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Johns Hopkins researchers develop LevelCheck software to help improve surgical safety

Because the spine is made up of repeating elements that look alike, surgeons can mistakenly operate on the wrong vertebra. To avoid this, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a software program that works seamlessly with currently available procedures to assist a surgeon’s determination of which vertebra is which. Results from its first clinical evaluation show that the LevelCheck software achieves 100 percent accuracy in just 26 seconds.

15 Apr 2015

Johns Hopkins researchers named recipients of Hartwell’s 2014 Individual Biomedical Research Award

Gul Dolen, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Eili Y. Klein, Ph.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine, are among 12 recipients of The Hartwell Foundation’s 2014 Individual Biomedical Research Award competition, the foundation announced on April 1.

15 Apr 2015

TSRI Scientists find that nicotine use increases compulsive alcohol consumption

Why do smokers have a five to ten times greater risk of developing alcohol dependence than nonsmokers? Do smokers have a greater tendency toward addiction in general or does nicotine somehow reinforce alcohol consumption?

15 Apr 2015

Orange announces D4D Challenge Senegal winners

This year’s D4D Challenge Senegal was launched under the patronage of the Senegalese Ministry of Higher Education and Research and ran from 2014 to April 2015. In conjunction with Sonatel and Orange, anonymised data samples were extracted from Sonatel’s mobile network, under the recommendations of the Commission des Données Personnelles of Senegal (Privacy Protection Commission), and made available to over 250 international research laboratories.

15 Apr 2015

Children with type 1 diabetes five times more likely to be admitted to hospital

The number of children being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is increasing 3-4% every year and more so in school-aged children. Treating the condition is complex and poor management can often lead to medical emergencies that result in hospitalisation, placing ever greater demands on health services

14 Apr 2015

Clyde Biosciences, a leading drug toxicity testing company, closes Series A investment

Clyde Biosciences Ltd. (Clyde Biosciences) has announced a £2 million ‘Series A’ investment led by Epidarex Capital, a leading international early-stage life science venture capital fund. Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, the Scottish Investment Bank, also participated in the round along with Glasgow University Holdings, Ltd.

14 Apr 2015

Early decline in 6MWT distance predicts PAH worsening

Research shows that an early decline in 6-minute walk test distance can predict worsening of disease in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

14 Apr 2015

Capillary pCO2 helps determine IPAH diagnosis

Capillary pCO2 can be used to distinguish idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, research indicates.

14 Apr 2015

New pre-validated fluorinated fragment library boosts drug screening efficiency

Researchers engaged in drug discovery can now benefit from a new library of fluorinated compounds with superior drug-like characteristics...

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 14 Apr 2015

JPK reports on the use of the NanoWizard® 3 AFM system at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM system in the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 14 Apr 2015

Eyenuk's EyeArt automated high-throughput diabetic retinopathy screening receives CE Mark

Eyenuk, Inc. announced today that it received CE Marking for its pioneering EyeArt software, a suite of advanced image analysis tools for automated high-throughput screening of diabetic retinopathy. The company plans to launch its product in select leading eye care sites across Europe in the next few months.

14 Apr 2015

Trio of Andor EMCCD cameras chosen to unravel the inner structure of Herpes simplex virus

Although super-resolution light microscopy has broken new ground in our understanding of subcellular structures and the movement of individual molecules within cells, its use to investigate virus particles is in its infancy...

From Andor Technology Ltd. 14 Apr 2015

LaVision BioTec reports on the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research and their use of multiphoton microscopy to understand the behaviour of cells in cancer metastasis

LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on the research of Professor Kurt I Anderson and his groups' studies of cell migration in the context of cancer metastasis at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research...

14 Apr 2015

Veracyte, GE parnter to develop new solutions to improve disease diagnosis

Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostic company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, and GE today announced a research collaboration to develop new solutions that can improve disease diagnosis.

14 Apr 2015

Humabs BioMed reports clinical milestone in medImmune partnership

Humabs BioMed SA, a leading Swiss antibody therapeutics company, today announced that a novel antibody developed through its proprietary Cellclone technology will be investigated for the treatment of influenza A...

14 Apr 2015

Women in science: an interview with Professor Dame Carol Robinson, University of Oxford

Professor Dame Carol Robinson has just been announced as the “L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science” European Laureate for 2015...

14 Apr 2015

No effect of baseline cirrhosis on long-term TDF treatment outcomes

Research suggests that virological, serological and histological outcomes are comparable between cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection undergoing long-term tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment.

13 Apr 2015

Innovative way to educate healthcare professionals on improving nutrition for cancer survivors

Stories involving cancer and its devastating consequences are a frequent occurrence in the news. We are constantly being told which foods may cause cancer, and which may prevent it, but how much is fact, and how much is fiction is often in dispute. The same is true for cancer survivors trying to find reliable nutritional information which will help them to improve their quality of life and prevent future relapses.

13 Apr 2015

U-M researchers make major breakthrough in diagnosing, treating prostate cancer

University of Michigan researchers have discovered a biomarker that may be a potentially important breakthrough in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer.

13 Apr 2015

Tackling the nutrition challenge with personal trainers

The importance of nutrition as part of a healthy lifestyle is recognised by most personal trainers, however concerns have been raised about their competence to provide individualised nutrition advice...

13 Apr 2015

Research News and Research

Johns Hopkins researchers develop LevelCheck software to help improve surgical safety

Johns Hopkins researchers named recipients of Hartwell’s 2014 Individual Biomedical Research Award

TSRI Scientists find that nicotine use increases compulsive alcohol consumption

Orange announces D4D Challenge Senegal winners

Children with type 1 diabetes five times more likely to be admitted to hospital

Clyde Biosciences, a leading drug toxicity testing company, closes Series A investment

Early decline in 6MWT distance predicts PAH worsening

Capillary pCO2 helps determine IPAH diagnosis

New pre-validated fluorinated fragment library boosts drug screening efficiency

JPK reports on the use of the NanoWizard® 3 AFM system at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Eyenuk's EyeArt automated high-throughput diabetic retinopathy screening receives CE Mark

Trio of Andor EMCCD cameras chosen to unravel the inner structure of Herpes simplex virus

LaVision BioTec reports on the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research and their use of multiphoton microscopy to understand the behaviour of cells in cancer metastasis

Veracyte, GE parnter to develop new solutions to improve disease diagnosis

Humabs BioMed reports clinical milestone in medImmune partnership

Women in science: an interview with Professor Dame Carol Robinson, University of Oxford

No effect of baseline cirrhosis on long-term TDF treatment outcomes

Innovative way to educate healthcare professionals on improving nutrition for cancer survivors

U-M researchers make major breakthrough in diagnosing, treating prostate cancer

Tackling the nutrition challenge with personal trainers

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