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Research aims to reduce the loss of speech and language in epilepsy patients

New research aims to shed light on reducing the loss of speech and language in epilepsy patients who require brain surgery to manage the condition.

18 Aug 2021

Cannabis use spiked, but methamphetamine use plunged in Australia during COVID-19 lockdown

Wastewater samples taken during 2020 show that methamphetamine (ice) use plunged in Australia during the first COVID-19 lockdown while cannabis use spiked, according to a new study led by the University of South Australia.

18 Aug 2021

New bioengineered lung model could help scientists to advance research in lung conditions

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from McMaster and SickKids are developing a cutting-edge lung model that can better respond to viruses and drug treatments, giving scientists a tool to advance research in lung conditions like COVID-19, cystic fibrosis and allergens for asthma and air pollution.

18 Aug 2021

Partnering with faith-based community to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among persons of color

Concerned about relatively low COVID-19 vaccination rates among U.S. Blacks and Latinos, Glenn Flores, M.D., chair of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is helping to guide a faith-based initiative addressing one of the nation's most pressing healthcare challenges.

17 Aug 2021

Researchers receive $26.5 million NIH grant to pursue a new strategy for curing HIV

Over the last 40 years, HIV has shifted from a deadly and mysterious virus to one that can be controlled with daily drugs. But attempts to completely eliminate the virus from the bodies of people living with HIV, curing them for good, have failed.

17 Aug 2021

Research highlights key challenges faced by social care workers during Covid-19 pandemic

New research from Keele University has highlighted the key challenges that workers in the social care sector faced during the first wave of Covid-19.

17 Aug 2021

UC Davis experts offer advice to help children with autism transition back to in-person school

Heading back to school after summer break can be tough for some students, but this year is unique. Because of the pandemic, distance learning and hybrid schedules have been the norm for over a year, and many kids haven't spent a full, regular week at school since March of 2020.

17 Aug 2021

University of Arkansas receives $6.1 million grant to establish an institute focused on virus research

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6.1 million grant to the University of Arkansas to establish a research institute focused on virology and virus ecology.

17 Aug 2021

ERS Genomics and Cellular Engineering Technologies Enter CRISPR/Cas9 License Agreement

ERS Genomics Limited and Cellular Engineering Technologies today announced a non-exclusive license agreement.

17 Aug 2021

Sino Biological Announces Successful Closing of 4.98 Billion RMB Public Offering and Listing on the Shenzhen ChiNext Stock Exchange

Sino Biological, Inc. (“Sino Biological” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company which provides biological research reagents and related technical contract research services, announced a successful listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange subsidiary ChiNext under the stock abbreviation Sino Biological and stock code 301047.

From Sino Biological Inc. 17 Aug 2021

Women incur significant out-of-pocket expenses for managing diabetes, finds study

Women with diabetes incur significant out-of-pocket expenses to manage their health, with the costs rising the longer they have the disease, a new study has found.

17 Aug 2021

Nitrogen-doped fluorescent carbon dots for detecting iodide ion, curcumin in biological and food samples

The ability to reliably and accurately detect levels of iodide ion and curcumin is crucial in the fields of food and life sciences.

16 Aug 2021

Soft, low-cost neuroprosthetic hand offers amputees real-time tactile control

For the more than 5 million people in the world who have undergone an upper-limb amputation, prosthetics have come a long way.

16 Aug 2021

Treatment with stem cell grafts promotes tendon healing in sheep

Tendon injuries in sheep that were treated with stem cell grafts achieved, in just two months, a diameter and hardness similar to the original healthy tendon, according to the results of a study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine.

16 Aug 2021

UH researcher set to explore how testosterone works in the brain

Most people have some idea about the hormone testosterone –how it regulates male behavior or how too little of it might cause a decrease in libido and too much might cause aggressive and irritable behavior. Turns out, no one yet knows how testosterone really does all that.

16 Aug 2021

Bioengineers develop implantable piezoelectric therapeutic devices

Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions.

16 Aug 2021

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new sample preparation method to detect SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Aug 2021

New, soft and stretchable sweat-powered battery developed for use in wearable electronics

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration.

16 Aug 2021

Transcranial focused ultrasound shows promise to treat forms of chronic pain

Neuromodulation comprises a range of therapeutic approaches to relieving symptoms, such as pain or tremors, or to restore movement or function.

16 Aug 2021

Quick, inexpensive leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower death and disability risk

The Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University has brought out a quick, inexpensive, and easy-to-use leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower the risk of disability from internal organ failure and death, with the hopes of distributing them to community hospitals across the country.

14 Aug 2021

Technology News and Research

Research aims to reduce the loss of speech and language in epilepsy patients

Cannabis use spiked, but methamphetamine use plunged in Australia during COVID-19 lockdown

New bioengineered lung model could help scientists to advance research in lung conditions

Partnering with faith-based community to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among persons of color

Researchers receive $26.5 million NIH grant to pursue a new strategy for curing HIV

Research highlights key challenges faced by social care workers during Covid-19 pandemic

UC Davis experts offer advice to help children with autism transition back to in-person school

University of Arkansas receives $6.1 million grant to establish an institute focused on virus research

ERS Genomics and Cellular Engineering Technologies Enter CRISPR/Cas9 License Agreement

Sino Biological Announces Successful Closing of 4.98 Billion RMB Public Offering and Listing on the Shenzhen ChiNext Stock Exchange

Women incur significant out-of-pocket expenses for managing diabetes, finds study

Nitrogen-doped fluorescent carbon dots for detecting iodide ion, curcumin in biological and food samples

Soft, low-cost neuroprosthetic hand offers amputees real-time tactile control

Treatment with stem cell grafts promotes tendon healing in sheep

UH researcher set to explore how testosterone works in the brain

Bioengineers develop implantable piezoelectric therapeutic devices

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

New, soft and stretchable sweat-powered battery developed for use in wearable electronics

Transcranial focused ultrasound shows promise to treat forms of chronic pain

Quick, inexpensive leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower death and disability risk

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

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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