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Researchers to develop new test method to assess preventative surface cleansers

A CONCEPT known as dry biofilms has emerged over the past few years and they have shown to frequently harbour potentially infectious organisms, just like the ones present in Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs).

4 Feb 2021

Standard decontamination technologies can remove or inactivate all viruses from drinking water

Among the many avenues that viruses can use to infect humans, drinking water may pose only a tiny risk for spreading certain viruses like the novel coronavirus.

3 Feb 2021

CoCID project aims to develop soft X-ray microscope for visualizing cellular origin of diseases

CoCID (Compact Cell Imaging Device), a €5.7 million, four-year, pan-European research and innovation project, funded through Horizon 2020, has officially commenced.

2 Feb 2021

New platform using green algae tests for SARS-CoV-2 virus

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have demonstrated the potential of using green algae to make recombinant viral proteins that could be used in large scale assays to detect antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) - the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

1 Feb 2021

Deep learning method for gesture tracking and neural activity segmentation in mice

In order to find a causal relationship between neural activity and physical activities, neuroscientists usually record animals' behavior and their brain activity in a controlled environment.

1 Feb 2021

Researchers uncover the physics behind formation of branching microtubules during cell division

As any cook knows, some liquids mix well with each other, but others do not. For example, when a tablespoon of vinegar is poured into water, a brief stir suffices to thoroughly combine the two liquids.

30 Jan 2021

RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger breast cancer and other malignancies

Using the developing eye of the fruit fly as a test platform, researchers found that RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger triple-negative breast cancer and possibly some other malignancies.

29 Jan 2021

New COVID-19 test uses a smartphone microscope to quickly analyze saliva samples

Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 testing method that uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes.

29 Jan 2021

Scientists unravel how lipids distribute proteins within cells

An international team of scientists, coordinated by the Seville Institute of Biomedicine and the University of Seville has solved one of the hitherto unresolved enigmas of basic biology: how exactly do lipids distribute proteins within a cell? To do this, they used a new, completely innovative microscopy technology, which they applied to "mutant" cells they designed in their laboratory.

29 Jan 2021

New consortium aims to establish the biggest pathology data to advance artificial intelligence

A new consortium of the EU Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) aims to establish the biggest database of pathology images to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence in medicine.

28 Jan 2021

Innovative breakthrough promises to diagnose DNA rearrangement mutations

Doctors are increasingly using genetic signatures to diagnose diseases and determine the best course of care, but using DNA sequencing and other techniques to detect genomic rearrangements remains costly or limited in capabilities.

28 Jan 2021

Researchers develop comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed the first comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) into four unique subtypes, based on gene expression, and have identified potential therapeutic targets for each type in a study published today in Cancer Cell.

22 Jan 2021

Researchers immunoengineer nanobead system for circulating tumor cell detection

A team of researchers has immunoengineered a nanobead system for the isolation and detection of circulating tumor cells.

21 Jan 2021

Size of synapses determines the strength of information transmission

Nerve cells communicate with one another via synapses. Neuroscientists at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have now found that these connections seem to be much more powerful than previously thought.

21 Jan 2021

Bacteria responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and "wake up"

Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then "wake up".

20 Jan 2021

New method could provide additional insight into brain tumors

A look at RNA tells us what our genes are telling our cells to do, and scientists say looking directly at the RNA of brain tumor cells appears to provide objective, efficient evidence to better classify a tumor and the most effective treatments.

19 Jan 2021

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs, impair key regulatory proteins

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs of rats, compromising important regulatory proteins through exposure, according to research recently published in the journal Redox Biology.

18 Jan 2021

Highly sensitive technique helps measure the extent of cytoskeleton bundling

A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has developed a highly sensitive technique to quantitatively evaluate the extent of cytoskeleton bundling from microscopic images. Until now, analysis of cytoskeleton organization was generally made by manually checking microscopic images.

14 Jan 2021

New probes allow scientists to see quadruple-helix DNA in living human cells

New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unravelling its role in cellular processes.

14 Jan 2021

Avalanching nanoparticles may advance real-time bioimaging of cell's organelles and proteins

Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us, running.

14 Jan 2021

Microscope News and Research

Researchers to develop new test method to assess preventative surface cleansers

Standard decontamination technologies can remove or inactivate all viruses from drinking water

CoCID project aims to develop soft X-ray microscope for visualizing cellular origin of diseases

New platform using green algae tests for SARS-CoV-2 virus

Deep learning method for gesture tracking and neural activity segmentation in mice

Researchers uncover the physics behind formation of branching microtubules during cell division

RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger breast cancer and other malignancies

New COVID-19 test uses a smartphone microscope to quickly analyze saliva samples

Scientists unravel how lipids distribute proteins within cells

New consortium aims to establish the biggest pathology data to advance artificial intelligence

Innovative breakthrough promises to diagnose DNA rearrangement mutations

Researchers develop comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer

Researchers immunoengineer nanobead system for circulating tumor cell detection

Size of synapses determines the strength of information transmission

Bacteria responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and "wake up"

New method could provide additional insight into brain tumors

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs, impair key regulatory proteins

Highly sensitive technique helps measure the extent of cytoskeleton bundling

New probes allow scientists to see quadruple-helix DNA in living human cells

Avalanching nanoparticles may advance real-time bioimaging of cell's organelles and proteins

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