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Glycome shift in epidermal stem cells could serve as potential biomarker of aging

Age shows nowhere better than on the skin. The ravages of time on skin and the epidermal stem cells that differentiate to replenish its outer layer have been hypothesized, but there has been no method to evaluate their aging at the molecular level.

21 Jul 2020

Wyss Institute's tough gel adhesive technology licensed to Amend Surgical

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that its tough gel adhesive technology has been licensed by Amend Surgical, a Florida-based medical device company focused on developing and manufacturing novel biomaterials.

21 Jul 2020

Early detection of cancer four years before conventional diagnosis using non-invasive blood test

An international team of researchers has developed a non-invasive blood test that can detect whether an individual has one of five common types of cancers, four years before the condition can be diagnosed with current methods. The test detects stomach, esophageal, colorectal, lung and liver cancer.

21 Jul 2020

New system uses X-ray images of patients’ lungs to diagnose COVID-19

Researchers from the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Seville's School of Computer Engineering (ETSII) are working on a system that uses X-ray images of patients' lungs to help diagnose COVID-19.

21 Jul 2020

Ellipsys System can help create durable vascular access for end-stage renal disease

A new study shows significant benefits of the Ellipsys Vascular Access System in easily and safely creating durable vascular access for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who require hemodialysis.

21 Jul 2020

GPs are now kept informed about patients' COVID-19 test results

COVID-19 test results are now being automatically sent to GP systems as well as being communicated to the individual, giving GPs visibility of which of their patients have had COVID-19 tests and whether they have tested positive or negative.

21 Jul 2020

$65m investment increases British Patient Capital’s exposure to life sciences and health technology

British Patient Capital announces a cornerstone commitment of $65m to SV Health Investors’ latest fund, SV7 Impact Medicine Fund, to turn scientific breakthroughs into biotech companies producing high impact precision medicine drugs for poorly treated diseases.

21 Jul 2020

Study shows feasibility of using Masimo SET pulse oximetry for CCHD screening

Masimo today announced the results of a prospective study published in the International Journal of Neonatal Screening in which researchers in Marrakesh, Morocco, conducted the first Moroccan study on critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns using Masimo SET pulse oximetry.

21 Jul 2020

Analysis: Mental health crisis will lead to a surge in referrals for NHS’ talking therapy service

A mental health crisis on an ‘unprecedented’ scale will lead to a surge in referrals to the NHS’ talking therapy service.

21 Jul 2020

Drug discovery pipeline to exploit transcription factors for cancer therapy

Cancer is a leading cause of death and one of the most complex challenges to modern medicine. By employing cutting-edge technologies that precisely measure the effects of candidate targets and drugs on the fundamental process of transcription, the new start-up company QUANTRO Therapeutics strives to radically change the precision and scope of cell-based drug screening.

21 Jul 2020

Researchers receive $1.3 million grant to develop better treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Innovators at Purdue University have received new support as they work to develop solutions to what U.S. military officials call an alarming trend in dementia among wounded soldiers. The same researchers also seek solutions to better treat Alzheimer's disease.

21 Jul 2020

Ten major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have collated available scientific evidence on risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease and come up with a list of ten important ones.

21 Jul 2020

Reproductive outcomes predicted by label-free imaging technique

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Department of Animal Sciences have collaborated to develop a new technique that can be used to determine the fertility of sperm samples.

20 Jul 2020

Using AI to pinpoint neurons involved in gait reacquisition

Researchers at EPFL are able to get paralyzed rodents walking again by stimulating the animals' damaged spinal cords.

20 Jul 2020

Brains of all mammals exhibit equal connectivity, study finds

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Yaniv Assaf of the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Sagol School of Neuroscience and Prof. Yossi Yovel of the School of Zoology, the Sagol School of Neuroscience, and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, conducted a first-of-its-kind study designed to investigate brain connectivity in 130 mammalian species.

20 Jul 2020

New assay improves detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz have developed a new assay for the detection of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that they say provides significant advantages over the techniques currently used.

20 Jul 2020

UCI researchers win $529 million in grants and contracts for fiscal 2019-20

From cutting-edge research and clinical trials focused on cancer care to creating a new center devoted to protecting personal data privacy, University of California, Irvine scholars, scientists and physicians are blazing new paths to help change the world.

20 Jul 2020

China's Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine safe and induces immune response

A phase 2 trial of an Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine candidate, conducted in China, has found that the vaccine is safe and induces an immune response, according to new research published in The Lancet.

20 Jul 2020

Josep Carreras Institute's spin-off aims to develop new immuno-oncological therapeutic tools

The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, a public centre pertaining to the Generalitat de Catalunya's (Government of Catalonia) CERCA network, has created the OneChain Immunotherapeutics spin-off, the aim of which is to develop new immuno-oncological therapeutic tools with various preclinical candidates, based on CAR-T technology for different tumors, such as cortical T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (coT-ALL), a rare subtype of leukemia that mainly affects children, and which has a poor prognosis.

20 Jul 2020

Study identifies toxicological risks of environmental pollutants in finless porpoises

A recent study just published in Environmental Science & Technology identified the toxicological risks of environmental pollutants to finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis).

20 Jul 2020

Technology News and Research

Glycome shift in epidermal stem cells could serve as potential biomarker of aging

Wyss Institute's tough gel adhesive technology licensed to Amend Surgical

Early detection of cancer four years before conventional diagnosis using non-invasive blood test

New system uses X-ray images of patients’ lungs to diagnose COVID-19

Ellipsys System can help create durable vascular access for end-stage renal disease

GPs are now kept informed about patients' COVID-19 test results

$65m investment increases British Patient Capital’s exposure to life sciences and health technology

Study shows feasibility of using Masimo SET pulse oximetry for CCHD screening

Analysis: Mental health crisis will lead to a surge in referrals for NHS’ talking therapy service

Drug discovery pipeline to exploit transcription factors for cancer therapy

Researchers receive $1.3 million grant to develop better treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Ten major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Reproductive outcomes predicted by label-free imaging technique

Using AI to pinpoint neurons involved in gait reacquisition

Brains of all mammals exhibit equal connectivity, study finds

New assay improves detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

UCI researchers win $529 million in grants and contracts for fiscal 2019-20

China's Ad5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine safe and induces immune response

Josep Carreras Institute's spin-off aims to develop new immuno-oncological therapeutic tools

Study identifies toxicological risks of environmental pollutants in finless porpoises

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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