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Helping older adults to address healthy longevity in the environment, homes, and communities

Have you thought about what you'd like your life to look like when you're 84?

17 Jul 2020

Pioneering method reveals the dynamics of HIV Gag lattice structure

Viruses are scary. They invade our cells like invisible armies, and each type brings its own strategy of attack. While viruses devastate communities of humans and animals, scientists scramble to fight back.

16 Jul 2020

Common blood test could advance life-saving treatment for heart failure

Biomedical experts believe that half of heart failure patients likely have low levels of the thyroid hormone T3 in their cardiac tissue.

16 Jul 2020

Stand Up To Cancer announces new effort to achieve health equity for underserved lung cancer patients

Stand Up To Cancer today announced a new $5 million grant from Bristol Myers Squibb to fund research and education efforts aimed at achieving health equity for underserved lung cancer patients, including Black people and people living in rural communities.

16 Jul 2020

Digital analysis process can improve children's cognitive, spatial, and artistic abilities

New research out of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) utilizes digital image analysis technology to shed light on some of the challenges children face when representing their imaginations through the medium of paint.

16 Jul 2020

AIE bioprobes can be an ideal way to detect biomarkers in body fluids

In the pandemic age of telehealth and new technologies, remote site lab or point-of-care (POC) testing of biofluids is a potentially rapid and non-invasive way to test for most diseases - including COVID-19.

15 Jul 2020

RNA editing may repair the underlying cause of Rett Syndrome in mouse model

A genomic error that causes Rett Syndrome, a serious lifelong neurological disorder, can be corrected in the brains of mice by rewriting the genetic instructions carried by the RNA.

15 Jul 2020

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers.

15 Jul 2020

Nanotechnology plays major role in COVID-19 vaccine development

From mRNA vaccines entering clinical trials, to peptide-based vaccines and using molecular farming to scale vaccine production, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing new and emerging nanotechnologies into the frontlines and the headlines.

15 Jul 2020

Global negative sentiments surrounding COVID-19 shift from fear to anger, study finds

The fear that people developed at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak has given way to anger over the course of the pandemic, a study of global sentiments led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found.

15 Jul 2020

World's first technology aims to help diagnose, treat and manage people with cystic fibrosis

World-first research led by Monash University could hold the key to better monitoring and treatment of lung disease associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) – a condition thousands of people are diagnosed with each year.

15 Jul 2020

NanoSurface Biomedical is now Curi Bio

NanoSurface Biomedical, a leading developer of human stem cell-based biotechnology products, today announced a comprehensive rebrand, including a change of the company’s name to Curi Bio.

From Curi Bio 15 Jul 2020

Study shows why humans don’t see eye to eye on debatable matters

We humans may not always see eye to eye on politics, religion, sports, and other matters of debate. But at least we can agree on the location and size of objects in our physical surroundings.

15 Jul 2020

SwRI expands its services to include mask testing in response to COVID-19 pandemic

The Particle Science and Technology Laboratory at Southwest Research Institute has expanded its services to include mask testing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 Jul 2020

A special air filtration system that can "catch and kill" the coronavirus

Now researchers from the University of Houston have come up with a unique air filter system that can catch and kill the novel coronavirus. The air filter can reportedly kill the coronavirus on contact.

14 Jul 2020

Llama nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro

Now, a team of scientists at the United Kingdom's Rosalind Franklin Institute may have a surprising solution for the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 574,000 people worldwide.

14 Jul 2020

Antimicrobial capacity of human milk against Cronobacter sakazakii bacterium

Much research has studied the antimicrobial capacity of human milk against some pathogens, but this ability had not yet been studied for the Cronobacter sakazakii bacterium, which causes neonatal infections with fatal consequences for newborns.

14 Jul 2020

Investigational antidepressant PT150 shows antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2

In a recent bioRxiv study, an ad hoc multi-institutional research team from the US shows that a novel hormone receptor modulator PT150 has unique and possibly additive antiviral and immunomodulatory effects – highlighting its potential role in the treatment and prophylaxis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

14 Jul 2020

FAU researchers receive NSF grant to model COVID-19 spread using big data analytics

Public health efforts depend heavily on predicting how diseases like COVID-19 spread across the globe. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with LexisNexis Risk(R)Solutions, a global data technology and advanced analytics leader, have received a rapid research (RAPID) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a model of COVID-19 spread using innovative big data analytics techniques and tools.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers identify an effective method to tackle global water crisis

Lasers etch a simple way to address global water crisis.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people in developed countries are assured of ample supplies of clean water to wash their hands as often as needed to protect themselves from the disease.

14 Jul 2020

Technology News and Research

Helping older adults to address healthy longevity in the environment, homes, and communities

Pioneering method reveals the dynamics of HIV Gag lattice structure

Common blood test could advance life-saving treatment for heart failure

Stand Up To Cancer announces new effort to achieve health equity for underserved lung cancer patients

Digital analysis process can improve children's cognitive, spatial, and artistic abilities

AIE bioprobes can be an ideal way to detect biomarkers in body fluids

RNA editing may repair the underlying cause of Rett Syndrome in mouse model

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

Nanotechnology plays major role in COVID-19 vaccine development

Global negative sentiments surrounding COVID-19 shift from fear to anger, study finds

World's first technology aims to help diagnose, treat and manage people with cystic fibrosis

NanoSurface Biomedical is now Curi Bio

Study shows why humans don’t see eye to eye on debatable matters

SwRI expands its services to include mask testing in response to COVID-19 pandemic

A special air filtration system that can "catch and kill" the coronavirus

Llama nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro

Antimicrobial capacity of human milk against Cronobacter sakazakii bacterium

Investigational antidepressant PT150 shows antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2

FAU researchers receive NSF grant to model COVID-19 spread using big data analytics

Researchers identify an effective method to tackle global water crisis

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