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Biognosys Announces Strategic Agreement with Siemens Healthineers

Biognosys announces today that it has established a strategic agreement with Siemens Healthineers through its clinical laboratory in Berkeley, California.

From Biognosys AG 14 Apr 2021

Scanning & Decoding Tube Racks Direct from Low Temperature Storage

Ziath has posted a new video that provides an easy-to-follow guide to assist scientists and technicians scanning and decoding sample tube racks direct from low-temperature storage.

9 Apr 2021

Study shows Urolithin A as a potent enhancer of muscle function in mice with muscular dystrophy

Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing their diets with Urolithin A, according to new results reported today.

9 Apr 2021

Urolithin A shows promise to slow progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy

Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing their diets with Urolithin A, according to new results reported today.

7 Apr 2021

Advancing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Marcos Quintela Vasquez about the work he is conducting regarding the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer in partnership with Porvair Sciences.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 7 Apr 2021

Olympus announces global image of the year award winners

Olympus unveiled the winners of their second Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award, an annual competition that recognizes the best in life science imaging.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 5 Apr 2021

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

Scientists at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and UCLA have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patient's own blood-forming stem cells.

30 Mar 2021

Albumedix announces recombinant human albumin supply partnership with FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation for the Japanese, Chinese and Hong Kong markets

Albumedix Ltd. (‘Albumedix’), an enabler of advanced therapies and world leader in recombinant human albumin (rHA), announced today that they have entered into a distribution agreement with established and well recognized reagent supplier FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation (FUJIFILM Wako) in Japan and China including Hong Kong.

From Albumedix Ltd. 29 Mar 2021

AI-based system for real-time prediction of complications in intensive care units

Life-threatening situations occur time and again in an intensive care unit. To make sure that doctors can intervene in time, a team at the German Heart Center Berlin has developed AI-based software that regularly evaluates all monitoring data and alerts staff before a critical situation is reached.

22 Mar 2021

Joint project aims to establish automated system for SARS-CoV-2 analysis in wastewater

On March 19, 2021, Hokkaido University, Robotic Biology Institute Inc., iLAC Co., Ltd., and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) toward the establishment of an automated system for the analysis of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in wastewater.

20 Mar 2021

Insights into elusive protein complex can help find novel treatments for chromosomal disorders

The cells in our body are constantly fighting off the threat of cancer by repairing damaged DNA. In a new study, scientists from Tokyo University of Science investigate the structure of an elusive protein complex that plays a key role in the activation of the "Fanconi anemia pathway" involved in DNA repair, and report on the factors governing its stability.

17 Mar 2021

Arrayjet plays a key role in the development of anti-malarial vaccination

The quest to develop effective malarial vaccines is now a step closer with Scottish bio-printer manufacturer Arrayjet, selected to work with a Kenyan-based medical research group to assist ongoing R&D trials that could lead to a vaccination immunization program to tackle malaria in less than two years.

17 Mar 2021

Researchers unravel how a novel microbial small molecule is connected to dental caries development

An inter-disciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Department of Ocean Science and Division of Life Science has unraveled how a novel microbial small molecule released by Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) - a bacterium commonly found in the human oral cavity - is connected to dental caries development using a synthetic biology approach, offering new insights to the health impact of the human oral microbiota and facilitating future research on the prevention of tooth decay.

16 Mar 2021

Upgrade Your Sample Management Workflow

Ziath has introduced an easy upgrade path for the many users of DataPaq 3 sample management software products to its powerful new DP5 suite of products.

From Ziath Ltd 15 Mar 2021

Pooling COVID-19 tests to detect future outbreaks

How could pooling SARS-CoV-2 tests help to detect future viral outbreaks? News-Medical spoke to Dr. Jean-François Rupprecht to find out more.

12 Mar 2021

Optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain

The research group of Deputy Principal Research Scientist Dr. Satoshi Uchida (Associate Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) at the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki-Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported that optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain.

12 Mar 2021

Optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain

12 Mar 2021

Promega launches XpressAmp™ Direct Amplification Reagents

Promega Corporation has released XpressAmp™ Direct Amplification Reagents that facilitate RNA extraction-free sample preparation that is automation-friendly.

From Promega Corporation 11 Mar 2021

Organ-on-chip consortium receives huge grant to develop a universal standard for pharmaceutical industry

Scientists are pushing ahead building 'organ-on-chips', small chips with human cells, which are useful, for example, for studying cancerous metastases in the bloodstream or the development of scar tissue, or for testing the effect of drugs or food outside a human body.

10 Mar 2021

Discover, Visualize and Identify Biomarkers

In this interview, Lucy Woods from Bruker Daltonics talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about the new MetaboScape to help identify and discover more biomarkers.

From Bruker Daltonics 10 Mar 2021

Life science News and Research

Biognosys Announces Strategic Agreement with Siemens Healthineers

Scanning & Decoding Tube Racks Direct from Low Temperature Storage

Study shows Urolithin A as a potent enhancer of muscle function in mice with muscular dystrophy

Urolithin A shows promise to slow progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy

Advancing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Olympus announces global image of the year award winners

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

Albumedix announces recombinant human albumin supply partnership with FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation for the Japanese, Chinese and Hong Kong markets

AI-based system for real-time prediction of complications in intensive care units

Joint project aims to establish automated system for SARS-CoV-2 analysis in wastewater

Insights into elusive protein complex can help find novel treatments for chromosomal disorders

Arrayjet plays a key role in the development of anti-malarial vaccination

Researchers unravel how a novel microbial small molecule is connected to dental caries development

Upgrade Your Sample Management Workflow

Pooling COVID-19 tests to detect future outbreaks

Optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain

Optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain

Promega launches XpressAmp™ Direct Amplification Reagents

Organ-on-chip consortium receives huge grant to develop a universal standard for pharmaceutical industry

Discover, Visualize and Identify Biomarkers

Breath Analysis: How Could it Improve Healthcare and Diagnosis?

Advancing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

World Health Day 2021 – “Building a fairer, healthier world”

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