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New technique uses focused ultrasound to detect cancer biomarkers in the blood

Each year, thousands of Canadian men with prostate cancer undergo biopsies to help their doctors better understand the progression and nature of their disease. It provides vital, sometimes life-saving information, yet cancer researcher John Lewis knows it can be a difficult test to ask of anyone.

15 Dec 2016

Scientists develop first functional biological pacemaker from human stem cells

Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, biological pacemaker therapy.

15 Dec 2016

Siemens laboratory diagnostics department undergoes expansion

Siemens Healthineers will invest around $300 million in its Walpole, Mass. laboratory diagnostics manufacturing and research and development facility. The investment extends over four years and is another proof point that Siemens Healthineers invests in innovation to enable healthcare providers around the world to meet their current challenges and to excel in their respective environments.

15 Dec 2016

New technology that increases Natural Killer cells to stop cancers gets licensed

Our bodies contain Natural Killer (NK) cells - an army that stops cancers and viruses before they can make us sick.

15 Dec 2016

Japanese researchers discover that 2-aminobutyric acid can effectively raise antioxidant levels

A Japanese research team has become the first in the world to discover that 2-aminobutyric acid (2-AB) is closely involved in the metabolic regulation of the antioxidant glutathione, and that it can effectively raise levels of glutathione in the body when ingested.

15 Dec 2016

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

A new Cochrane Review, summarizing data from 132 trials of automated telephone systems in preventing and managing long-term health conditions, concludes that they probably have the potential to play an important role in the delivery of health care.

15 Dec 2016

Lactate component responsible for anti-tumor effects of plasma medicine, research shows

Physical plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, together with solid, liquid, and gas, and can be completely or partially ionized (thermal/hot or non-thermal/cold plasma, respectively).

15 Dec 2016

Anti-platelet drug may slow spread of colon and pancreatic cancer cells

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University have found that aspirin may slow the spread of some types of colon and pancreatic cancer cells. The paper is published in the American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology.

15 Dec 2016

Telemedicine eye screening programs could help bridge gap in caring for premature babies

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow over the retina and may lead to blindness in premature babies.

15 Dec 2016

BBI Solutions announces launch of Porcine Liver Esterase enzyme for Urinalysis

BBI Solutions today announced the launch of Porcine Liver Esterase (PLE), a new enzyme for Urinalysis, which is available to sample now.

14 Dec 2016

Scientists explain concept of combining NO gas therapy with starvation of tumor cells for nanomedical treatment

Biocompatible nanocapsules, loaded with an amino acid and equipped with an enzyme now combine two anti-tumor strategies into a synergistic treatment concept. Researchers hope this increases effectiveness and decreases side effects.

14 Dec 2016

WHO launches new data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage worldwide

To mark Universal Health Coverage Day, the World Health Organization today launched a new data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) around the world. The portal shows where countries need to improve access to services, and where they need to improve information.

14 Dec 2016

New data reveals significant correlation between OA breast imaging results and histologic data of breast masses

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering the development of opto-acoustic (OA) technology as a new tool to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer, today announced results from two analyses of the company's European MAESTRO post-market surveillance study.

14 Dec 2016

Phenotypic Personalized Medicine could surmount treatment challenges for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A team of UCLA bioengineers has demonstrated that its technology may go a long way toward overcoming the challenges of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, among the most common types of cancer in children, and has the potential to help doctors personalize drug doses.

14 Dec 2016

Common anti-cholesterol drugs show promise for reducing Alzheimer's disease risk

Common anti-cholesterol drugs show promise for reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a University of Southern California-led study of Medicare data reveals.

14 Dec 2016

Antioxidant levels could be boosted with newly-found amino acid function

14 Dec 2016

Novel plasma medicine with anti-tumor effect discovered

Nagoya University researchers develop cold plasma-activated Ringer's solution for chemotherapy. The solution has anti-tumor effects in vitro and in vivo that derive from the lactate component.

14 Dec 2016

Innovation in stroke aftercare across Europe: an interview with Professor Urs Fischer

Stroke is the epidemic disease of the twenty-first century and the second most frequent cause of death in 2011, accounting for 11% of all deaths worldwide. Stroke is also the second most important cause of permanent disability and...

13 Dec 2016

Two drug combinations may reduce mortality rates in breast cancer patients, study reveals

Patient health records revealed two drug combinations that may reduce mortality rates in breast cancer patients, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

9 Dec 2016

Researchers discover new pathway that opens door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Researchers from the University of South Carolina, Duke University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Metabolon Inc. Research Triangle Park have discovered a new pathway in the liver that opens the door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that affects up to 25 percent of the population and may lead to cirrhosis and eventually liver cancer or failure, and likely other liver diseases.

9 Dec 2016

Blood News and Research

New technique uses focused ultrasound to detect cancer biomarkers in the blood

Scientists develop first functional biological pacemaker from human stem cells

Siemens laboratory diagnostics department undergoes expansion

New technology that increases Natural Killer cells to stop cancers gets licensed

Japanese researchers discover that 2-aminobutyric acid can effectively raise antioxidant levels

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

Lactate component responsible for anti-tumor effects of plasma medicine, research shows

Anti-platelet drug may slow spread of colon and pancreatic cancer cells

Telemedicine eye screening programs could help bridge gap in caring for premature babies

BBI Solutions announces launch of Porcine Liver Esterase enzyme for Urinalysis

Scientists explain concept of combining NO gas therapy with starvation of tumor cells for nanomedical treatment

WHO launches new data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage worldwide

New data reveals significant correlation between OA breast imaging results and histologic data of breast masses

Phenotypic Personalized Medicine could surmount treatment challenges for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Common anti-cholesterol drugs show promise for reducing Alzheimer's disease risk

Antioxidant levels could be boosted with newly-found amino acid function

Novel plasma medicine with anti-tumor effect discovered

Innovation in stroke aftercare across Europe: an interview with Professor Urs Fischer

Two drug combinations may reduce mortality rates in breast cancer patients, study reveals

Researchers discover new pathway that opens door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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