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Research team receives nearly $17M to focus on nanopore technology in DNA sequencing

The use of nanopore technology aimed at more accurate and efficient DNA sequencing is the main focus of grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The grants - nearly $17 million to eight research teams - are the latest awarded through the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)'s Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program, which was launched in 2004. NHGRI is part of NIH.

7 Sep 2013

Enzymatics buys Boulder-based ArcherDx

Enzymatics, Inc., a leading producer of reagents, kits, and assays, today announced it has acquired Boulder-based ArcherDx, Inc., a developer of innovative, NGS-based kits and software solutions for use in investigating cancer treatment.

7 Sep 2013

Kyocera Kona offers flip phone with verbal translation enabling internet browsing for visually impaired

For the visually impaired, using a mobile device hasn't always been easy. Kyocera Kona from Sprint (NYSE: S) helps to solve that problem by providing an easy-to-use compact flip phone that is the first feature phone in the industry to offer verbal translation enabling Internet browsing.

7 Sep 2013

Researchers take detailed images of morphing structure of Parkinson’s protein

Researchers have taken detailed images and measurements of the morphing structure of a brain protein thought to play a role in Parkinson's disease, information that could aid the development of medications to treat the condition.

7 Sep 2013

Enzymatics Acquires Archerdx For Up To $50M

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6 Sep 2013

Technology used to treat cancer also functions as micro rocket for spacecraft

Nanosatellites are smartphone-sized spacecraft that can perform simple, yet valuable, space missions. Dozens of these little vehicles are now tirelessly orbiting the earth performing valuable functions for NASA, the Department of Defense and even private companies.

5 Sep 2013

NIH-funded study finds zebrafish model may help identify treatments for childhood epilepsy

According to new research on epilepsy, zebrafish have certainly earned their stripes. Results of a study in Nature Communications suggest that zebrafish carrying a specific mutation may help researchers discover treatments for Dravet syndrome (DS), a severe form of pediatric epilepsy that results in drug-resistant seizures and developmental delays.

4 Sep 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers use low-energy light to solve serious heart problems

When a beating heart slips into an irregular, life-threatening rhythm, the treatment is well known: deliver a burst of electric current from a pacemaker or defibrillator. But because the electricity itself can cause pain, tissue damage and other serious side-effects, a Johns Hopkins-led research team wants to replace these jolts with a kinder, gentler remedy: light.

29 Aug 2013

Scientists develop method to generate functioning brain cells that produce myelin

Stem cell technology has long offered the hope of regenerating tissue to repair broken or damaged neural tissue. Findings from a team of UC Davis investigators have brought this dream a step closer by developing a method to generate functioning brain cells that produce myelin - a fatty, insulating sheath essential to normal neural conduction.

29 Aug 2013

Life Technologies announces end-to-end sequencing solution for whole human exome CNV analysis

Life Technologies Corporation today announced the first end-to-end sequencing solution for exon-level copy number variation analysis, which combines the Ion Reporter CNV data analysis workflow, the Ion AmpliSeq Exome Kit and the Ion Proton® System.

27 Aug 2013

Researchers receive $1M grant to research in biological components with solid-state electronics

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Columbia University, led by Ken Shepard, professor of electrical engineering and biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and including Virginia W. Cornish, Helena Rubinstein Professor of Chemistry, and Lars Dietrich, assistant professor of biological sciences, has won a prestigious $1 million three-year grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to advance their research in combining biological components with solid-state electronics, creating new systems that exploit the advantages of both.

23 Aug 2013

Scientists reveal why TB is a successful pathogen

By any measure, tuberculosis is a wildly successful pathogen. It infects as many as two billion people in every corner of the world, with a new infection of a human host estimated to occur every second.

22 Aug 2013

Virtual 3-D heart model analyzes defibrillator placement in children born with heart defects

The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside — a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.

22 Aug 2013

Medical investigators discover new aspect of gene-splicing process that produces mRNA

A rare, small RNA turns a gene-splicing machine into a switch that controls the expression of hundreds of human genes. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor of Biochemistry Gideon Dreyfuss, PhD, and his team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, discovered an entirely new aspect of the gene-splicing process that produces messenger RNA (mRNA).

22 Aug 2013

Study shows plasma-treated carbon nanotubes are ideal for water purification

Access to safe drinking water is a step closer to being a reality for those in developing countries. A study paves the way for the next generation of portable water purification devices, which could provide relief to the 780 million people around the world who face every day without access to a clean water supply.

22 Aug 2013

Biomedical spectroscopy suggests excess copper may be neurotoxic in Alzheimer's patients

Metals such as iron, copper, and zinc are important for many biological processes. In recent years, studies have shown that these nutritionally-essential metals are elevated in human Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and some animal models of AD. Scientists are now exploring whether these metals are causing the neurodegeneration seen in AD or are indicative of other ongoing pathologic processes.

22 Aug 2013

Selling the idea of health insurance to 'young invincibles'

The Obama administration is launching a national video contest designed to convince young people to sign up for coverage, spending $30,000 on prizes to draw the YouTube generation.

21 Aug 2013

New insights on cochlea may help develop better hearing devices

A healthy ear is much better at detecting and transmitting sound than even the most advanced hearing aid. But now researchers reporting in the August 20 issue of the Biophysical Journal, a Cell Press publication, have uncovered new insights into how the ear -- in particular, the cochlea -- processes and amplifies sound.

21 Aug 2013

D-Pharm announces promising results with drug candidates in models of HAT and malaria

D-Pharm Ltd., announced today on-line publication of promising results with its drug candidates, DP-460 and DP-b99, in models of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and malaria.

20 Aug 2013

Researchers identify first disease gene for idiopathic focal epilepsy in childhood

More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, with a third of these being children. The most common forms of epilepsy in children occur without any apparent trigger and only affect certain regions of the brain.

12 Aug 2013

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Research team receives nearly $17M to focus on nanopore technology in DNA sequencing

Enzymatics buys Boulder-based ArcherDx

Kyocera Kona offers flip phone with verbal translation enabling internet browsing for visually impaired

Researchers take detailed images of morphing structure of Parkinson’s protein

Enzymatics Acquires Archerdx For Up To $50M

Technology used to treat cancer also functions as micro rocket for spacecraft

NIH-funded study finds zebrafish model may help identify treatments for childhood epilepsy

Johns Hopkins researchers use low-energy light to solve serious heart problems

Scientists develop method to generate functioning brain cells that produce myelin

Life Technologies announces end-to-end sequencing solution for whole human exome CNV analysis

Researchers receive $1M grant to research in biological components with solid-state electronics

Scientists reveal why TB is a successful pathogen

Virtual 3-D heart model analyzes defibrillator placement in children born with heart defects

Medical investigators discover new aspect of gene-splicing process that produces mRNA

Study shows plasma-treated carbon nanotubes are ideal for water purification

Biomedical spectroscopy suggests excess copper may be neurotoxic in Alzheimer's patients

Selling the idea of health insurance to 'young invincibles'

New insights on cochlea may help develop better hearing devices

D-Pharm announces promising results with drug candidates in models of HAT and malaria

Researchers identify first disease gene for idiopathic focal epilepsy in childhood

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