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Medicaid ‘unwinding’ makes other public assistance harder to get

An hour before sunrise, Shelly Brost walked a mile in freezing rain to the public assistance office. She was running out of time to prove she still qualified for food aid after being stymied by a backlogged state call center.

29 Nov 2023

Scientists uncover new therapeutic targets for high-risk pediatric leukemia

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital comprehensively identified genes directly regulated by a protein associated with high-risk pediatric leukemias.

28 Nov 2023

CN Bio wins ‘Most Impactful Industry Collaboration of the Year’ at the OBN Awards 2023 for ongoing research with the FDA

CN Bio has received the ‘Most Impactful Industry Collaboration of the Year’ at the 2023 OBN Awards.

From CN-Bio 23 Nov 2023

Groundbreaking technology developed to extract mesenchymal stem cells from pure bone marrow

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) and National University Health System (NUHS), have developed a groundbreaking technology capable of extracting mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) directly from pure bone marrow – also known as bone marrow aspirate (BMA), a pivotal source of MSCs – without dilution.

20 Nov 2023

Breakthrough wireless sensor offers continuous health monitoring, revolutionizing patient care

The study introduces a wireless broadband acousto-mechanical sensing (BAMS) system for continuous physiological monitoring, capturing a wide range of body signals and offering significant potential for both home and hospital settings.

19 Nov 2023

New wireless biosensor technology could revolutionize healthcare

A wireless biosensor, developed by a Malmö University researcher, enables a more patient-controlled system whereby infections can be detected much earlier through smart catheters, smart diapers or wound dressings.

14 Nov 2023

Non-invasive device detects Alzheimer's and Parkinson's biomarkers with high accuracy

An international team of researchers has developed a handheld, non-invasive device that can detect biomarkers for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases.

13 Nov 2023

New virus diagnosis device gives lab-quality results within just three minutes

A virus diagnosis device that gives lab-quality results within just three minutes has been invented by engineers at the University of Bath, who describe it as the 'world's fastest Covid test'.

2 Nov 2023

‘Worse than people can imagine’: Medicaid ‘unwinding’ breeds chaos in states

More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn't get cut off from Medicaid.

2 Nov 2023

CN Bio appoints Neil Rumbelow as Director of Product Development

CN Bio appoints Neil Rumbelow as Director of Product Development.

From CN-Bio 2 Nov 2023

AI-nanopore platform can detect SARS-CoV-2 variants with high accuracy

A rapid, accurate way of testing for COVID-19 infection would be a big step in overcoming the virus' hold over our society.

27 Oct 2023

New AI-nanopore platform could revolutionize COVID-19 testing

A rapid, accurate way of testing for COVID-19 infection would be a big step in overcoming the virus' hold over our society.

26 Oct 2023

How chromatin compartmentalization affects DNA damage response

Researchers uncover novel insights into how chromatin compartmentalization influences the DNA damage response (DDR) after double-stranded breaks (DSBs), shedding light on the mechanisms behind genomic integrity maintenance and the risk of translocations. Their findings reveal the importance of chromosomal design in DNA repair and the potential implications for genome stability and cancer translocations.

22 Oct 2023

Study reveals how tuberculosis bacteria form cords to resist antibiotics

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ago. In a study published October 20 in the journal Cell, investigators report the biophysical mechanisms by which these cords form and demonstrate how several generations of dividing bacteria hang together to create these structures that enable resistance to antibiotics.

20 Oct 2023

Microscale device for eye implantation may be used in the treatment of diabetes

Researchers in Sweden have developed a microscale device for implantation in the eye, which presents new opportunities for cell-based treatment of diabetes and other diseases.

18 Oct 2023

Lung chip model offers new insights into how radiation damages the lungs

The lung is one of the tissues most sensitive to radiation in the human body. People exposed to high radiation doses following nuclear incidents develop radiation-induced lung injury (RILI), which affects the function of many cell types in the lung, causing acute and sustained inflammation, and in the longer term, the thickening and scarring of lung tissue known as fibrosis.

17 Oct 2023

Study highlights role of circadian clock component BMAL1 on molecular phenotype of senescent cells

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 19, entitled, "BMAL1 modulates senescence programming via AP-1."

16 Oct 2023

Researchers create new method for better 3D modeling of complex cancers

An international team of interdisciplinary researchers has successfully created a method for better 3D modelling of complex cancers.

16 Oct 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what the job is really like

This week, while KFF Health News' "What the Health?" takes a break, here’s an encore of a favorite episode this year: Host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former secretaries of Health and Human Services.

5 Oct 2023

New device simulates human diseases in multiple organs

Imagine a device smaller than a toddler's shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new drugs without ever entering -; or harming -; the body.

4 Oct 2023