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Detecting and mapping of chemicals inside a biological cell

How are chemicals distributed in a cell? Chinese scientists have developed a combined mass spectrometry and biological imaging device that enables direct, label-free detection, and high-resolution mapping of chemicals inside a biological cell.

7 Feb 2019

Promega signs license agreement with Broad Institute to access CRISPR-Cas9 technology

Promega announce non-exclusive license agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to sell tools and reagents for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

From Promega Corporation 30 Jan 2019

Sphere Fluidics announces closure of $2 million (circa £1.5 million) investment round

Sphere Fluidics announced today that is has closed a $2 million (circa £1.5 million) investment round.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 30 Jan 2019

Sphere Fluidics and PAA collaborate to offer automated micro-plate handling capabilities for single cell analysis

Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Peak Analysis and Automation, a leader in the industry for the design and manufacture of automated laboratory equipment, will collaborate to offer automated micro-plate handling capabilities for single cell analysis.

30 Jan 2019

RNA-induced gene fusion can occur in mammalian cells, reveals study

A fusion gene is a new gene made by joining parts of two different genes. The current thought is that fusion genes can happen in cells with unstable genome when part of the DNA from one chromosome moves to another chromosome.

29 Jan 2019

Regular use of common pain relief medicines improves survival for head and neck cancer patients

Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new study led by UC San Francisco has found.

25 Jan 2019

Sartorius Stedim Biotech launches NBE product characterization service

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of services for new biological entities, called NBE Product Characterization.

From Sartorius 24 Jan 2019

Protein-secreting device implanted in epileptic rats reduces seizures, improves cognition

A protein-secreting device implanted into the hippocampus of epileptic rats reduces seizures by 93 percent in three months, finds preclinical research published in JNeurosci.

From Society for Neuroscience 22 Jan 2019

Researchers discover how cancer cells avoid genetic meltdown

A team of scientists have shed light on how cancer cell populations avoid genetic meltdown, despite the rapid accumulation of harmful mutations.

15 Jan 2019

New biomarker may help better predict outcomes in patients with HPV-related head and neck cancers

By analyzing variations in the level of human papillomavirus (HPV) in head and neck cancers, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene signature associated with treatment response and survival in patients.

10 Jan 2019

MUSC researchers link higher levels of AGEs to ER-positive breast cancer risk

Poor diet and lack of exercise are associated with cancer development, but the underlying biology is not well understood. Advanced glycation end products could offer a biological link to help us understand how certain lifestyle behaviors increase cancer risk or lessen the likelihood that an anti-cancer therapy will be effective.

28 Dec 2018

Study lays foundation for addressing unresolved questions in human aging

Doctors have long observed that biological age and chronological age are not always one and the same. A 55-year-old may exhibit many signs of old age and have numerous age-related diseases, whereas an 80-year-old may be healthy and robust.

20 Dec 2018

Researchers discover cost-efficient, accurate method to examine effectiveness of cardiomyocytes

A faster, more cost-efficient, and more accurate method of examining the effectiveness of human pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiac muscle cells has been discovered, according to researchers from Penn State.

20 Dec 2018

Scientists develop new stem cell line to study conversion of stem cells into muscle

To help patients with muscle disorders, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have engineered a new stem cell line to study the conversion of stem cells into muscle. Findings appeared in Cell Reports.

13 Dec 2018

Researchers shed new light on how to combat Shiga and ricin toxins

Min Dong, PhD, and his lab are world experts in toxins and how to combat them. They've figured out how Clostridium difficile's most potent toxin gets into cells and zeroed in on the first new botulinum toxin identified since 1969.

11 Dec 2018

Scientists reveal how DNA damage leads to cancer and hereditary diseases

Scientists revealed how DNA damage influences mutations. Turned out that its contribution to mutagenesis was underestimated and many of the inheritance mutations are caused not by errors in DNA doubling, but by damage to this fragile molecule.

5 Dec 2018

Platelets grown from stem cells could reduce the reliance on donated platelets

Researchers have developed a way to grow human platelets in the laboratory from stem cells derived from fat tissue. The achievement, reported today in the journal Blood, suggests manufactured platelets could eventually reduce the reliance on donated platelets to help patients with cancer and other disorders.

29 Nov 2018

Game-Changers in Western Blotting and Protein Analysis

An interview with Ramya Prabakaran & Melody Chang from GenScript, discussing the development of automated systems that improve outcomes for western blotting.

From GenScript 16 Nov 2018

‘Incredible 2020’ initiative unveiled by ATCC at Neuroscience 2018

Reinforcing its long-established reputation for quality and reliability as the steward for credible biomaterial and standards in the biological sciences, ATCC today announced details of its new initiative, Incredible 2020.

5 Nov 2018

Horizon Discovery collaborates with Biocartis to offer reference standards for new Idylla MSI assay

Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announces that it has developed a set of precisely defined cell line-derived reference standards to support Biocartis’ recently launched Idylla™ microsatellite instability Assay.

From Revvity 5 Nov 2018