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Innovative precision oncology enabled by micro-organospheres derived from patients

The development of an automatic microfluidics droplet platform to rapidly generate patient-derived models of cancer.

6 Dec 2022

Firearm-injured kids have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses

Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses in the year afterward, even compared with kids who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle crash, a new study shows.

1 Dec 2022

Lysis and hypotonic sonication buffers for ChIP assays

Offering complete disruption of cytoplasmic and nuclear membranes, Porvair Sciences Chromatrap® buffer chemistries are optimised for sonication and enzymatic shearing.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 29 Nov 2022

UCSC engineers develop new method to automate the growth of cerebral organoids

A team of engineers at UC Santa Cruz has developed a new method for remote automation of the growth of cerebral organoids – miniature, three-dimensional models of brain tissue grown from stem cells.

28 Nov 2022

New microfluidic Organ Chip platform replicates the human vaginal tissue microenvironment

The human microbiome has been a hot topic over the last decade, with research pointing to disrupted bacterial communities as culprits for a host of maladies including irritable bowel syndrome, eczema, and autoimmune diseases.

28 Nov 2022

Using human iPSC-derived cells to revolutionize the field of neurodegenerative disease

In this interview, we speak to Axol Bioscience about their human iPSC-derived cells and how they have the potential to revolutionize the field of neurodegenerative disease.

From Axol Bioscience Ltd 28 Nov 2022

Chitin-immobilized nanobodies for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Researchers demonstrated a novel strategy to detect SARS-CoV-2 using chitin-immobilized nanobodies.

21 Nov 2022

Path cleared for Georgia to launch work requirements for Medicaid

Georgia is set to become the only state to have work requirements for Medicaid coverage.

20 Nov 2022

Patients complain some obesity care startups offer pills, and not much else

Many Americans turn to the latest big idea to lose weight — fad diets, fitness crazes, dodgy herbs and pills, bariatric surgery, just to name a few. They're rarely the magic solution people dream of.

15 Nov 2022

CLIMB method offers a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data

A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data that span multiple conditions - such as cell types or tissues.

14 Nov 2022

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

Human skin is the body's largest organ. It also protects internal living tissue and other organs, regulates body temperature, and even metabolizes vitamin D.

13 Nov 2022

Unhealthy behaviors associated with poorer outcomes from COVID-19 infections

The American Journal of Medicine recently published an article recognizing the link between unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and the one million COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

10 Nov 2022

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

Before the covid-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, rather than because their family's income had increased and made them ineligible.

10 Nov 2022

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

South Dakotans voted Tuesday to expand the state's Medicaid program to cover thousands of additional low-income residents, becoming the seventh state to approve expansion via the ballot box.

10 Nov 2022

Supreme Court to hear nursing home case that could affect millions

When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father's care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family.

7 Nov 2022

HPV vaccine rates in Utah increase by more than 16% among young men and women, CDC data reveals

When life should have been ripe with possibilities, Mandy Murry instead faced a devastating diagnosis. Murry was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 22.

4 Nov 2022

New Pathogen Analyzer combines the advantages of PCR and rapid antigen testing

Speed or accuracy? As far as COVID-19 tests go, this was the choice you had to make. In the future, this dilemma could be a thing of the past.

2 Nov 2022

Common oral bacterium promotes tumor progression-associated activity in pancreatic cancer cells

Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Department of Biochemistry have discovered a characteristic of a common oral bacterium that relocates to pancreatic cancer tumors that may help guide future therapeutic interventions for treatment.

18 Oct 2022

Evaluating graphene field effect biosensor for ultraprecise and simultaneous influenza and SARS-CoV-2 detection

In a new study, researchers developed an antibody (Ab)-modified graphene field effect transistor (GFET)-based biosensor for ultraprecise and rapid influenza A virus (IAV) and SARS-CoV-2 protein detection and differentiation.

10 Oct 2022

WVU biomedical engineer receives $1.2 million to improve early detection of tick-borne infections

A team led by a West Virginia University biomedical engineer is working to ramp up and reimagine how medical professionals diagnose tick-borne infections such as Lyme disease.

7 Oct 2022

CHIP News and Research

Innovative precision oncology enabled by micro-organospheres derived from patients

Firearm-injured kids have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses

Lysis and hypotonic sonication buffers for ChIP assays

UCSC engineers develop new method to automate the growth of cerebral organoids

New microfluidic Organ Chip platform replicates the human vaginal tissue microenvironment

Using human iPSC-derived cells to revolutionize the field of neurodegenerative disease

Chitin-immobilized nanobodies for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Path cleared for Georgia to launch work requirements for Medicaid

Patients complain some obesity care startups offer pills, and not much else

CLIMB method offers a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

Unhealthy behaviors associated with poorer outcomes from COVID-19 infections

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

Supreme Court to hear nursing home case that could affect millions

HPV vaccine rates in Utah increase by more than 16% among young men and women, CDC data reveals

New Pathogen Analyzer combines the advantages of PCR and rapid antigen testing

Common oral bacterium promotes tumor progression-associated activity in pancreatic cancer cells

Evaluating graphene field effect biosensor for ultraprecise and simultaneous influenza and SARS-CoV-2 detection

WVU biomedical engineer receives $1.2 million to improve early detection of tick-borne infections

Industry Focus eBook - Neurology/Neuroscience - 2nd edition eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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