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New method for monitoring circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and detecting new ones

To understand and act early and appropriately to emerging variants of concern, researchers have explored the possibility of having a variant-agnostic detection assay.

12 Jan 2022

Discovery of new protein could lead to effective treatments for developmental, neurological disorders

Understanding how the brain develops is crucial to formulating treatments and management protocols for a variety of developmental disorders, as well as degenerative neurological diseases. Right from the embryonic stage, brain development is facilitated by the differentiation of neurons (brain cells).

12 Jan 2022

An egg-derived SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment for COVID-19 disease

A new study, posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, has focussed on the development of intranasal prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

11 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus RNA highly persistent in wastewater solids

A new study from the United States (US) investigates the persistence (lifetime) of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) under different ambient conditions within wastewater infrastructure to understand how it impacts RNA measurements and the related wastewater epidemiology.

11 Jan 2022

Study opens up prospects for using virotherapy to treat central nervous system tumors

In a study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) in Brazil, serial systemic injections of zika virus into mice with brain tumors destroyed the cancer without causing neurological damage or injuring other organs, and increased the animals' survival rate.

11 Jan 2022

Hemp compounds show ability to prevent the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells

Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.

11 Jan 2022

Novel mechanisms controlling tertiary lymphoid structure formation in tumors revealed

Tertiary lymphoid structures are formations that occur outside of the lymphatic system. They contain immune cells and are similar in structure and function to lymph nodes and other lymphoid structures.

11 Jan 2022

Phase 1 clinical trial shows the safety, feasibility of CAR-M cell therapy for solid tumors

Preliminary findings from Penn Medicine in an ongoing first-in-human clinical trial examining the safety, tolerability and feasibility of chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) has helped to establish the viability of this innovative immunotherapy, which advances the trailblazing scientific discovery of CAR T cell therapy- also pioneered at Penn- for solid cancer tumors and offers a promising new strategy in the fight against cancer.

11 Jan 2022

Novel mechanism linking intercellular adhesion molecule with genetic skin diseases discovered

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism linking an intercellular adhesion molecule with genetic inflammatory skin diseases, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

11 Jan 2022

Developing a 'fingerprint' test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s early

In this interview, we spoke to Dr. Cynthia McMurray about her latest research into Alzheimer's disease.

11 Jan 2022

International approaches to tackling food fraud

In this interview, we spoke to key members of the Food Authenticity Network to find out more about the increasing problem of food adulteration and the collaborations being made to address it.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 11 Jan 2022

Development and validation of 2-gene host-based COVID-19 diagnostic classifiers

A group of researchers from Biohub has been attempting to create a more accurate method for PCR testing.

11 Jan 2022

New insights into reforming the actions that hindered Seattle researchers from community testing for COVID-19

As the two-year anniversary of the pandemic approaches, a new commentary provides insights into reforming the "labyrinth of conflicting and uncoordinated actions among state and federal regulators" that in early 2020 hampered Seattle researchers from community testing for COVID-19.

11 Jan 2022

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

10 Jan 2022

Multiscale model reveals the importance of lipids to the signaling dynamics of RAS proteins

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers and a multi-institutional team of scientists have developed a highly detailed, machine learning-backed multiscale model revealing the importance of lipids to the signaling dynamics of RAS, a family of proteins whose mutations are linked to numerous cancers.

10 Jan 2022

Laboratory News and Research

New method for monitoring circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and detecting new ones

Discovery of new protein could lead to effective treatments for developmental, neurological disorders

An egg-derived SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment for COVID-19 disease

SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus RNA highly persistent in wastewater solids

Study opens up prospects for using virotherapy to treat central nervous system tumors

Hemp compounds show ability to prevent the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells

Novel mechanisms controlling tertiary lymphoid structure formation in tumors revealed

Phase 1 clinical trial shows the safety, feasibility of CAR-M cell therapy for solid tumors

Novel mechanism linking intercellular adhesion molecule with genetic skin diseases discovered

Developing a 'fingerprint' test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s early

International approaches to tackling food fraud

Development and validation of 2-gene host-based COVID-19 diagnostic classifiers

New insights into reforming the actions that hindered Seattle researchers from community testing for COVID-19

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

Multiscale model reveals the importance of lipids to the signaling dynamics of RAS proteins

Efficacy of surgical masks and N95 respirators in lowering SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Durability of vaccine protection against COVID-19 breakthrough infections and hospitalizations

New molecule offers effective protection against coronavirus for at least eight hours

Collaborative approaches to honey adulteration detection

NYBC discovers novel small-molecule pancoronavirus fusion inhibitors

A guide to density measurement excellence eBook

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Advancing degrader and proximity-based drug development

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo