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Eliminating harmful noise from ventilation system fans could help improve health

We spend more of our time indoors than ever. But the noise levels we are exposed to at home, in workplaces and schools have been shown to increase the risk of high blood pressure, mental illness and hearing damage - and may even have a detrimental effect on children's cognitive development.

20 Apr 2022

Lab grown, self-renewing muscle stem cells can repair muscle tissue damage in mice

In proof-of-concept experiments, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves and repairing muscle tissue damage in mice, potentially advancing efforts to treat muscle injuries and muscle-wasting disorders in people.

20 Apr 2022

Autonomous robot performs laparoscopic soft tissue surgery with minimal assistance from a surgeon

What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality.

20 Apr 2022

New collaboration aims to address the social isolation and wellness needs of seniors

The COVID-19 pandemic has made two things abundantly clear: While prevention and management techniques are well-intentioned and successful, social distancing strategies can have severe consequences for older persons who are already at risk for the disease; and university students have had fewer opportunities to learn in traditional settings.

20 Apr 2022

New technology enables single-cell sorting based on functional outputs

For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune conditions such as arthritis.

20 Apr 2022

Einstein Aging Study secures $32 million NIH grant to help address the rising tide of Alzheimer's disease

To help address the rising tide of Alzheimer's disease nationwide, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in collaboration with faculty at Pennsylvania State University and other institutions, have received a five-year, $32 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the ongoing Einstein Aging Study, which focuses on both normal aging and the special challenges of Alzheimer's disease, and other dementias. EAS was established at Einstein in 1980 and has been continuously funded by the NIH.

20 Apr 2022

Acquiring real-time, accurate and reproducible 4D bioinformatics data with PaSER

In this interview, Chris Adams Ph.D., Business Development Director, Global Bioinformatics, Life Science Mass Spectrometry at Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, MA, USA talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about acquiring real-time, accurate and reproducible 4D-proteomics data with PaSER.

From Bruker Daltonics 20 Apr 2022

Leica Microsystems wins distinctive Red Dot design award

Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instruments, has won a 2022 Red Dot Award for its digital inspection microscope, Emspira 3.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 20 Apr 2022

Waning antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2-infected children and adults over time

In a new study, researchers evaluated the duration of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

20 Apr 2022

CAR T-Cell Therapy: The Future of Cancer and HIV Treatment?

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professor Jun Huang about CAR T-cell therapy and its future as a potential treatment for cancer or HIV.

20 Apr 2022

New deep learning neural network model predicts physical interactions of protein complexes

From the muscle fibers that move us to the enzymes that replicate our DNA, proteins are the molecular machinery that makes life possible.

20 Apr 2022

Women receive early-childhood reinforcement in language arts, explaining STEM gender gap in adults

For most of us, when we make major career choices, we tend to lean into what we're good at. According to new findings from the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management, such skills may develop early in childhood and there can be significant differences depending on gender.

20 Apr 2022

New point-of-care COVID-19 test can differentiate alpha variant from earlier SARS-CoV-2 strains

A point-of-care COVID-19 test developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now detect and differentiate the alpha variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from earlier strains in saliva samples.

20 Apr 2022

MD Anderson awarded more than $10 million in grants to support collaborative cancer research

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded more than $10 million in grants to support collaborative research teams working to advance novel interception and treatment strategies that will improve outcomes for several cancer types with the greatest unmet need, including pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and glioblastoma (GBM).

19 Apr 2022

Technology News and Research

Eliminating harmful noise from ventilation system fans could help improve health

Lab grown, self-renewing muscle stem cells can repair muscle tissue damage in mice

Autonomous robot performs laparoscopic soft tissue surgery with minimal assistance from a surgeon

New collaboration aims to address the social isolation and wellness needs of seniors

New technology enables single-cell sorting based on functional outputs

Einstein Aging Study secures $32 million NIH grant to help address the rising tide of Alzheimer's disease

Acquiring real-time, accurate and reproducible 4D bioinformatics data with PaSER

Leica Microsystems wins distinctive Red Dot design award

Waning antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2-infected children and adults over time

CAR T-Cell Therapy: The Future of Cancer and HIV Treatment?

New deep learning neural network model predicts physical interactions of protein complexes

Women receive early-childhood reinforcement in language arts, explaining STEM gender gap in adults

New point-of-care COVID-19 test can differentiate alpha variant from earlier SARS-CoV-2 strains

MD Anderson awarded more than $10 million in grants to support collaborative cancer research

Automated system can offer great potential for the treatment of bloodstream infections

Wearables can identify changes in physiological systems during COVID-19 disease progression

NTNU researcher explores how kids are affected by coronavirus, RS virus and rhinovirus

Better ventilation can prevent covid spread. But are companies paying attention?

New microbiopsy device could change the way skin cancers are diagnosed

Better understanding of hydrocephalus could lead to improved treatments

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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