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Drug industry patents go under Senate Judiciary Committee’s microscope

Congress isn't making much headway in finding a solution to the problem of soaring prescription drug prices, but lawmakers from both parties are tinkering on the edges with legislation that aims to increase competition among drugmakers.

8 May 2019

KAIST research team finds cause of sepsis-induced lung injury

A KAIST research team succeeded in visualizing pulmonary microcirculation and circulating cells in vivo with a custom-built 3D intravital lung microscopic imaging system.

7 May 2019

CBO’s report on single-payer health care holds more questions than answers

Progressive Democrats have rallied around "Medicare-for-all," a single-payer health plan popularized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Now, some of Washington's official bean counters are trying to add a new framework around what it might look like. The picture they offer highlights just how complicated that shift might be.

1 May 2019

Sussex scientists discover new genetic defect that causes intellectual disability

Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered a new genetic defect which causes a form of intellectual disability; a finding that will improve screening programmes and help to end a 'diagnostic odyssey' for families across the globe.

1 May 2019

Scientists develop small fluorophores for tracking metabolites in living cells

Living cells can react to disturbances with a changed metabolism, but direct observation of trafficking metabolites in live cells is difficult.

30 Apr 2019

Assisted reproductive technology solution from Olympus increases the efficiency of ICSI

The Olympus IX73SC inverted microscope system is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) solution that facilitates and even eliminates steps in the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) workflow as part of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 26 Apr 2019

Researchers uncover potential clue to halt destruction of nerve cells in people with ALS

A special focus on rogue proteins may hold future promise in stopping the progression of nerve cell destruction in people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or frontotemporal dementia.

24 Apr 2019

New custom-designed substrates developed for use in cryo-Electron Microscopy

Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy has been a game changer in the field of medical research, but the substrate, used to freeze and view samples under a microscope, has not advanced much in decades.

24 Apr 2019

Mechanical training makes synthetic hydrogels perform more like muscle

Human skeletal muscles have a unique combination of properties that materials researchers seek for their own creations.

23 Apr 2019

Microfluidic-based drug screening chip identifies antibiotic interactions in eight hours

A KAIST research team developed a microfluidic-based drug screening chip that identifies synergistic interactions between two antibiotics in eight hours.

19 Apr 2019

Improving the quality of digital pathology imaging

There's a low-tech problem troubling the high-tech world of digital pathology imaging.

19 Apr 2019

Triple negative breast cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy by turning on molecular pathway

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that triple negative breast cancer cells can develop resistance to frontline, or neoadjuvant, chemotherapy not by acquiring permanent adaptations, but rather transiently turning on molecular pathways that protect the cells.

19 Apr 2019

Microscope News and Research

Drug industry patents go under Senate Judiciary Committee’s microscope

KAIST research team finds cause of sepsis-induced lung injury

CBO’s report on single-payer health care holds more questions than answers

Sussex scientists discover new genetic defect that causes intellectual disability

Scientists develop small fluorophores for tracking metabolites in living cells

Assisted reproductive technology solution from Olympus increases the efficiency of ICSI

Researchers uncover potential clue to halt destruction of nerve cells in people with ALS

New custom-designed substrates developed for use in cryo-Electron Microscopy

Mechanical training makes synthetic hydrogels perform more like muscle

Microfluidic-based drug screening chip identifies antibiotic interactions in eight hours

Improving the quality of digital pathology imaging

Triple negative breast cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy by turning on molecular pathway

New technology developed for microscopic imaging in living organisms

Leica Microsystems receives FDA De Novo clearance for blue light fluorescence module

Workings of ketamine in depressive illness decoded

Analysis of bright spot in confocal microscopy images to diagnose brain tumors

Experimental drug may be twice as good at fighting vision loss as previously thought

Single strip of white paint not sufficient to protect people who ride bikes

New resource accelerates use of FISH techniques to study spatial organization of DNA in cells

Researchers unravel 3D structure of key molecular target for cancer treatment

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