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Non-invasive monitoring of glucose and adenosine monophosphate biomarkers in saliva

Blood tests are a common, yet often painful, step in health care. But what if we could skip the needles altogether? Saliva and blood contain many of the same biomarkers, and collecting spit is as simple as drooling into a container.

29 Nov 2023

Drug-eluting hydrogel has enhanced capabilities for treating hepatocellular carcinoma

Scientists from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed an injectable or catheter-administered hydrogel with enhanced capabilities for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a deadly form of liver cancer.

29 Nov 2023

Portable AI-driven COVID-19 test detects variants with high accuracy

A new AI-assisted molecular diagnostic platform capable of identifying variants of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases has been developed by scientists in the UK. The low cost, portable device could play a crucial role in preventing future pandemics due to its accuracy and versatility.

29 Nov 2023

Targeting personality traits could be a way to reduce dementia risk

People with personality traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion and positive affect are less likely to be diagnosed with dementia than those with neuroticism and negative affect, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California, Davis and Northwestern University.

29 Nov 2023

Accelerating antibody therapy with INTEGRA pipettes

INTEGRA Biosciences has awarded 50 EVOLVE manual pipettes, GRIPTIPS® pipette tips worth US $1000 and various lab accessories to UK-based start-up Creasallis, helping to accelerate its pioneering research into improving the penetration of therapeutic antibodies into tumors.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 29 Nov 2023

Morning hair routine can expose individuals to harmful chemicals, study shows

Researchers conducted realistic-type hair care experiments to assess cyclic volatile methyl siloxane (cVMS) emissions and exposures during hair care product (HCP) use in a residential structure.

29 Nov 2023

Wayne State professor wins $2.65 million NIH award to develop novel filtration platform for insulin administration

A Wayne State University College of Engineering professor has received a $2.65 million award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel filtration platform to improve an advanced drug delivery device to optimize diabetes insulin treatments.

28 Nov 2023

Study finds promising new approach to treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer

A new Phase Ib/II study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Moffitt Cancer Center found that combining sensitizing drugs with a specific form of radiation therapy may be more effective in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, yielding a higher progression-free survival (PFS) and overall response rate (ORR).

28 Nov 2023

Dementia patients often receive different treatment after hospital transfer, study finds

It is common for individuals seeking medical care for symptoms of concern to go to the nearest hospital. Physicians there may determine the facility cannot provide the care they believe the patient needs and recommend transfer to another hospital offering a higher level of care or specialized services.

28 Nov 2023

New heart organoid model could revolutionize drug development and toxicology studies

Heart disease kills 18 million people each year, but the development of new therapies faces a bottleneck: no physiological model of the entire human heart exists – so far.

28 Nov 2023

Scientists uncover new therapeutic targets for high-risk pediatric leukemia

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital comprehensively identified genes directly regulated by a protein associated with high-risk pediatric leukemias.

28 Nov 2023

Machine learning program provides more accurate understanding of peptide sequences in cells

Machine learning is now helping researchers analyze the makeup of unfamiliar cells, which could lead to more personalized medicine in the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.

28 Nov 2023

Researchers make great strides in combating pneumococcal pneumonia

The global impact of the coronavirus pandemic has ignited a renewed focus on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

28 Nov 2023

Researchers develop faster, cheaper, and more precise method for identifying bacteria

Researchers have developed a method that identifies bacteria easily, cheaply and more precisely than before.

28 Nov 2023

BioEcho Life Sciences enters the US diagnostic market with an FDA-listed product

The EchoLUTION Viral RNA/DNA Kit is now available for the US diagnosis market to extract nucleic acids from viral particles with a single-step centrifugation technology, reducing processing time for in vitro diagnostic analysis.

From BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH 28 Nov 2023

Innovative app-based games boost exercise performance for vestibular hypofunction patients

The impact of a gaming app on exercise performance.

28 Nov 2023

Towards a world free of tuberculosis: The ADVANCE-TB COST Action

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For decades, it has been among the top 10 reasons of death globally, and the number one infectious killer.

28 Nov 2023

Researchers develop $1 cancer treatment using engineered bacteria

What if a single one-dollar dose could cure cancer?

27 Nov 2023

A new framework for evaluating AI in health care: Moving beyond tool performance

Health care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care, but their translation into clinical settings has been inconsistent, in part because evaluating AI in health care remains challenging.

27 Nov 2023

Novel method can detect contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a novel method capable of identifying contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours.

27 Nov 2023

Technology News and Research

Non-invasive monitoring of glucose and adenosine monophosphate biomarkers in saliva

Drug-eluting hydrogel has enhanced capabilities for treating hepatocellular carcinoma

Portable AI-driven COVID-19 test detects variants with high accuracy

Targeting personality traits could be a way to reduce dementia risk

Accelerating antibody therapy with INTEGRA pipettes

Morning hair routine can expose individuals to harmful chemicals, study shows

Wayne State professor wins $2.65 million NIH award to develop novel filtration platform for insulin administration

Study finds promising new approach to treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Dementia patients often receive different treatment after hospital transfer, study finds

New heart organoid model could revolutionize drug development and toxicology studies

Scientists uncover new therapeutic targets for high-risk pediatric leukemia

Machine learning program provides more accurate understanding of peptide sequences in cells

Researchers make great strides in combating pneumococcal pneumonia

Researchers develop faster, cheaper, and more precise method for identifying bacteria

BioEcho Life Sciences enters the US diagnostic market with an FDA-listed product

Innovative app-based games boost exercise performance for vestibular hypofunction patients

Towards a world free of tuberculosis: The ADVANCE-TB COST Action

Researchers develop $1 cancer treatment using engineered bacteria

A new framework for evaluating AI in health care: Moving beyond tool performance

Novel method can detect contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours

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