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Study reveals how glioblastomas resist the effects of antiangiogenic drugs

A study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Cyprus reveals details of a way the dangerous brain tumors called glioblastomas resist the effects of antiangiogenic drugs designed to cut off their blood supply.

31 Jan 2019

WPI researchers use brain imaging to enhance personal learning environments

Could a computer detect a person's emotions? Could it tell when someone is frustrated over something like a tricky math problem on an online tutoring program? Could it detect deep reflection on a problem? A research team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science assistant professor Erin Solovey is working to develop a system that could extract that information by merging computer science with neuroscience.

31 Jan 2019

Researchers call for industry standards to help improve high-throughput genomic sequencing

Researchers from the George Washington University, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and industry leaders published in PLOS Biology, describing a standardized communication method for researchers performing high-throughput sequencing called BioCompute.

31 Jan 2019

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, shows new study

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, such as patches and gum, at helping smokers to quit, according to a clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London.

30 Jan 2019

Monkey brain scans reveal new information about visual cortex

Monkey brain scans have revealed new information about the part of the brain that processes visual information.

30 Jan 2019

Computational model of the heart’s mitral valve enables customized care for patients

Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new noninvasive technique for simulating repairs to the heart's mitral valve with levels of accuracy reliable enough for use in a clinical setting.

30 Jan 2019

PFAS chemicals pass through the placenta to fetal tissues throughout pregnancy

In a study published in Environment International researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how PFAS industrial chemicals, which are used in many consumer products, pass through the placenta throughout pregnancy to accumulate in fetal tissue.

30 Jan 2019

Expanding pill could be used to monitor stomach conditions for up to one month

Engineers have developed a Jell-O-like pill that quickly expands on reaching the stomach and uses an embedded sensor to monitor health status over an extended period of time.

30 Jan 2019

Synchron and Festo introduce new ultra-high throughput DNA extraction device at SLAS 2019

During SLAS 2019, Synchron and Festo will describe the recent technology breakthrough leading to ultra-high throughput DNA extraction – up to 38,400 extractions per 24 hours.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 30 Jan 2019

Chromatrap partners with Covaris to offer highly scalable and simple ChIP workflow

Chromatrap has entered into a partnership with Covaris to offer a highly scalable and simple ChIP workflow enabling researchers to easily isolate protein-DNA complexes for downstream applications, such as ChIP-Seq, ChIP-qPCR, Next-generation sequencing, and Mass Spectrometry.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 30 Jan 2019

Promega signs license agreement with Broad Institute to access CRISPR-Cas9 technology

Promega announce non-exclusive license agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to sell tools and reagents for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

From Promega Corporation 30 Jan 2019

AMETEK SMP adds new Titanium strip grades to product portfolio for medical applications

Hamilton Precision Metals and SMP Wallingford are delighted to announce that they have added two new Titanium strip grades – grade 9 and 23 – to their product portfolio for medical applications.

From AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP) 30 Jan 2019

EKF signs private label distribution agreement with McKesson for new hemoglobin analyzer

EKF Diagnostics has signed a private label distribution agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc.

From EKF Diagnostics 30 Jan 2019

Sphere Fluidics announces closure of $2 million (circa £1.5 million) investment round

Sphere Fluidics announced today that is has closed a $2 million (circa £1.5 million) investment round.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 30 Jan 2019

Sphere Fluidics and PAA collaborate to offer automated micro-plate handling capabilities for single cell analysis

Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Peak Analysis and Automation, a leader in the industry for the design and manufacture of automated laboratory equipment, will collaborate to offer automated micro-plate handling capabilities for single cell analysis.

30 Jan 2019

Innovate UK awards major grant to develop Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler

A partnership between the healthtech company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of Bath has been awarded a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler.

30 Jan 2019

Forensic anthropologist to study impact of opioid addiction on bones

Bones are a living record that constantly change over a person's life. Forensic anthropologists are tasked with deciphering clues from bones, and their study of skeletal remains aids in the identification of unknown individuals.

30 Jan 2019

Dietary fiber polymers can influence gut environment through physical forces

Large molecules from dietary fiber, called polymers, can physically influence the environment in the small intestine by causing solid particles to group together (or aggregate), according to research published in eLife.

30 Jan 2019

Adopting AI in diagnosis and prognosis of disease could help extend people's lives

The adoption of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and prognosis of disease could help to extend people's lives whilst providing significant savings for the NHS.

30 Jan 2019

Experts highlight emerging evidence of impending Parkinson’s disease pandemic

For most of human history Parkinson's disease (PD) has been a rare disorder. However, demography and the by-products of industrialization a now contributing to an impending a Parkinson's pandemic, according to experts writing in a supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

29 Jan 2019

Technology News and Research

Study reveals how glioblastomas resist the effects of antiangiogenic drugs

WPI researchers use brain imaging to enhance personal learning environments

Researchers call for industry standards to help improve high-throughput genomic sequencing

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, shows new study

Monkey brain scans reveal new information about visual cortex

Computational model of the heart’s mitral valve enables customized care for patients

PFAS chemicals pass through the placenta to fetal tissues throughout pregnancy

Expanding pill could be used to monitor stomach conditions for up to one month

Synchron and Festo introduce new ultra-high throughput DNA extraction device at SLAS 2019

Chromatrap partners with Covaris to offer highly scalable and simple ChIP workflow

Promega signs license agreement with Broad Institute to access CRISPR-Cas9 technology

AMETEK SMP adds new Titanium strip grades to product portfolio for medical applications

EKF signs private label distribution agreement with McKesson for new hemoglobin analyzer

Sphere Fluidics announces closure of $2 million (circa £1.5 million) investment round

Sphere Fluidics and PAA collaborate to offer automated micro-plate handling capabilities for single cell analysis

Innovate UK awards major grant to develop Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler

Forensic anthropologist to study impact of opioid addiction on bones

Dietary fiber polymers can influence gut environment through physical forces

Adopting AI in diagnosis and prognosis of disease could help extend people's lives

Experts highlight emerging evidence of impending Parkinson’s disease pandemic

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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