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Evosep and Agilent Technologies will collaborate to further improve their robust, high-throughput workflows for proteomics

Today, at the ASMS 2020 Reboot, Evosep and Agilent Technologies announce their joint efforts to improve robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical research proteomics.

From Agilent Technologies 10 Jun 2020

3D printing technology can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in vitro

Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by the University of Sussex researchers.

10 Jun 2020

Internet searches can help track the spread of COVID-19, says UofL researcher

When they're feeling sick, many people turn to the Internet. They Google their symptoms - headache, chest pain, shortness of breath - hoping to learn more about what's happening in their bodies.

10 Jun 2020

Immuno-oncology may accelerate the development of treatments for COVID-19

Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have been actively engaged in the effort to develop treatments or other control strategies that can help communities worldwide to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Jun 2020

Weighing the risks and benefits of drug screening

Little evidence supports the new recommendations for clinical screening for drug use. Do the potential benefits outweigh the potential harms?

10 Jun 2020

Virologists develop new methods to inactivate and study SARS-Cov-2

Detailed methods on how to perform research on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including procedures that effectively inactivate the virus to enable the safe study of infected cells have been identified by virologists in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

10 Jun 2020

Role of nuclear cardiology in COVID-19

"We know that without a vaccine we're going to be dealing with this virus for a while," said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health, in an interview with Johannes Czernin.

10 Jun 2020

Detachable microneedle depots deliver therapeutic stem cells to injured tissue sites

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent in that they naturally replenish the cell types that build our bone, cartilage and adipose tissues.

10 Jun 2020

Registered COVID-19 clinical trials lack key features to optimize their scientific value

Most of the registered clinical trials of potential treatments for COVID-19 underway as of late March were designed in ways that will greatly limit their value in understanding potential treatments, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

10 Jun 2020

The 1918 flu pandemic can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19

What can the 1918 flu pandemic teach people about the current COVID-19 pandemic? That's what a group of researchers at the University of Missouri hope to uncover with the help of a recent COVID-19 RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation.

10 Jun 2020

Plasmodium parasites have timekeeping systems that maintain their cell cycle activities

The parasites responsible for malaria seem to march to their own beat.The mystery behind the molecular basis of how these parasites synch their rhythm in replication to the host's clock-driven rhythms has been solved.

10 Jun 2020

Study: Breast cancer reduction efforts show mixed progress

The data is clear: for patients with early stage breast cancer, certain operations risk more harm than good - increasing the risk of medical complications, missed work and health care costs without increasing survival rates.

10 Jun 2020

Research reveals 7 different SARS-CoV-2 strains arrived in California

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first emerged in Wuhan City in China in December 2019. From there, it has actively spread across the globe. The United States has been the hardest-hit country in the pandemic, with more than 1.97 million people infected.

10 Jun 2020

Colorado researchers receive $730,000 grant to examine the impact of Senate Bill 181

In Colorado, Senate Bill 181 (SB19-181) is changing the way oil and gas development is regulated, and one of the main effects of the bill is a large shift towards increased local control over siting decisions.

10 Jun 2020

New insights on DNA replication can help develop novel cancer treatments

A study by the Centre for Chromosome Biology at NUI Galway, Ireland, in partnership with the University of Zurich, has uncovered new insights into how the replication of DNA occurs which can be applied to help develop novel cancer treatments.

10 Jun 2020

Study provides molecular explanation to a longstanding mystery in viral oncology

The oncogenic herpesvirus (HHV8 or KSHV) causes a cancer known as Kaposi's Sarcoma. An international team of scientists led by the University of Helsinki has discovered key factors that control the genome maintenance and replication of a virus responsible for lymphatic vascular cancer.

10 Jun 2020

A confluence of aesthetic and analytics in theoretical biology

The book is a confluence of aesthetic and analytics in theoretical biology, which continues to be somewhat inaccessible for many despite its significant contributions to the scientific understanding of nature, biology, and medicine.

10 Jun 2020

Study explores the negative consequences of social isolation

Never before have we experienced social isolation on a massive scale as we have during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Jun 2020

Pollen contributes to flu and COVID-19 seasonality

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting millions of people around the world and has taken a toll of over 411,000 lives. Yet after five months, there are immense gaps in our knowledge as to the factors that increase or inhibit viral transmission.

10 Jun 2020

DARPA awards Meritorious Public Service Medal to Umass Amherst AI expert

Nearly 100 colleagues recently joined an online celebration to honor Professor Hava T. Siegelmann of the University of Massachusetts Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) as she received the rarely awarded Meritorious Public Service Medal from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

10 Jun 2020

Research News and Research

Evosep and Agilent Technologies will collaborate to further improve their robust, high-throughput workflows for proteomics

3D printing technology can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in vitro

Internet searches can help track the spread of COVID-19, says UofL researcher

Immuno-oncology may accelerate the development of treatments for COVID-19

Weighing the risks and benefits of drug screening

Virologists develop new methods to inactivate and study SARS-Cov-2

Role of nuclear cardiology in COVID-19

Detachable microneedle depots deliver therapeutic stem cells to injured tissue sites

Registered COVID-19 clinical trials lack key features to optimize their scientific value

The 1918 flu pandemic can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19

Plasmodium parasites have timekeeping systems that maintain their cell cycle activities

Study: Breast cancer reduction efforts show mixed progress

Research reveals 7 different SARS-CoV-2 strains arrived in California

Colorado researchers receive $730,000 grant to examine the impact of Senate Bill 181

New insights on DNA replication can help develop novel cancer treatments

Study provides molecular explanation to a longstanding mystery in viral oncology

A confluence of aesthetic and analytics in theoretical biology

Study explores the negative consequences of social isolation

Pollen contributes to flu and COVID-19 seasonality

DARPA awards Meritorious Public Service Medal to Umass Amherst AI expert

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