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Researchers develop new bio-platform to hear the beat of small clusters of cells

One of the tests that almost every patient must face before a surgery or other health intervention is an electrocardiogram.

11 Dec 2019

Researchers use stem cells to create in-vitro 3D neural tissue model

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells to engineer living biohybrid nerve tissue to develop 3D models of neural networks with the hopes of gaining a better understanding of how the brain and these networks work.

11 Dec 2019

Breakthrough research develops novel vaccine poised to cure peanut allergies

Peanut allergies could become a thing of the past as breakthrough research from the University of South Australia develops a radically novel vaccination that's poised to cure the potentially life threatening condition.

6 Dec 2019

Mologic starts major clinical trial to validate point-of-care COPD exacerbation alert system

Mologic Ltd, a leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, today announced that it has started a major clinical trial to validate the Company’s urine-based multi-biomarker self-test, Headstart, for the early detection of exacerbations in patients living with moderate to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease .

6 Dec 2019

Intellegens and Optibrium announce success in the Open Source Malaria global initiative

Intellegens, an artificial intelligence start-up, and, Optibrium, leading providers of software and services for drug discovery, today announced joint success in the Open Source Malaria global initiative aimed at identifying the best predictive models for antimalarial compounds.

6 Dec 2019

Manuka honey fights infection in surgical dressings

And now, Manuka honey is proving a gamechanger in the fight against extremely drug-resistant infections, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers.

5 Dec 2019

Host cell calpain proteases can process enterovirus polyprotein in vitro, study shows

It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection. However, the identity of such proteases have remained unknown.

4 Dec 2019

Researchers investigate NOTCH1 mutations in keratinocyte lines derived from OSCC biopsies

The cover for issue 63 of Oncotarget features Figure 6, "Inverse relationship between ETV7 and SERPINE1 in OSCC," by Salameti, et al.

4 Dec 2019

Study reveals role of corpora amylacea in expelling brain waste substances

An article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new pathway in the central nervous system to expel waste substances from the brain through the creation of corpora amylacea, aggregates formed by glucose polymers amassing waste products.

4 Dec 2019

New human colon-on-a-chip enables in vitro study of mucus physiology

We have a mutualistic but complicated relationship with the collection of microbes in our gut known as the intestinal microbiome.

3 Dec 2019

Streamlining Immuno-Oncological Therapeutic Antibody Discovery

The growing trend of implementing immunotherapy into oncology has resulted in various new therapeutic cancer treatments utilizing antibodies.

From Sartorius 3 Dec 2019

Study: Calcium signaling can help address drug resistance to non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Gene expression profiling and other analyses conducted by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers and colleagues examining drug resistance to a common antibody therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma have identified calcium signaling as a novel and exploitable target in overcoming this treatment obstacle.

3 Dec 2019

Mystery surrounds gene edited babies one year on

A year back Chinese scientist He Jiankui was in the news for all the wrong reasons. He had helped create the world’s first genetically edited human babies. After a year the world is still in dark about the whereabouts and health of the babies he had created and he himself has been not seen since January this year.

27 Nov 2019

Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure

Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in an effort to develop the world’s first human-specific in vitro, functional model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a common condition especially among the elderly and in women, with the reported prevalence approaching 10% in women over the age of 80 years.

26 Nov 2019

Opioid use during pregnancy alters the baby's brain

During pregnancy, everything taken in by the mother crosses the placenta. Opioid use during pregnancy is tied to changes in the baby’s brain, a new study found.

25 Nov 2019

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

University of South Australia biomedical engineer Dr. Marnie Winter has been awarded US$100,000 from the world's largest private foundation to help better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year.

25 Nov 2019

New treatment method for periodontal disease could spare patients from many side effects

New biodegradable rods promise to provide better treatment for periodontal disease. Researchers from the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have re-combined an already approved active ingredient and filed for a patent for their invention together with two Fraunhofer Institutes from Halle.

25 Nov 2019

in vitro News and Research

Researchers develop new bio-platform to hear the beat of small clusters of cells

Researchers use stem cells to create in-vitro 3D neural tissue model

Breakthrough research develops novel vaccine poised to cure peanut allergies

Mologic starts major clinical trial to validate point-of-care COPD exacerbation alert system

Intellegens and Optibrium announce success in the Open Source Malaria global initiative

Manuka honey fights infection in surgical dressings

Host cell calpain proteases can process enterovirus polyprotein in vitro, study shows

Researchers investigate NOTCH1 mutations in keratinocyte lines derived from OSCC biopsies

Study reveals role of corpora amylacea in expelling brain waste substances

New human colon-on-a-chip enables in vitro study of mucus physiology

Streamlining Immuno-Oncological Therapeutic Antibody Discovery

Study: Calcium signaling can help address drug resistance to non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Mystery surrounds gene edited babies one year on

Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure

Opioid use during pregnancy alters the baby's brain

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

New treatment method for periodontal disease could spare patients from many side effects

Apoptosis protein API-5 more markedly expressed in chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers assess safety of conditionally immortalized cells for bioartificial kidney application

New targeted treatment to fight against deadly pancreatic cancer

eBook: Using iPSCs models for human disease research and drug discovery eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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