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Arkansas professor makes strides toward developing enhanced cancer treatment

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor is making strides toward developing an effective cancer treatment without the severe side effects of traditional therapies.

13 Sep 2017

Wearable technology launched by egg health allows first person patient insight

egg health innovations (previously part of Virgo Health) has launched a new wearable technology product which provides a fully immersive, first person patient insight experience. Named “Virtual Mile” it allows someone to authentically understand another person by experiencing the world from a virtual first person vantage point, conceived from a need to capture greater insights in sensitive conditions and rare diseases.

13 Sep 2017

Study confirms tattoo nanoparticles migrate around the body

A study conducted by a team of scientists from Germany and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France, found that the elements which constitute the tattoos’ ink reach the lymph nodes by travelling inside the body in micro and nanoparticle forms.

13 Sep 2017

MTI awards $25,000 grant to MDI Biological Laboratory scientist for peripheral neuropathy research

The Maine Technology Institute has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory to study peripheral neuropathy, a condition that causes pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and affects an estimated 20 to 40 million Americans.

13 Sep 2017

NIH awards $15 million to develop 3D microphysiological system platforms that model human disease

More than 60 percent of investigational drugs fail in human clinical trials due to a lack of effectiveness, despite promising pre-clinical studies using cell and animal research models.

13 Sep 2017

Preeclampsia may permanently change blood vessels to increase heart disease risk

Preeclampsia may permanently change the blood vessels of women who experience the condition during pregnancy, boosting their lifelong risk for cardiovascular disease, according to Penn State researchers.

12 Sep 2017

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria work together to cause infection, research suggests

What's worse than getting exposed to a kind of bacteria that modern antibiotics can't kill? Getting exposed to more than one - because they may work together to cause an infection, new research suggests.

12 Sep 2017

TSRI scientists find new approach to reprogram ordinary adult cells into IPSCs

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a new approach to the "reprogramming" of ordinary adult cells into stem cells.

12 Sep 2017

Antibody therapy found effective in subgroup of patients with treatment-resistant COPD

An antibody treatment reduces the rate of flare-ups by nearly 20 percent in patients with a subgroup of treatment-resistant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the results of two large international trials presented today at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

12 Sep 2017

Old lab technique helps researchers better understand circular DNA

A 50-year-old lab technique is helping researchers better understand circular DNA, a lesser-known and poorly understood cousin of the linear version commonly associated with life's genetic blueprint.

12 Sep 2017

Australian researchers make ultimate move in the battle against melanoma

A team of Australian researchers has made the ultimate move in the battle to beat melanoma, successfully trialing a combination of new treatments to stop the disease in its tracks and prevent it from spreading or metastasizing to distant organs.

12 Sep 2017

Component of fire ant venom shows promise as a psoriasis treatment

In a new study involving laboratory mice, researchers have found that solenopsin and similar compounds could be beneficial for psoriasis.

11 Sep 2017

Human cell-based methods could better identify asthma-causing chemicals, research suggests

Chemicals that could potentially cause asthma through an immune reaction could be better identified with human cell- and computer-based test methods, according to a new research paper co-authored by the Physicians Committee's Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H., in Applied In Vitro Toxicology.

11 Sep 2017

Compounds derived from fire ant venom could lead to new anti-psoriasis therapy

Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of psoriasis, Emory and Case Western scientists have shown.

11 Sep 2017

Researchers show that separate septic and aseptic procedure rooms is unnecessary

In Germany, the rule still applies that aseptic and septic and procedure rooms need to be separate; this is a requirement imposed by the Accident Insurance Provider for Hospitals.

8 Sep 2017

LORELEI trial: Treatment with alpha specific PI3K inhibitor reduces breast tumor size

Adding taselisib to letrozole before surgery significantly improved outcomes for patients with early breast cancer that was both estrogen receptor positive and HER2-negative (ER+/HER2-) according to results of the LORELEI trial, presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid.

8 Sep 2017

Machine learning and whole-genomic sequence data could predict physical traits including the face for identification study reveals

A study conducted by a team of researchers from Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) found that whole-genome sequencing data and machine learning can be used in the prediction of individual faces and other physical traits.

8 Sep 2017

CWRU professor wins $3.9 million NIH grant to identify countermeasures against chemical hazards

Kurt Lu, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a five year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand countermeasures against chemical threats, including mustard gas and mustard-related compounds.

7 Sep 2017

Scientists directly convert skin cells from healthy adults into motor neurons

Scientists working to develop new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases have been stymied by the inability to grow human motor neurons in the lab. Motor neurons drive muscle contractions, and their damage underlies devastating diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy, both of which ultimately lead to paralysis and early death.

7 Sep 2017

New human stem cell model could pave way for macular degeneration research

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in older adults, but scientists have long struggled to study and replicate key elements of the disease in the lab.

7 Sep 2017

Skin News and Research

Arkansas professor makes strides toward developing enhanced cancer treatment

Wearable technology launched by egg health allows first person patient insight

Study confirms tattoo nanoparticles migrate around the body

MTI awards $25,000 grant to MDI Biological Laboratory scientist for peripheral neuropathy research

NIH awards $15 million to develop 3D microphysiological system platforms that model human disease

Preeclampsia may permanently change blood vessels to increase heart disease risk

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria work together to cause infection, research suggests

TSRI scientists find new approach to reprogram ordinary adult cells into IPSCs

Antibody therapy found effective in subgroup of patients with treatment-resistant COPD

Old lab technique helps researchers better understand circular DNA

Australian researchers make ultimate move in the battle against melanoma

Component of fire ant venom shows promise as a psoriasis treatment

Human cell-based methods could better identify asthma-causing chemicals, research suggests

Compounds derived from fire ant venom could lead to new anti-psoriasis therapy

Researchers show that separate septic and aseptic procedure rooms is unnecessary

LORELEI trial: Treatment with alpha specific PI3K inhibitor reduces breast tumor size

Machine learning and whole-genomic sequence data could predict physical traits including the face for identification study reveals

CWRU professor wins $3.9 million NIH grant to identify countermeasures against chemical hazards

Scientists directly convert skin cells from healthy adults into motor neurons

New human stem cell model could pave way for macular degeneration research

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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