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Researchers report new way for creating tracers used with medical imaging

In an advance for medical imaging, scientists from University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a method for creating radioactive tracers to better track pharmaceuticals in the body as well as image diseases, such as cancer, and other medical conditions.

21 Jun 2019

Restek releases new version of methanizer for Thermo TRACE 1300/1310 GCs

Low-level detection of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) is critical for many applications.

From Restek Corporation 20 Jun 2019

Stonewall riots has brought attention to health care needs of LGBTQ people

June 28 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots - sparked when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in New York City - which are credited with launching the gay rights movement.

17 Jun 2019

Elevated estrogen levels associated with more severe disease in scleroderma

Estrogen is the quintessentially female hormone. It is surprising, then, that a Medical University of South Carolina study found that a type of estrogen, estradiol, was more abundant in older men with scleroderma than in postmenopausal women with the disease.

6 Jun 2019

Bioactive hydrogel promises faster wound healing

A new study published in the journal 'Science Advances' presents the use of a novel tissue engineering material composed of bioactive injectable hydrogel to speed up the rate of healing in wounded tissues.

6 Jun 2019

Low vitamin D associated with potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in pregnant black women

Vitamin D, sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin, has long been known to be important for a healthy pregnancy. Pregnant mothers take vitamin D supplements to ensure their own health and that of their unborn child.

29 May 2019

Researchers develop new artificial intelligence tools to find cell’s true identity

Scientists have long sorted cells into different varieties based on their appearance under a microscope or, for differences that are more visually subtle, based on the behavior of a handful of genes.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 29 May 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers develop method to map retinal cell development

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have created a method of mapping how the central nervous system develops by tracking the genes expressed in cells.

24 May 2019

Directed Systems awarded InnovateUK funding to develop clinical decision support software

Pioneering software that enables anesthetists to make better decisions for high risk patients during surgery has been awarded InnovateUK funding.

21 May 2019

Gut microbiome diversity can be explained by dietary habits and evolution history

What determines the composition of microorganisms in the digestive tract of animals? A large study by the Vienna University of Technology and the Karl Landsteiner University Krems together with the MPI Tübingen has now gone into this puzzle.

17 May 2019

Harvard scientists uncover key mechanism that allows viruses to replicate

Viruses are masterful invaders. They cannibalize host cells by injecting their genetic material, often making thousands of copies of themselves in a single cell to ensure their replication and survival.

13 May 2019

UH College of Pharmacy PREMIER Center aims to tackle prescription drug misuse

For the first time in American history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a car accident.

1 May 2019

Berkeley Lab researchers 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'

Researchers at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have 3D-printed an all-liquid device that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications - from making battery materials to screening drug candidates.

26 Apr 2019

Synthesizing Modified and Pharmaceutically Relevant Peptides

In this interview, CEM Corporation talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about using their product the Liberty Blue for Automated High-Efficiency Solid Phase Peptides Synthesis of Modified and Pharmaceutically Relevant Peptides.

From CEM Corporation - Life Science 24 Apr 2019

Lab Innovations receives prestigious ‘Best Trade Show’ Exhibition News award

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, is delighted to announce that it has won the prestigious ‘Best Trade Show’ Exhibition News award.

From Lab Innovations 12 Apr 2019

Experimental drug may be twice as good at fighting vision loss as previously thought

In studies with lab-grown human cells and in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found that an experimental drug may be twice as good at fighting vision loss as previously thought.

11 Apr 2019

MUSC researchers find why some babies are born with malformed hearts

Almost one percent of all American babies are born with malformed hearts. Heart abnormalities are at once the most common and most deadly type of birth defect in the U.S.

11 Apr 2019

New Innovate UK funded project aims to develop biodegradable stents

A £1.1 million project to develop biodegradable stents for patients with severe vascular disease, which affects around one million people in the UK, has started thanks to Innovate UK funding.

9 Apr 2019

International Space Station teeming with bacteria and fungi finds study

A latest study from the NASA has found that the International Space Station is filled with bacteria and fungi.

9 Apr 2019

Expanding range and functionality of radiotracers for improved disease diagnosis

Biomedical imaging has revolutionized medicine, granting doctors a window into miniscule molecular and cellular processes inside the body. An EU-funded project helped to expand the view, developing innovative radiochemistry concepts and techniques that could lead to earlier diagnosis of diseases - saving lives.

4 Apr 2019