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Benefits of compact MRI

The kind of research I'm interested in is a technique called diffusion MRI and this technique is sensitive to the microstructure of the tissue. Particular clinical applications that it is used for are cancer and looking at neurodegenerative diseases.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 3 Mar 2017

Researcher examines scarring process in hope of preventing chronic lung transplant rejection

For patients affected by lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis and others, cures for their diseases are incredibly rare, if not nonexistent.

2 Mar 2017

MIT biological engineers develop method to measure heme levels inside malaria parasite

The iron-containing molecule heme is necessary for life. Cells require heme to perform the chemical reactions that produce energy, among other critical tasks.

28 Feb 2017

Researchers shed new light on molecular pump that ejects anticancer agents

Sometimes cells resist medication by spitting it back out. Cancer cells, in particular, have a reputation for defiantly expelling the chemotherapy drugs meant to kill them. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on a molecular pump that makes this possible, by determining its three-dimensional structure, down to the level of atoms.

25 Feb 2017

Study identifies new role of cholesterol in regulating brain proteins

A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine in Charité Hospital, Berlin, published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrates that the cholesterol present in cell membranes can interfere with the function of an important brain membrane protein, through a previously unknown mode of interaction.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers explore how G-protein-coupled receptors and arrestin form complexes

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying two proteins that play a vital role in many bodily processes.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers use new method to identify how proteins stabilize cell membrane

To withstand external mechanical stress and handle trafficking of various substances, a cell needs to adjust its surrounding membrane.

22 Feb 2017

Handbook for professionals in science and engineering states the importance of membrane characterization

In a newly published and ground-breaking text, senior academics from Swansea University have concluded that membrane characterisation is essential for the continued growth in the industrial application of membranes.

22 Feb 2017

Essen Bioscience to Showcase IncuCyte® Live-cell Analysis System and Applications at AACR, Booth #1365

The IncuCyte® live-cell analysis platform from Essen BioScience will be showcased at the upcoming AACR conference, booth #1365.

From Sartorius 22 Feb 2017

Researchers find novel, non-invasive approach for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer

In a new paper in Springer's Journal of Materials Science, researchers at Washington State University report a new approach for the effective capture of tumor-derived exosomes from a prostate cancer cell line.

21 Feb 2017

Scientists identify novel mutations in bacteria that promote evolution of antibiotic resistance

Scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have identified novel mutations in bacteria that promote the evolution of high-level antibiotic resistance.

21 Feb 2017

microDimensions launches new version of high precision whole slide alignment software

microDimensions launches a new version of its high precision whole slide alignment software Slidematch. With the new version users can align digital whole slide images from consecutive sections in brightfield and fluorescence mode, e.g. for the evaluation of the HER2 status of cancer patients.

From microDimensions - Bramlage Scientific GmbH 21 Feb 2017

Neonatal sepsis risk calculator reduces antibiotic use by nearly 50% in newborns

Kaiser Permanente, the largest integrated health system in the nation, led the development of a neonatal sepsis risk calculator that has safely reduced antibiotic use by nearly 50 percent in newborns, according to research published today in JAMA Pediatrics.

21 Feb 2017

Researchers aim to recreate ‘tick cement’ as potential bioadhesive for human tissues

Ticks are well known for their ability to anchor themselves firmly to the skin, so that they can suck blood for several days.

20 Feb 2017

Rutgers researcher to play key role in federal project aimed at designing TIPs to fight influenza virus

They're called TIPs and their task would be to infiltrate and outcompete influenza, HIV, Ebola and other viruses.

17 Feb 2017

Rice scientists develop new method to obtain structural details on molecules in biomembranes

Five years of hard work and a little "cosmic luck" led Rice University researchers to a new method to obtain structural details on molecules in biomembranes.

16 Feb 2017

Glowing mice could mark major step forward for new gene therapy

Timothy Blake, a postdoctoral fellow in the Waymouth lab, was hard at work on a fantastical interdisciplinary experiment. He and his fellow researchers were refining compounds that would carry instructions for assembling the protein that makes fireflies light up and deliver them into the cells of an anesthetized mouse. If their technique worked, the mouse would glow in the dark.

16 Feb 2017

Membrane News and Research

Benefits of compact MRI

Researcher examines scarring process in hope of preventing chronic lung transplant rejection

MIT biological engineers develop method to measure heme levels inside malaria parasite

Researchers shed new light on molecular pump that ejects anticancer agents

Study identifies new role of cholesterol in regulating brain proteins

Researchers explore how G-protein-coupled receptors and arrestin form complexes

Researchers use new method to identify how proteins stabilize cell membrane

Handbook for professionals in science and engineering states the importance of membrane characterization

Essen Bioscience to Showcase IncuCyte® Live-cell Analysis System and Applications at AACR, Booth #1365

Researchers find novel, non-invasive approach for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer

Scientists identify novel mutations in bacteria that promote evolution of antibiotic resistance

microDimensions launches new version of high precision whole slide alignment software

Neonatal sepsis risk calculator reduces antibiotic use by nearly 50% in newborns

Researchers aim to recreate ‘tick cement’ as potential bioadhesive for human tissues

Rutgers researcher to play key role in federal project aimed at designing TIPs to fight influenza virus

Rice scientists develop new method to obtain structural details on molecules in biomembranes

Glowing mice could mark major step forward for new gene therapy

UAB researchers show how GARP2 protein accelerates retinal degeneration in mice

Sperm-egg fusion proteins are homologous to those used by Zika and Dengue viruses, research shows

Researchers explore role played by nicotine in grouping of nicotinic receptors within the brain

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