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New tissue implant could benefit athletes sidelined with common shoulder injury

For sports fans, nothing beats seeing their favorite athletes compete at the top of their game. But a shoulder injury such as a badly torn rotator cuff threatens to pause or end the career of any athlete in sports ranging from football, basketball and baseball to golf and tennis.

31 Mar 2021

New mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in vivo

Researchers report that a new lipid nanoparticle mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine candidate protected 70% of mice expressing the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), while all the non-vaccinated mice died.

31 Mar 2021

Beckman Coulter life sciences brightens flow cytometry with new SuperNova polymer dyes portfolio

The world of flow cytometry is getting brighter as Beckman Coulter Life Sciences debuts its new SuperNova polymer dyes, featuring increased brightness and an improved staining index, which can enhance results in critical laboratory tests.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 31 Mar 2021

Affordable Single Plate Evaporator

Porvair Sciences has launched its new generation Ultravap® Levante nitrogen blowdown sample evaporator.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 31 Mar 2021

Scientists discover new genetic disease that causes abnormal brain development in children

Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.

31 Mar 2021

SwRI to design machine learning algorithms for integrated traffic management

Southwest Research Institute, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, is developing machine learning algorithms to help the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) coordinate traffic management and incident response along portions of Interstate 24 in the rapidly growing Nashville region.

31 Mar 2021

Researchers explore motivations and challenges of Indonesian women pursuing a career in conservation sciences

In a new study published in Conservation Science and Practice, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) partnered with Indonesian experts to explore the motivations and challenges of women pursuing a career in conservation sciences in Indonesia.

31 Mar 2021

New technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears

Emerging technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears and, if widely used, could save lives both in developing nations and parts of countries, like the United States, where access to health care may be limited.

30 Mar 2021

Prime editing enables more precise correction of genetic problems than traditional CRISPR

The latest gene editing technology, prime editing, expands the "genetic toolbox" for more precisely creating disease models and correcting genetic problems, scientists say.

30 Mar 2021

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

Scientists at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and UCLA have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patient's own blood-forming stem cells.

30 Mar 2021

The Dream Team opens clinical trial to find better treatment options for pancreatic cancer

A new team of pioneering pancreatic cancer researchers has been formed to predict which treatments might work best for individual pancreatic cancer patients based on the molecular traits of tumors.

30 Mar 2021

Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at UCSF to advance psychedelics research and therapies

Psychedelics research in support of brain health is getting a major boost this month with the formation of the Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at the University of California, San Francisco.

30 Mar 2021

SwiftScale Biologics: Cell-Free Synthesis of Biologics

In this interview, News-Medical talks to David Mace, CEO at SwiftScale Biologics, about the work they do in cell-free synthesis, their partnership with Sartorius and the biologics field as a whole.

From Sartorius 30 Mar 2021

New molecular pathway helps steer moving cells in specific directions

Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a new molecular pathway that helps steer moving cells in specific directions.

30 Mar 2021

NIST develops “encounter metrics” to slow down or prevent future pandemics

When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an "encounter." That's the scientific term for it, too.

30 Mar 2021

New diagnostic test can detect COVID-19 virus even when it mutates

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a diagnostic test that can detect the virus that causes COVID-19 even after it has gone through mutations.

30 Mar 2021

Researchers create novel light sensor from algae's rhodopsins

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive boost: One of its light sensors, channelrhodopsin-2, founded the success of optogenetics about 20 years ago.

30 Mar 2021

Researchers propose new standards to measure moisture leaks into bionic devices

Applied physicists at the University of Sydney have proposed new standards to measure moisture leaks into bionic devices such as pacemakers, cochlear hearing implants and retinal replacements.

29 Mar 2021

New model for analyzing the effects of irradiation on skin in laser treatments

Laser treatment is now commonplace across various fields of medicine including dermatology, where it is commonly used to remove scars, wrinkles, and freckles.

29 Mar 2021

Advanced technology provides a fine-grained picture of lung pathology in COVID-19

A team led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian has used advanced technology and analytics to map, at single-cell resolution, the cellular landscape of diseased lung tissue in severe COVID-19 and other infectious lung diseases.

29 Mar 2021

Technology News and Research

New tissue implant could benefit athletes sidelined with common shoulder injury

New mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in vivo

Beckman Coulter life sciences brightens flow cytometry with new SuperNova polymer dyes portfolio

Affordable Single Plate Evaporator

Scientists discover new genetic disease that causes abnormal brain development in children

SwRI to design machine learning algorithms for integrated traffic management

Researchers explore motivations and challenges of Indonesian women pursuing a career in conservation sciences

New technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears

Prime editing enables more precise correction of genetic problems than traditional CRISPR

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

The Dream Team opens clinical trial to find better treatment options for pancreatic cancer

Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at UCSF to advance psychedelics research and therapies

SwiftScale Biologics: Cell-Free Synthesis of Biologics

New molecular pathway helps steer moving cells in specific directions

NIST develops “encounter metrics” to slow down or prevent future pandemics

New diagnostic test can detect COVID-19 virus even when it mutates

Researchers create novel light sensor from algae's rhodopsins

Researchers propose new standards to measure moisture leaks into bionic devices

New model for analyzing the effects of irradiation on skin in laser treatments

Advanced technology provides a fine-grained picture of lung pathology in COVID-19

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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