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ValitaCell joins Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, announces it has acquired ValitaCell Ltd., a biotechnology company that creates pioneering analytical products and technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences 16 Sep 2022

Scientists harness the potential of bacteria to help create synthetic cells with lifelike functionality

Scientists have harnessed the potential of bacteria to help build advanced synthetic cells which mimic real life functionality.

14 Sep 2022

NIH researchers identify specific network of proteins critical to restore hearing in zebrafish

National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration.

14 Sep 2022

Update on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in animals by USDA

The USDA APHIS has recently updated its web-based dashboard to provide information on all SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in animals

12 Sep 2022

Exercise hormone reduces protein levels linked to Parkinson's disease

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to Parkinson's disease and halts movement problems in mice.

12 Sep 2022

Label-free trace detection of bio-molecules by LI-SERS method

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210121 discusses label-free trace detection of bio-molecules by liquid-interface assisted surface-enhanced Raman scattering using a microfluidic chip.

9 Sep 2022

Scientists observe how SARS-CoV-2 protein dismantles critical immunity pathway

Over the past two years, scientists have studied the SARS-CoV-2 virus in great detail, laying the foundation for developing COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments.

9 Sep 2022

Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M™ - which previously demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over the following 12 months in young west African children in 2021.

9 Sep 2022

New US Subsidiary for BioEcho Life Sciences

BioEcho Life Sciences, a Germany-based biotechnology company supplying the fastest and most sustainable nucleic acid extraction technology, announces the opening of its US subsidiary in Boston, MA.

From BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH 7 Sep 2022

PhoreMost enters multi-project drug target discovery collaboration with Roche

PhoreMost to deploy its SITESEEKER platform to identify novel targets for Roche’s discovery programmes

From PhoreMost 6 Sep 2022

The existing molecular variance levels in haplotypes of the interferon-alpha-beta receptor gene in Orthopoxviruses

Researchers performed an analysis of molecular variance in 59 haplotypes of the IFNAR gene, departing from monkeypox virus, camelpox virus, buffalopox virus, ectromelia virus, cowpox virus, rabbitpox virus, variola virus, and vaccinia virus.

6 Sep 2022

ParAqua develops an interactive database to fill the gap in knowledge about zoosporic parasites

ParAqua COST Action, which gathers researchers, innovators, and producers of microalgae across Europe and beyond, have started the development of an interactive database on zoosporic algae parasites.

5 Sep 2022

Understanding how microglia change their states to adapt to different areas of the brain

In this interview, News Medical speaks to Jeffrey Stogsdill, Ph.D., about his latest research exploring how microglia change their state to adapt to different areas of the brain.

2 Sep 2022

Rutgers scientists design a synthetic protein that quickly detects molecules of deadly nerve agent

A team that includes Rutgers scientists has designed a synthetic protein that quickly detects molecules of a deadly nerve agent that has been classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction and could be used in a chemical warfare attack.

1 Sep 2022

Cell Counting Without Slides to Reduce Waste and Cost

Until recently, cells were typically counted on a reusable quartz hemocytometer.

From DeNovix Inc. 1 Sep 2022

Research provides a major step forward to growing human kidney in a dish

Kidney disease affects one in nine adults globally and the incidence of kidney failure is steadily rising around the world.

30 Aug 2022

Study reinforces the potential of Huntington’s treatments that target glia cells

Huntington's disease – a hereditary and fatal genetic disorder – has long been considered a neuronal disease due to the permanent loss of medium spiny motor neurons, the death of which over time is responsible for the clinical hallmarks of the disease: involuntary movements, problems with coordination, cognitive decline, depression, and psychosis.

30 Aug 2022

Biotechnology News and Research

ValitaCell joins Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Scientists harness the potential of bacteria to help create synthetic cells with lifelike functionality

NIH researchers identify specific network of proteins critical to restore hearing in zebrafish

Update on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in animals by USDA

Exercise hormone reduces protein levels linked to Parkinson's disease

Label-free trace detection of bio-molecules by LI-SERS method

Scientists observe how SARS-CoV-2 protein dismantles critical immunity pathway

Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

New US Subsidiary for BioEcho Life Sciences

PhoreMost enters multi-project drug target discovery collaboration with Roche

The existing molecular variance levels in haplotypes of the interferon-alpha-beta receptor gene in Orthopoxviruses

ParAqua develops an interactive database to fill the gap in knowledge about zoosporic parasites

Understanding how microglia change their states to adapt to different areas of the brain

Rutgers scientists design a synthetic protein that quickly detects molecules of deadly nerve agent

Cell Counting Without Slides to Reduce Waste and Cost

Research provides a major step forward to growing human kidney in a dish

Study reinforces the potential of Huntington’s treatments that target glia cells

Researchers identify potential new pathway for treating a sporadic form of ALS

Understanding recombination rates in RNA viruses

Researchers propose a novel, non-discriminatory classification of the monkeypox virus

Event guide: 3rd IMPACCT Real World Evidence Summit Europe eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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