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New portable device may hold key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia

A portable device common in optometrists' offices may hold the key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia, predicting relapse and symptom severity and assessing treatment effectiveness, a Rutgers University study finds.

30 May 2018

New brain implant may help treat Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinson's disease symptoms for 25 years, but limitations have led researchers to look for ways to improve the technique.

30 May 2018

New 3D brain organoid may hold potential in drug discovery, disease modeling

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have developed a 3D brain organoid that could have potential applications in drug discovery and disease modeling.

30 May 2018

New mathematical model holds potential to improve treatment for Hepatitis C infection

The University of Surrey has created a new mathematical model that details how the Hepatitis C infection develops and behaves more accurately than previous models. This new model has the potential to improve treatment for the infection that affects 215,000 people in the United Kingdom.

30 May 2018

Columbia researchers develop new non-invasive approach to permanently correct vision

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an increasing problem around the world. There are now twice as many people in the US and Europe with this condition as there were 50 years ago. In East Asia, 70 to 90 percent of teenagers and young adults are nearsighted.

29 May 2018

New non-invasive approach could permanently correct vision

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an increasing problem around the world. There are now twice as many people in the US and Europe with this condition as there were 50 years ago.

29 May 2018

Researchers develop innovative tool for female reproductive genetics

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model organism for studying animal and human development and disease. It is low cost, generates rapidly, and there are many tools to genetically modify its cells.

29 May 2018

New research could advance art therapy for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders

Studies conducted at the University of Vienna by Marie Curie fellow Matthew Pelowski have contributed to the formation of the Vienna Integrated Model of Art Perception, a holistic framework within which the multiple cognitive processes underlying art viewing can be systematically organised.

29 May 2018

Antimicrobial peptides are promising alternative for combatting antimicrobial resistance

Overuse of antibiotics has led to the spread of multi-resistant bacteria that do not respond to conventional treatments.

29 May 2018

Artificial intelligence algorithms appear to be better at detecting skin cancer

Researchers have shown for the first time that a form of artificial intelligence or machine learning known as a deep learning convolutional neural network is better than experienced dermatologists at detecting skin cancer.

29 May 2018

Miniaturized device offers new way to gain insight into cell processes and communication

Like humans, cells of the same species each have a distinct "personality." When confronted with an external stimulus like a virus, they each secrete a different quantity of molecules and communicate with each other to a varying degree.

28 May 2018

Study reveals novel statistical algorithm to identify potential disease genes

A new study, affiliated with UNIST has recently presented a novel statistical algorithm, capable of identifying potential disease genes in a more accurate and cost-effective way.

26 May 2018

Princeton Instruments and C-SOPS announce collaboration on innovative pharmaceutical technology

Princeton Instruments and the Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems are pleased to announce a six-month collaboration on a novel pharmaceutical technology that enables close monitoring and control of drug manufacturing processes.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 26 May 2018

Novoheart announces next generation of 'Human heart-in-a-jar' technology for advanced drug discovery

Novoheart today announced that the next generation of its ‘Human heart-in-a-jar’ technology - which makes up a key component of its comprehensive MyHeartTM Platform - will be unveiled for the first time at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, held in Melbourne, Australia from 20-23 June, 2018.

26 May 2018

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not easy.

25 May 2018

Snail's eye inspires new type of RIOCATH urinary catheter

The Czech company Riocath Global developed and patented in collaboration with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences a world-wide unique technology applicable to tubular medical devices. One of the first clinically significant applications is a new form of urinary catheter.

25 May 2018

Russian researchers develop high-tech device-transformer for ultrasound examination

Researchers of the laboratory "Medical ultrasound equipment" of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University developed a high-tech device-transformer for ultrasound examination, named "Ultrasound mobile". The new equipment is the combination of three modifications in one device.

25 May 2018

Mobile health intervention for people with serious mental illness as effective as clinic-based treatment

A mobile health intervention was found to be as effective as a clinic-based group intervention for people with serious mental illness in a new study published online today in Psychiatric Services.

25 May 2018

Researchers build 3-D printer that offers sweet solution to making detailed structures

University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can't: Rather than a layer-upon-layer solid shell, it produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar alcohol used to make throat lozenges.

25 May 2018

Lunaphore and Vitro announce partnership to develop ISH protocols for RNA, DNA targets

Lunaphore Technologies SA, a next generation tissue diagnostics company, and Vitro SA, a manufacturer in the field of Pathology and Biomedical Research, announce today a collaboration agreement to develop In Situ Hybridization protocols for RNA and DNA targets in tissue using reagents provided by Vitro on Lunaphore’s rapid autostaining platform.

25 May 2018

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New portable device may hold key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia

New brain implant may help treat Parkinson's disease

New 3D brain organoid may hold potential in drug discovery, disease modeling

New mathematical model holds potential to improve treatment for Hepatitis C infection

Columbia researchers develop new non-invasive approach to permanently correct vision

New non-invasive approach could permanently correct vision

Researchers develop innovative tool for female reproductive genetics

New research could advance art therapy for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders

Antimicrobial peptides are promising alternative for combatting antimicrobial resistance

Artificial intelligence algorithms appear to be better at detecting skin cancer

Miniaturized device offers new way to gain insight into cell processes and communication

Study reveals novel statistical algorithm to identify potential disease genes

Princeton Instruments and C-SOPS announce collaboration on innovative pharmaceutical technology

Novoheart announces next generation of 'Human heart-in-a-jar' technology for advanced drug discovery

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Snail's eye inspires new type of RIOCATH urinary catheter

Russian researchers develop high-tech device-transformer for ultrasound examination

Mobile health intervention for people with serious mental illness as effective as clinic-based treatment

Researchers build 3-D printer that offers sweet solution to making detailed structures

Lunaphore and Vitro announce partnership to develop ISH protocols for RNA, DNA targets

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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