectious diseases from a single swab to its product range.

From EKF Diagnostics 13 Jul 2020

No unique viral sequences found in pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2

In contrast to previous hypotheses, researchers from the University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust found no evidence of unique viral sequences from patients with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). Their study is published on the medRxiv* preprint server.

12 Jul 2020

New study to examine COVID-19's impact on the mental health of older adults

Rates of depression and stress have increased among the general population since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, we know little about the current state of mental health of older adults (65+), who are at a higher risk for illness and death due to infection, and account for more than 95% of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario.

12 Jul 2020

Morinaga Milk’s probiotic B. breve A1 improves memory functions of older adults with MCI

Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese dairy product company and a key global probiotics manufacturer, confirmed that its proprietary probiotic strain Bifidobacterium breve A1 (a.k.a. B. breve MCC1274) is safe and effective for improving memory functions of older adults with suspected mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (RCT).

10 Jul 2020

Next Generation News and Research

New project explores how algae could be key to next generation of sunscreens

COVID-19 vaccine displays protective traits in nonhuman primates

Sphere Fluidics and Heriot-Watt University collaborate to develop next generation droplet generator instrumentation

Fox Chase and BGU receive grant for cancer treatment study

Groundbreaking technology could enhance therapeutic efficiency of nanomedicines

COVID-19 rates among health care workers drop at Mass General Brigham after universal masking

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

Nanotechnology plays major role in COVID-19 vaccine development

Avacta and Integumen team up for detection of novel coronavirus in waste water

Researchers develop new video game to teach chemistry and engineering

Spectral notch filters in glasses enhance color vision for those with red-green CVD

International research collaboration to investigate the role of immune system in health

High-level noise exposure linked to risk of having low birth weight babies

Developments in Separation Science

Study shows how gut microbiota may contribute to type 2 diabetes

Study shows smoking is associated with a higher likelihood of COVID-19 progression

EKF introduces novel molecular transport media for dual COVID-19 and influenza sampling

No unique viral sequences found in pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2

New study to examine COVID-19's impact on the mental health of older adults

Morinaga Milk’s probiotic B. breve A1 improves memory functions of older adults with MCI

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