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Major CIHR grant to help find and tackle the root cause of neurodegenerative disease

Dr. Simonetta Sipione, GlycoNet Investigator and Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Alberta, was recently awarded a major five-year grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, worth $1.04 million.

26 Mar 2021

A novel approach to oral vaccination against Covid-19

Scientists at the University of Würzburg together with a pharmaceutical company are working on a novel approach to oral vaccination against the coronavirus.

26 Mar 2021

Salk joins a long list of recipients included in The Conrad Prebys Foundation’s inaugural grant cycle

Salk Professor Thomas Albright has been awarded $1 million and Assistant Professor Edward Stites awarded $500,000 by The Conrad Prebys Foundation as part of its inaugural round of grants.

26 Mar 2021

Combination of X-rays and AI can serve as rapid diagnostic tool for COVID-19

X-rays, first used clinically in the late 1890s, could be a leading-edge diagnostic tool for COVID-19 patients with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a team of researchers in Brazil who taught a computer program, through various machine learning methods, to detect COVID-19 in chest X-rays with 95.6 to 98.5% accuracy.

26 Mar 2021

New screening method detects cancer biomarkers more effectively

Early screening can mean the difference between life and death in a cancer and disease diagnosis. That's why University of Central Florida researchers are working to develop a new screening technique that's more than 300 times as effective at detecting a biomarker for diseases like cancer than current methods.

26 Mar 2021

Moffitt researchers use mathematical modeling to help explain outcomes of CAR T-cell therapy

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T, is a relatively new type of therapy approved to treat several types of aggressive B cell leukemias and lymphomas.

25 Mar 2021

Study examines the health effects of diet and resistance training in middle-aged adults

A 10-week muscle-building and dietary program involving 50 middle-aged adults found no evidence that eating a high-protein diet increased strength or muscle mass more than consuming a moderate amount of protein while training.

25 Mar 2021

Vigorous exercise can modulate various parameters associated with improved sleep

Physical exercise has long been prescribed as a way to improve the quality of sleep. But now, researchers from Japan have found that even when exercise causes objectively measured changes in sleep quality, these changes may not be subjectively perceptible.

25 Mar 2021

Study shows substantial benefit of combination therapy for advanced Marburg infections

A new study conducted at the Galveston National Laboratory at the The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has shown substantial benefit to combining monoclonal antibodies and the antiviral remdesivir against advanced Marburg virus.

25 Mar 2021

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Innovator Award

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announces two exceptional recipients of the 2020 Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Award in Lupus and Autoimmunity: Jacques Banchereau, PhD and Ignacio Sanz, MD.

25 Mar 2021

Could dry swabs provide cheaper, safer and faster material for SARS-CoV-2 testing?

A new study deals with the feasibility of using dry swab samples to isolate the virus, as compared to wet swabs, to reduce costs while improving safety.

25 Mar 2021

LabVantage Solutions names digital transformation veteran Mikael Hagstroem as Chief Executive Officer

LabVantage Solutions, Inc today announced the appointment of Mikael Hagstroem as Chief Executive Officer.

From LabVantage Solutions 25 Mar 2021

New study shows large within- and between-assay variation for ß-CTX measurement

A new study by the IFCC‑IOF Committee for Bone Metabolism shows large within- and between-assay variation for ß-CTX measurement; until harmonization is achieved, proposes measuring ß-CTX by the same assay on EDTA plasma, especially for research.

25 Mar 2021

Wireless neuromodulation technology could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders

Scientists make pivotal discovery of method for wireless modulation of neurons with X-rays that could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders. The X-ray source only requires a machine like that found in a dentist's office.

25 Mar 2021

Researcher to use new approach to explore brain proteins and their potential to cure mental diseases

Dr. Hans Maric has received one of the German Research Foundation's highly prestigious Emmy Noether awards, worth around 1.7 million euros.

25 Mar 2021

Vigorous exercise can cause imperceptible improvements in sleep quality

25 Mar 2021

New initiatives expand COVID-19 saliva-based testing to underserved schools in Illinois

The University of Illinois System, with a $1.4 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, announces the expansion of its SHIELD Illinois and SHIELD CU COVID-19 testing initiatives to help safely reopen underserved K-12 schools in communities across the state using the covidSHIELD test, an innovative, saliva-based test developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

24 Mar 2021

Laboratory News and Research

Major CIHR grant to help find and tackle the root cause of neurodegenerative disease

A novel approach to oral vaccination against Covid-19

Salk joins a long list of recipients included in The Conrad Prebys Foundation’s inaugural grant cycle

Combination of X-rays and AI can serve as rapid diagnostic tool for COVID-19

New screening method detects cancer biomarkers more effectively

Moffitt researchers use mathematical modeling to help explain outcomes of CAR T-cell therapy

Study examines the health effects of diet and resistance training in middle-aged adults

Vigorous exercise can modulate various parameters associated with improved sleep

Study shows substantial benefit of combination therapy for advanced Marburg infections

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Innovator Award

Could dry swabs provide cheaper, safer and faster material for SARS-CoV-2 testing?

LabVantage Solutions names digital transformation veteran Mikael Hagstroem as Chief Executive Officer

New study shows large within- and between-assay variation for ß-CTX measurement

Wireless neuromodulation technology could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders

Researcher to use new approach to explore brain proteins and their potential to cure mental diseases

Vigorous exercise can cause imperceptible improvements in sleep quality

New initiatives expand COVID-19 saliva-based testing to underserved schools in Illinois

Researchers characterize a potential therapeutic target to weaken COVID-19

Researchers propose a new group testing method for COVID-19

Repurposed heart and flu drugs that protect platelets improve survival of septic mice

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