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Marking a vital milestone for Vertex and Charles River

Charles River’s Memphis facility approved to manufacture Vertex’s CASGEVY™ therapy, the world’s first gene-edited therapy targeting severe sickle cell disease

From Charles River 9 Jan 2024

Cellular Origins, a TTP Company, establishes Advisory Board of global industry leaders

Renowned experts from across the CGT and robotics industries, Professor John Campbell, Dr Matthew Li, Dr Paul Roberts, and Geoffrey Hodge appointed to provide strategic and technical perspectives.

From Cellular Origins 9 Jan 2024

Innovative wearables offer glimpse into continuous, unobtrusive health monitoring

The recent advances and barriers in the development of wearable sensors.

9 Jan 2024

Researchers use a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson’s walk without freezing

Researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of soft robotic apparel in averting Freezing of Gait (FoG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, showcasing significant improvements in mobility and gait quality.

9 Jan 2024

Amino acid nanoparticles show promise for cancer treatment

Amino acids, such as tyrosine and tryptophan, are the fundamental building blocks that make up proteins.

8 Jan 2024

New test detects Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear

In the development of Parkinson's disease (PD), the changes that will lead to neurodegeneration take place in the brain long before patients show any symptoms.

8 Jan 2024

Photobiomodulation alleviates Aβ deposition and cognitive decline in mice with Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder. β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition in the brain is a crucial contributor to the pathogenesis of AD, mitigating excessive cerebral Aβ burden has been considered as a possible therapeutic strategy for AD.

8 Jan 2024

£30M clinical study will enhance the understanding of NASH cirrhosis

The most extensive clinical study into liver cirrhosis ever conducted worldwide has been announced by Newcastle University, University of Edinburgh and leading research-driven global biopharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim.

8 Jan 2024

AI-enabled digital stethoscope could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy

New research from Mayo Clinic suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening and treatable condition that weakens the heart muscle of women during pregnancy or in the months after giving birth.

8 Jan 2024

3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue unlock new frontier in brain research

Scientists have developed 3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue that self-organize in vitro. These lab-grown organoids open up a brand-new way of studying how the brain develops.

8 Jan 2024

Bottled water harbors a quarter of a million tiny plastic particles, posing unknown health risks

Researchers discovered an average of 240,000 nanoplastic particles per liter in bottled water, far exceeding previous estimates, raising concerns about their potential to invade human cells and impact health due to their ability to pass through biological barriers.

8 Jan 2024

URI robot aims to accelerate motor skill restoration for stroke patients

Every year, about 800,000 new stroke cases are reported in the United States, often causing patients problems with both neurological and physical motor control. Disruptions in the mobility of the arms and hands, in particular, can have devastating impacts on stroke patients' quality of life.

8 Jan 2024

Portable light technique pinpoints brain activity for object recognition

The brain is not only the most complex organ of the human body, but also one of the most difficult to study.

8 Jan 2024

Engineered virus-like particles power up gene editing, correcting blindness in mice

Prime editing, a versatile form of gene editing that can correct most known disease-causing genetic mutations, now has a new vehicle to deliver its machinery into cells in living animals.

8 Jan 2024

Growing tiny tumors in the lab for personalized lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer accounts for nearly 20% of annual cancer-related deaths worldwide. According to 2022 statistics from the Swiss Cancer League, nearly 5,000 new cases of lung cancer are reported in Switzerland each year.

8 Jan 2024

AI reveals hidden rules of cell neighborhoods in cancer

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a new AI-powered algorithm to help understand how different cells organize themselves into particular tissues and communicate with one another.

8 Jan 2024

Rising out-of-pocket costs for PrEP threaten key strategy in ending the HIV epidemic

Increasing patients' out of pocket costs for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medications, which have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of HIV infection, could lead to a significant reduction in PrEP use and a rise in HIV infection rates, according to a new study co-led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Jan 2024

Technology News and Research

Marking a vital milestone for Vertex and Charles River

Cellular Origins, a TTP Company, establishes Advisory Board of global industry leaders

Innovative wearables offer glimpse into continuous, unobtrusive health monitoring

Researchers use a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson’s walk without freezing

Amino acid nanoparticles show promise for cancer treatment

New test detects Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear

Photobiomodulation alleviates Aβ deposition and cognitive decline in mice with Alzheimer’s disease

£30M clinical study will enhance the understanding of NASH cirrhosis

AI-enabled digital stethoscope could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy

3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue unlock new frontier in brain research

Bottled water harbors a quarter of a million tiny plastic particles, posing unknown health risks

URI robot aims to accelerate motor skill restoration for stroke patients

Portable light technique pinpoints brain activity for object recognition

Engineered virus-like particles power up gene editing, correcting blindness in mice

Growing tiny tumors in the lab for personalized lung cancer treatment

AI reveals hidden rules of cell neighborhoods in cancer

Rising out-of-pocket costs for PrEP threaten key strategy in ending the HIV epidemic

Introducing Teledyne LABS

Inhalable point-of-care urinary diagnostic platform for early lung cancer detection

New app helps patients with alcohol-related liver disease recover, saves lives

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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