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Porvair Sciences offers wide range of reagent reservoirs for use with automated liquid handling systems

Available in 96- and 384-well configurations - Porvair Sciences reagent reservoirs are designed for simple integration into any automated liquid handling system.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 23 May 2018

Landmark trial to test implantable defibrillator in diabetic patients with history of heart attack

Loyola Medicine is enrolling patients in a landmark international trial to determine whether defibrillator devices can save lives when implanted in diabetic patients who have had prior heart attacks.

23 May 2018

Investigational technology could increase donor organ supply for lung transplants

As many as 80 percent of lungs from organ donors are not used, either because they are not in good enough condition to transplant, or there are doubts about their quality and there is no way to verify their condition.

23 May 2018

New technology could make prosthetic use more intuitive and reliable

Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. The work relies on computer models that closely mimic the behavior of the natural structures in the forearm, wrist and hand.

23 May 2018

Health and diagnostics to soon be digitalized with advent of AI

Despite the fact that health in general globally is facing several challenges including antibiotic resistance, lack of accessible and affordable health care, rise of chronic and untreatable diseases such as dementia, there is a ray of hope in the advent of technology in healthcare.

22 May 2018

Researcher develops nanoparticle-based tags to detect viruses and cancer with high sensitivity

How can we detect cancer and viruses with high sensitivity? Physical chemist Laura Fabris - an associate professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and principal investigator of the Fabris NanoBio Group - is addressing this very question.

22 May 2018

ToolGen's CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing platform improves T-cell anti-tumor activity in mouse model

ToolGen, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in genome editing, today announced data demonstrating that blocking a molecular pathway that down-regulates T-cell activity with the Company’s CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing platform results in increased T-cell receptor signaling, in vitro, and in improved anti-tumor activity when tested against in a mouse glioblastoma tumor model.

22 May 2018

Fetal MRI can accurately identify holoprosencephaly by 18 weeks of gestation

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging can reliably spot holoprosencephaly as early as 18 gestational weeks, providing an opportunity to counsel families earlier in their pregnancy, according to Children's-led research published online May 18, 2018, in the American Journal of Medical Genetics.

22 May 2018

New LIVE scoring tool effectively predicts future risk of hospitalization for COPD patients

Researchers have developed a new tool that utilizes basic laboratory tests to effectively identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are at high risk of being hospitalized due to a flare up of the condition.

22 May 2018

CRISPR-Cas9-based strategy allows researchers to precisely alter hundreds of different genes

Geneticists have been using model organisms ranging from the house mouse to the single-cell bakers' yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to study basic biological processes that regulate human development and physiology, and that can be compromised in various diseases.

22 May 2018

Mobile application could help monitor diabetes

A Master’s student has developed a mobile application that enables people with diabetes to keep track of how well they are managing their condition.

21 May 2018

Mobile application could help monitor diabetes

A Master’s student has developed a mobile application that enables people with diabetes to keep track of how well they are managing their condition.

21 May 2018

New tool gives hope for women with fistula injuries

The health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries have outgrown many of the childbirth-related injuries that are still very problematic in poor countries.

21 May 2018

Study: Prediabetic patients with OSA could lower their resting heart rates by using CPAP

Patients with prediabetes who also have obstructive sleep apnea may improve their resting heart rate, an important measure of cardiovascular health, by using continuous positive airway pressure to treat their OSA, according to a randomized, controlled trial presented at the ATS 2018 International Conference.

21 May 2018

UA physicians developing new tool to detect urethral blockage

Physicians at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson are developing a new tool that detects urine, or urethral, blockage.

21 May 2018

CT scan still effective to determine thrombectomy treatment in stroke, study shows

A study led by a neurologist from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston showed that a computed tomography could be sufficient for determining thrombectomy treatment in stroke.

21 May 2018

Unique nanotechnology method to simplify skin disease diagnosis

In a new SLAS Technology auto-commentary, two authors of an article recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering ("Abnormal Scar Identification with Spherical Nucleic Acid Technology" – www.nature.com/articles/s41551-018-0218-x) share more insight into their unique method for skin disease diagnosis using NanoFlare nanotechnology.

21 May 2018

New technique allows researchers to control heart cells growing in a dish

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their collaborators have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells growing in a dish on command - simply by shining a light on them and varying its intensity.

21 May 2018

Incorporation of AI could transform cancer diagnosis in UK - PM May

According to Prime Minister Theresa May, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is soon to change the scene in cancer and other disease diagnosis. She is to speak today in Macclesfield where she would acknowledge AI as a “new weapon” that is being used by the NHS and technology companies in research.

21 May 2018

Researcher aims to develop virtual biopsy tool for early melanoma detection

With Skin Cancer Awareness Month upon us, Colorado State University researcher Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, and the fifth most common cancer in the United States.

21 May 2018

Device / Technology News

Porvair Sciences offers wide range of reagent reservoirs for use with automated liquid handling systems

Landmark trial to test implantable defibrillator in diabetic patients with history of heart attack

Investigational technology could increase donor organ supply for lung transplants

New technology could make prosthetic use more intuitive and reliable

Health and diagnostics to soon be digitalized with advent of AI

Researcher develops nanoparticle-based tags to detect viruses and cancer with high sensitivity

ToolGen's CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing platform improves T-cell anti-tumor activity in mouse model

Fetal MRI can accurately identify holoprosencephaly by 18 weeks of gestation

New LIVE scoring tool effectively predicts future risk of hospitalization for COPD patients

CRISPR-Cas9-based strategy allows researchers to precisely alter hundreds of different genes

Mobile application could help monitor diabetes

Mobile application could help monitor diabetes

New tool gives hope for women with fistula injuries

Study: Prediabetic patients with OSA could lower their resting heart rates by using CPAP

UA physicians developing new tool to detect urethral blockage

CT scan still effective to determine thrombectomy treatment in stroke, study shows

Unique nanotechnology method to simplify skin disease diagnosis

New technique allows researchers to control heart cells growing in a dish

Incorporation of AI could transform cancer diagnosis in UK - PM May

Researcher aims to develop virtual biopsy tool for early melanoma detection

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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