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New, rapid diagnostic test for malaria wins $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University headed by Stevenson Professor of Chemistry David Wright has designed a new kind of rapid diagnostic test for malaria that has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant which is designed to support innovative global health and development research projects.

15 Nov 2016

Lonza’s RAFT 3D Cell Culture System helps researchers develop corneal models for research into blindness treatment

Lonza’s RAFT 3D Cell Culture System has been used to develop corneal models for research into treatment for a painful and potentially blinding corneal disease.

15 Nov 2016

TSRI study unravels how protein is directly responsible for sensing touch

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute reveals that a protein first discovered at TSRI in 2010 is directly responsible for sensing touch.

14 Nov 2016

Environmental engineers testing promising new way to clean up harmful contaminants

They're in stain-resistant carpet, paint, permanent markers, food packaging and firefighting foam. Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), a broad class of manufactured chemicals, touch every corner of the industrialized world.

14 Nov 2016

Researchers identify mechanism of how circadian clocks in neurons encode daily rhythms of excitability

Molecular clocks in cells throughout the body control many physiologic changes in a 24-hour day/night circadian rhythm -- among them the timing of sleep and wakefulness.

14 Nov 2016

Elucidating IDP behaviour on crowded membranes

IDPs are proteins that contain stretches of amino-acid sequence that are flexible and do not comprise stable structure in isolation. This is in contrast with a more traditional view of proteins as largely occupying a stable native structure that correlates with functions such as enzyme activity or binding.

10 Nov 2016

NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences recently awarded $596,533.00 to Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to initiate a partnership with Texas Biomedical Research Institute aimed at repurposing an antimalarial for use against the Ebola virus.

10 Nov 2016

Collapse of MAM is common pathological hallmark to certain inherited forms of ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult onset, fetal neurodegenerative disease that selectively affects motor neurons.

8 Nov 2016

Scientists investigate role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease pathology

On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a bizarre constellation of symptoms.

8 Nov 2016

New treatment with therapeutic short interfering RNA could help thwart cancer

In the fight against cancer, doctors dish out combination-blows of surgery, chemotherapy and other drugs to beat back a merciless foe. Now, scientists have taken early steps toward adding a stinging punch to clinicians' repertoire.

7 Nov 2016

Researchers identify heart defects in progeria patients that may raise risk of arrhythmias, premature death

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, working in collaboration with colleagues at other centers in Spain and abroad, have identified defects in the hearts of progeria patients that appear to be related to an elevated risk of arrhythmias and premature death.

2 Nov 2016

GW scientist awarded $2.8 million NIH grant to continue research on corneal wound healing

George Washington University researcher Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., received a $2.8 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her 27 years of research on corneal wound healing.

2 Nov 2016

Problems with nuclear membrane play role in leukemia, heart disease and aging disorders

We put things into a container to keep them organized and safe. In cells, the nucleus has a similar role: keeping DNA protected and intact within an enveloping membrane.

2 Nov 2016

Researchers identify possible trigger of chronic inflammation in people with diabetes

Inflammation is one of the main reasons why people with diabetes experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems and other, related complications. Now, in a surprise finding, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible trigger of chronic inflammation.

2 Nov 2016

Biomolecular systems investigated at the highest resolution at the University of Leeds

Bruker’s Nano Surfaces Division reports on the groundbreaking use of a Dimension FastScan Bio™ AFM system at the University of Leeds, UK, to investigate biological and biomolecular systems at the highest resolution. Neil Thomson’s group, associated with the University’s Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 1 Nov 2016

Vanderbilt scientists develop new bioluminescent sensor that can light up brain cells in the dark

A new kind of bioluminescent sensor causes individual brain cells to imitate fireflies and glow in the dark.

27 Oct 2016

Study reveals potential therapeutic targets for treating patients who carry IFNGR receptor mutation

The study began by taking the medical history of 11 children, all of whom had a disorder due to mycobacteria infections, as the basis. All were discovered to have the same phenotype with the same mutation, which was located in the interferon-gamma (IFNGR) receptor, so the group began to explore what was causing this dysfunction.

27 Oct 2016

New scaffold could improve outcome of periodontal regenerative surgery

A new regenerative scaffold made of biosafe collagen hydrogel and collagensponge could possess the ability of retaining fibroblastic growth factor-2 (FGF2) and stimulate the periodontal tissue regeneration, according to new research published in The Open Dentistry Journal.

24 Oct 2016

Researchers discover new therapeutic target for controlling fatal allergic reactions

Researchers in France have identified a molecular motor that controls the release of inflammatory factors that cause severe and fatal allergic reactions.

24 Oct 2016

Researchers discover how toxic proteins linked to neurological diseases impair membrane-less organelles

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered the way toxic proteins linked to the most common forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) incapacitate membrane-less organelles inside cells.

21 Oct 2016

Membrane News and Research

New, rapid diagnostic test for malaria wins $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Lonza’s RAFT 3D Cell Culture System helps researchers develop corneal models for research into blindness treatment

TSRI study unravels how protein is directly responsible for sensing touch

Environmental engineers testing promising new way to clean up harmful contaminants

Researchers identify mechanism of how circadian clocks in neurons encode daily rhythms of excitability

Elucidating IDP behaviour on crowded membranes

NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus

Collapse of MAM is common pathological hallmark to certain inherited forms of ALS

Scientists investigate role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease pathology

New treatment with therapeutic short interfering RNA could help thwart cancer

Researchers identify heart defects in progeria patients that may raise risk of arrhythmias, premature death

GW scientist awarded $2.8 million NIH grant to continue research on corneal wound healing

Problems with nuclear membrane play role in leukemia, heart disease and aging disorders

Researchers identify possible trigger of chronic inflammation in people with diabetes

Biomolecular systems investigated at the highest resolution at the University of Leeds

Vanderbilt scientists develop new bioluminescent sensor that can light up brain cells in the dark

Study reveals potential therapeutic targets for treating patients who carry IFNGR receptor mutation

New scaffold could improve outcome of periodontal regenerative surgery

Researchers discover new therapeutic target for controlling fatal allergic reactions

Researchers discover how toxic proteins linked to neurological diseases impair membrane-less organelles

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