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New technique enables 3D printing of living cells

Using a new technique they call 'in-air microfluidics', University of Twente scientists succeed in printing 3D structures with living cells.

1 Feb 2018

New organ-on-a-chip technology provides simple setting to study blood vessel formation

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, CNRS and INSERM, report a new organ-on-a-chip technology for the study of blood vessel formation and drugs targeting this event.

31 Jan 2018

New method developed to detect bacteria in food and water

Researcher Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have devised a low cost, easy to administer method that could help detect the presence of bacteria in food and water samples.

25 Jan 2018

Scientists imitate the Human Blood-retinal barrier on a microfluidic chip

For years scientists have sought to minimise Animal testing and speed up clinical trials. One alternative is the use of in vitro assays using live cells, but its effectiveness is limited, since it is difficult to reproduce interaction and interconnection between cells.

24 Jan 2018

CHIP renewed for six years as Congress votes to reopen Federal government

A brief, partial shutdown of the federal government was resolved Monday, as the Senate and House approved legislation that would keep federal dollars flowing until Feb. 8, as well as fund the Children's Health Insurance Program for the next six years.

23 Jan 2018

Novel gene expression analysis technique can accurately and quickly measure RNA

A University of Illinois and Mayo collaboration has demonstrated a novel gene expression analysis technique that can accurately measure levels of RNA quickly and directly from a cancerous tissue sample while preserving the spatial information across the tissue --something that conventional methods cannot do.

18 Jan 2018

Researchers identify new anti-inflammatory drug target

A new study suggests that parmodulins may provide anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic protection to endothelial cells, without interfering with clotting.

16 Jan 2018

Trump administration clears way to require work for some Medicaid enrollees

The Trump administration early Thursday initiated a pivotal change in the Medicaid program, announcing that for the first time the federal government will allow states to test work requirements as a condition for coverage.

11 Jan 2018

Running on empty: CHIP funding could run out Jan. 19 for some states

Some states are facing a mid-January loss of funding for their Children's Health Insurance Program despite spending approved by Congress in late December that was expected to keep the program running for three months, federal health officials said Friday.

5 Jan 2018

Researchers develop novel organ-on-a-chip device that models atherosclerosis

When studying diseases or testing potential drug therapies, researchers usually turn to cultured cells on Petri dishes or experiments with lab animals, but recently, researchers have been developing a different approach: small, organ-on-a-chip devices that mimic the functions of human organs, serving as potentially cheaper and more effective tools.

2 Jan 2018

Study shows that modified baby formula does not prevent type 1 diabetes in kids

The long-awaited results from the first large international trial to try to prevent type 1 diabetes shows that modified baby formula in which cow's milk proteins have been split does not prevent type 1 diabetes in children with genetic risk factors for the condition, according to researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the coordinating center for the U.S. arm of the study.

2 Jan 2018

Children’s insurance, other health programs funded — for now — in bill

The bill passed by Congress late Thursday to keep most of the federal government funded for another month also provided a temporary reprieve to a number of health programs in danger of running out of money, most notably the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

22 Dec 2017

KU researchers win $10.8 NIH grant to study cancer, neurological disorders, lung and heart diseases

The University of Kansas' Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, a National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, recently earned a second phase of grant funding in the amount of $10.8 million for an additional five years.

19 Dec 2017

Porvair and Suzhou Tianlong Bio to develop epigenetic analysis technologies

Porvair Sciences are teaming up with Suzhou Tianlong Bio Technology Co Ltd (China), together with Swansea University and Xi'an Jiaotong University in a collaborative project entitled, "Automating & Stratification of Epigenetics in Healthcare" that is part of the Innovate UK / Jiangsu Industrial Challenge Programme.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 15 Dec 2017

Experts tell Congress how to cut drug prices

The nation's most influential science advisory group will tell Congress today that the U.S. pharmaceutical market is not sustainable and needs to change.

12 Dec 2017

Overcoming Challenges of Assays of Complex Cellular Models with Real-Time Live-Cell Analysis

There's a continued drive towards making in vitro assays ever more translational towards in vivo models and ultimately the clinic. This ties in with the resurgence of phenotypic screening and is a response to the perceived poor translation of the traditional simple cell-based assays, often developed to study just single protein targets.

From Sartorius 5 Dec 2017

States — and 9m kids — ‘in a bind’ as Congress dawdles on CHIP funding

Last week, Colorado became the first state to notify families that children who receive health insurance through the Children’s Health Insurance Program are in danger of losing their coverage.

4 Dec 2017

CF patients in the U.S. show faster rate of improvement in lung function and nutrition

New research comparing cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and Canada showed that, although the patients' nutritional status and lung function improved in both countries over the period from 1990 to 2013, the rate of improvement was faster in the United States.

22 Nov 2017

Displaced Puerto Ricans face obstacles getting health care

The federal government has granted people affected by the devastating hurricanes that wracked coastal states and Puerto Rico 15 extra days to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

21 Nov 2017

Researchers find way to switch tumor cells between 2D and 3D morphology

Paving the way for testing experimental drugs in more realistic environments, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have discovered how to make tiny colonies of cells grow in useful new ways inside petri dishes.

17 Nov 2017