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Novel gene therapy reprograms glioma cells into functional neurons

Glioma is a fatal neurological disorder that has limited interventional treatment, despite extensive research over the past several decades.

24 Mar 2021

Current food classification systems for processed foods lack consistency and consensus

Current food classification systems for processed foods lack consistency and consensus often leading to confusion and debate even amongst scientists, a new study in the journal Trends in Food Science & Technology, reports.

24 Mar 2021

CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine protects mice against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

The CVnCoV mRNA vaccine showed neutralizing antibody levels and completely protected mice infected with the B.1.351 variant. No viral genomes were seen in oral swabs, lungs, or brain.

23 Mar 2021

Pilot study finds Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia

A pilot study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found evidence of Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

23 Mar 2021

An electronic nose to detect harmful atmospheric free radicals

An international project involving researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is receiving 3.2 million euros from the European research and innovation program "Horizon 2020" to develop a cost-effective method for measuring certain air pollutants.

23 Mar 2021

Scientists develop new diagnostic procedure for pulmonary aspergillosis

Scientists have developed a pioneering new procedure that will help diagnose a potentially lethal fungal lung disease with greater speed and accuracy, and with less distress to the patient.

23 Mar 2021

Preemies have greater risk of death from chronic diseases in adulthood

The risk of dying from heart disease, chronic lung disease or diabetes in adulthood is twice as high for preemies —premature infants — as for the general population.

23 Mar 2021

New AI platform can help assess vascular diseases

An international team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that could one day be used in a system to assess vascular diseases, which are characterised by the abnormal condition of blood vessels.

23 Mar 2021

Researchers unveil world’s first smart monitoring system for the aged care industry

Pioneering technology that can deliver real-time and non-invasive resident monitoring and alerts for the aged care industry has been unveiled.

23 Mar 2021

‘Press 1 for English’: Vaccination sign-ups prove daunting for speakers of other languages

In late February, a week after Virginia launched a centralized website and call center for covid-19 vaccine preregistration, Zowee Aquino alerted the state to a glitch that could prove fatal for non-English speakers trying to secure a shot.

23 Mar 2021

IONTAS identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies

IONTAS Limited (IONTAS) and FairJourney Biologics S.A (FJB)., leaders in the discovery and optimization of fully human antibodies, have announced the identification of neutralizing antibodies, which bind to multiple emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

From FairJourney Biologics 23 Mar 2021

New technique may result in earlier and easier identification of patients with Barrett's esophagus

A new technique for sampling and testing cells from Barrett's esophagus (BE) patients could result in earlier and easier identification of patients whose disease has progressed toward cancer or whose disease is at high risk of progressing toward cancer, according to a collaborative study by investigators at Case Western Reserve University and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center (JHKCC).

23 Mar 2021

Highly sensitive DNA nanosensor can accurately detect lethal superbugs

The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,” which can cause severe life-threatening infections that must be diagnosed and treated early on.

23 Mar 2021

Single BNT162b2 mRNA dose induces humoral and T cell responses against mutated variants with a history of COVID-19

In a paper recently uploaded to the preprint server bioRxiv by Tauzin et al. (March 18th, 2021) the ability of a single dose of mRNA vaccine to induce humoral and T cell responses against mutated variants are demonstrated and found to be reinforced in individuals with a history of COVID-19.

22 Mar 2021

Review: Using biomaterials in dental implants

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Oliver K. Semisch-Dieter, Andy H. Choi and Martin P. Stewart from the University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia discuss the use of biomaterials in dental implants.

22 Mar 2021

Technology News and Research

Novel gene therapy reprograms glioma cells into functional neurons

Current food classification systems for processed foods lack consistency and consensus

CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine protects mice against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Pilot study finds Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia

An electronic nose to detect harmful atmospheric free radicals

Scientists develop new diagnostic procedure for pulmonary aspergillosis

Preemies have greater risk of death from chronic diseases in adulthood

New AI platform can help assess vascular diseases

Researchers unveil world’s first smart monitoring system for the aged care industry

‘Press 1 for English’: Vaccination sign-ups prove daunting for speakers of other languages

IONTAS identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies

New technique may result in earlier and easier identification of patients with Barrett's esophagus

Highly sensitive DNA nanosensor can accurately detect lethal superbugs

Single BNT162b2 mRNA dose induces humoral and T cell responses against mutated variants with a history of COVID-19

Review: Using biomaterials in dental implants

Sealing fistulas more effectively with water-immiscible mussel protein-based bioadhesive

Researchers test novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine protects against symptomatic disease

Bacteria residing within tumor cells can boost cancer immunotherapy

NYSCF is developing new stem cell therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration

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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