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A novel approach to quantify personal information contained within gut metagenome data

Researchers used shotgun sequencing to extract human reads from DNA in fecal samples

17 May 2023

Closed Loop Medicine and Pharmanovia enter a co-development partnership for precision medicine combination therapeutics

Closed Loop Medicine Ltd, a leading TechBio company, today announced that they have entered a global co-development partnership.

From Closed Loop Medicine 17 May 2023

Democratizing RNA sequencing: A breakthrough in cost and efficiency

CSEM has supported the Lausanne-based start-up Alithea Genomics in developing a technology capable of processing hundreds of ribonucleic acid (RNA) samples in a single tube, which translates to a significant reduction in reagents and manual effort in the overall workflow.

From CSEM 17 May 2023

Owlstone Medical Wins Contract from U.S. Department of Defense to Develop Handheld Breath Biopsy Device for Early Infectious Disease Detection

Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced that it had won an award from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit for ‘Exhaled Breath Diagnostics’.

From Owlstone Medical Ltd 17 May 2023

$Bone breakthrough: Researchers develop 'skeletal age' tool to predict mortality risk after fractures$

Bone breakthrough: Researchers develop 'skeletal age' tool to predict mortality risk after fractures

Fragility fractures are tied to elevated mortality risk, yet often overlooked in doctor-patient discussions. A new concept of 'Skeletal Age' is proposed to convey both fracture risk and associated mortality for individuals.

17 May 2023

New liquid biopsy tool shows 30% increased sensitivity in detecting ctDNA

Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer death worldwide and despite the increasing incidence of this disease, effective treatments are lacking and prognosis for patients with this tumor type remains poor, with approximately 70% of patients dying within one year of diagnosis.

16 May 2023

Researchers may have identified a molecular cause for memory changes in early childhood

How do our brains become capable of creating specific memories? In one of the first preclinical studies to examine memory development in youth, a research team at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) may have identified a molecular cause for memory changes in early childhood.

16 May 2023

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

"The end of modern medicine as we know it." That's how the then-director general of the World Health Organization characterized the creeping problem of antimicrobial resistance in 2012.

16 May 2023

Study examines the effect of cognitive training on the risk of future falls

One out of four adults, age 65 or older, falls every year in the U.S. Falls cause approximately 36,000 deaths annually in this age group, making it the leading cause of death from injury for older adults in the U.S.

16 May 2023

New process for automated and highly accurate reporting of NGS-based clonality testing

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on May 12, 2023, entitled, "Development and implementation of an automated and highly accurate reporting process for NGS-based clonality testing."

16 May 2023

Biomedical engineering students create low-cost robotic arm as an alternative to conventional prostheses

ARM2u is a multidisciplinary biomedical engineering team made up of 15 students on the bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology Engineering, the master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and the master’s degree in Automatic Control and Robotics at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC).

16 May 2023

Break Through Cancer funds AML research at MD Anderson

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded more than $5.7 million in grants from Break Through Cancer to support collaborative research teams working to discover novel molecular targets to eradicate minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and to treat clonal hematopoiesis, a precursor to AML.

16 May 2023

PhenomeX Launches Beacon Select™ Optofluidic System with Opto® B Discovery Workflows

Affordable two-chip Beacon Select system to broaden customer access to innovative high throughput, function-first antibody discovery capabilities.

From Bruker Cellular Analysis 16 May 2023

LabGenius Debuts T-cell Engager Optimisation Capability That Yields Molecules with >400-fold Tumour Killing Selectivity Versus Clinical Benchmark

Through a recent platform demonstration project, LabGenius’ machine learning-driven lead optimisation capability delivered dozens of novel T-cell engagers with best-in-class killing selectivity.

From LabGenius 16 May 2023

Technology News and Research

A novel approach to quantify personal information contained within gut metagenome data

Closed Loop Medicine and Pharmanovia enter a co-development partnership for precision medicine combination therapeutics

Democratizing RNA sequencing: A breakthrough in cost and efficiency

Owlstone Medical Wins Contract from U.S. Department of Defense to Develop Handheld Breath Biopsy Device for Early Infectious Disease Detection

Bone breakthrough: Researchers develop 'skeletal age' tool to predict mortality risk after fractures

New liquid biopsy tool shows 30% increased sensitivity in detecting ctDNA

Researchers may have identified a molecular cause for memory changes in early childhood

Long-ignored antibiotic could help fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria

Study examines the effect of cognitive training on the risk of future falls

New process for automated and highly accurate reporting of NGS-based clonality testing

Biomedical engineering students create low-cost robotic arm as an alternative to conventional prostheses

Break Through Cancer funds AML research at MD Anderson

PhenomeX Launches Beacon Select™ Optofluidic System with Opto® B Discovery Workflows

LabGenius Debuts T-cell Engager Optimisation Capability That Yields Molecules with >400-fold Tumour Killing Selectivity Versus Clinical Benchmark

New SEISMIC facility could improve our understanding of infectious diseases, aging and cancers

Research sheds light on potential application of cyclodextrin derivatives in drug-supersaturated formulations

Nominations open now for BIAL Award in Biomedicine

Study sheds light on the importance of a subset of microglial cells in cognition and memory

Researchers develop a computational approach to predict diabetic kidney disease

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