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Research could help design better flu vaccines

Each year millions of Americans become sick with the flu, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized and tens of thousands die. Getting the flu shot can reduce the chances of infection. But, at best, the vaccine is only effective 40% to 60% of the time, according to the CDC.

26 Nov 2019

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

Cleveland--Diascopic LLC, a Cleveland-based medical research company that develops diagnostic technology, will use a highly competitive federal grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence and digital pathology tools for detecting tuberculosis.

26 Nov 2019

New wearable sensor for non-invasive gout detection

Biomedical scientists are working hard to create more pain-free methods of disease detection and treatment. A simple blood test is highly informative but arouses intense anxiety in many people. Now a new paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology on November 25, 2019, reports on a new wearable sensor that can be successfully adapted to mass production, is flexible, and can be used to produce readouts of metabolites and nutrients in the blood based on a sweat analysis.

26 Nov 2019

Researchers win grants to find innovative treatments for debilitating skin diseases

National leaders in research to cure debilitating skin diseases based at the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have won a second NIH grant to further investigations of innovative treatments.

26 Nov 2019

Few things to know before buying at-home genetic testing kits

At-home genetic testing kits, also known as direct-to-consumer or lab-to-consumer DNA tests, are growing in popularity - especially as holiday gifts.

26 Nov 2019

Study shows how fiber spacing could control cell sticking

Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore have shown that cells can attach to the fibrous protein meshwork that surrounds them only if the fibers are spaced close enough.

26 Nov 2019

Sheffield research receives £800k to develop new gene therapy to treat CVD

Cardiac research in Sheffield has received a major boost from the British Heart Foundation in the form of an £800,000 award to develop a new gene therapy to treat cardiovascular disease (CVD).

26 Nov 2019

Studying the genomes of hibernating mammals could improve understanding and treatment of obesity

A discovery about mammalian genomes and hibernation could aid understanding and treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders.

26 Nov 2019

Fertility treatments cause epigenetic changes in mouse embryos, study finds

Though epigenetic disorders - diseases caused by faulty gene expression - are still rare overall, babies born using fertility treatments have up to an 11-fold higher risk of inheriting them.

26 Nov 2019

Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure

Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in an effort to develop the world’s first human-specific in vitro, functional model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a common condition especially among the elderly and in women, with the reported prevalence approaching 10% in women over the age of 80 years.

26 Nov 2019

GN Corporation granted Indian patent for novel corneal cell transplantation using nano-composite gel sheet

A novel cell transplantation method to treat corneal endothelial diseases such as bullous keratopathy using a nano-composite gel sheet developed by Japanese scientists was granted Indian patent to GN Corporation (GNC), Japan.

26 Nov 2019

Video games poised to fundamentally change cardiology training

Video games are a popular form of entertainment in the U.S. with more than 164 million adults playing them. Seventy-five percent of households have at least one gamer.

25 Nov 2019

FDA-approved drug to prevent organ rejection may slow skin aging

The search for youthfulness typically turns to lotions, supplements, serums and diets, but there may soon be a new option joining the fray.

25 Nov 2019

Discovery in C. difficile biology opens new window to developing treatments for dangerous infections

A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable conditions and spread is regulated by epigenetics, factors that affect gene expression beyond the DNA genetic code, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report.

25 Nov 2019

Feelings of love throughout the day connected with psychological well-being

Poets and songwriters may tend to focus their artistry on passion and romance, but it may be those unsung, brief feelings of love throughout the day that are connected with psychological well-being, according to a team of researchers led by two Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences researchers.

25 Nov 2019

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.

25 Nov 2019

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has developed an improved optical imaging technique that found differences between potentially life-threatening coronary plaques and those posing less imminent danger for patients with coronary artery disease.

25 Nov 2019

Technology News and Research

Research could help design better flu vaccines

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

New wearable sensor for non-invasive gout detection

Researchers win grants to find innovative treatments for debilitating skin diseases

Few things to know before buying at-home genetic testing kits

Study shows how fiber spacing could control cell sticking

Sheffield research receives £800k to develop new gene therapy to treat CVD

Studying the genomes of hibernating mammals could improve understanding and treatment of obesity

Fertility treatments cause epigenetic changes in mouse embryos, study finds

Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure

GN Corporation granted Indian patent for novel corneal cell transplantation using nano-composite gel sheet

Video games poised to fundamentally change cardiology training

FDA-approved drug to prevent organ rejection may slow skin aging

Discovery in C. difficile biology opens new window to developing treatments for dangerous infections

Feelings of love throughout the day connected with psychological well-being

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

New electrochemical CRISPR biosensor can help improve diagnosis of diseases

Novel solution could produce accurate, automated placental diagnostic reports

New partnership aims to explore, cultivate innovations in cell and gene therapy

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