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Bedfont Scientific's new Smokerlyzer offers quick and non-invasive method to measure foetal CO levels

The piCObaby Smokerlyzer from Bedfont Scientific Ltd.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 24 Jan 2017

Quest Diagnostics introduces new HBV test service to help evaluate patient’s response to drug therapies

Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the launch of a new test service that helps physicians evaluate a patient’s response to drug therapies used to treat infection with the hepatitis B virus

24 Jan 2017

Siemens Healthineers introduces new CE-marked immunoassay for detecting Zika virus

Siemens Healthineers announced today its CE-marked immunoassay—the NovagnostZika Virus IgM µ-capture Assay—is now commercially available to laboratories outside of the U.S.

24 Jan 2017

Tiny 'submarines' could help treat stomach diseases with acid-sensitive drugs

Tiny “submarines” that speed independently through the stomach, use gastric acid for fuel (while rapidly neutralizing it), and release their cargo precisely at the desired pH: Though it may sound like science fiction, this is a new method for treating stomach diseases with acid-sensitive drugs introduced by scientists in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

24 Jan 2017

BookWise Solutions launches new software to improve management of doctors in training

Healthcare scheduling specialist, BookWise Solutions has announced the launch of a new software application designed to improve the management of doctors in training at Trusts across the UK and further afield.

24 Jan 2017

Landmark clinical trial testing new ablation procedure to treat life-threatening heart rhythm disorder

Loyola Medicine is the only center in the Midwest enrolling patients in a landmark clinical trial of a new procedure to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia.

24 Jan 2017

Bio-Optronics releases Clinical Conductor CTMS to integrate and streamline patient visits

Bio-Optronics Inc. is proud to announce the latest release of Clinical Conductor CTMS, which provides a modern CTMS workflow designed to seamlessly integrate and streamline the way researchers prepare and conduct patient visits.

24 Jan 2017

Prior Scientific announces new filter sample holders for ProScan motorised microscope stages

Prior Scientific announces the HH201 and HH201F filter sample holders for its precise H101A and flat top H101F ProScan motorised microscope stages.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 24 Jan 2017

Advanced NMR-based methods for studying RNPs and drug design

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool widely used in chemical research to investigate the structure and dynamics of molecules.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 24 Jan 2017

DeNovix launches DS-C Cuvette Spectrophotometer for rapid, accurate UV-Vis analysis

DeNovix Inc., a developer and manufacturer of life science instrumentation for bio-research announces the launch of the DS-C Cuvette Spectrophotometer.

From DeNovix Inc. 24 Jan 2017

Switching off brain regions helps better understand link between neural circuits and behaviour

Switching off specific brain regions in a laboratory animal is an important type of experiment used to better understand how the brain works.

24 Jan 2017

Researchers find new way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons using PET radiotracer

Olfactory health - how well we are able to smell - is a reliable marker of the health of the brain, but the "smell identification tests" commonly used in studies of olfactory health do not offer a complete picture of what is happening.

24 Jan 2017

BMJ launches comprehensive platform to assist researchers in every stage of publishing process

BMJ, one of the world's leading medical knowledge providers, is pleased to announce the launch of the Author Hub, a new platform to assist researchers in every field, at every stage of the publishing process.

23 Jan 2017

Spanish researchers produce proper human skin using new 3D printing technology

This research has recently been published in the electronic version of the scientific journal Biofabrication.

23 Jan 2017

Scientists generate new index to accurately predict presence of fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a global epidemic. There is not only a great interest worldwide to understand the causes and consequences of fatty liver disease, but also to diagnose fatty liver disease at an early stage.

23 Jan 2017

Novel noninvasive method precisely tweaks brain activity in rats using ultrasound pulses

Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins report they have worked out a noninvasive way to release and deliver concentrated amounts of a drug to the brain of rats in a temporary, localized manner using ultrasound.

23 Jan 2017

New stem cell method could lead to powerful treatments for skeletal system injuries

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has developed a new method of repairing injured bone using stem cells from human bone marrow and a carbon material with photocatalytic properties, which could lead to powerful treatments for skeletal system injuries, such as fractures or periodontal disease.

23 Jan 2017

Fetal genomic sequencing could enhance detection rate of genetic findings, study shows

In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral plenary session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers with the Columbia University Medical Center in New York found that, in preliminary data, fetal genomic (whole exome) sequencing (WES) as a diagnostic test for women with pregnancies complicated by major fetal congenital anomalies increased the detection rate of genetic findings by between 10 to 30 percent.

23 Jan 2017

Researchers evaluate use of regenerative human umbilical cord for in-utero spina bifida repair

In a study to be presented Saturday, Jan. 28, in the oral concurrent session at 8:45 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers evaluated a possible regenerative patch by using human umbilical cord in two studies titled Cryopreserved Human Umbilical Cord (HUC) vs Acellular Dermal Matrix (ADM) for In-Utero Spina Bifida Repair and the study Conventional vs cryopreserved human umbilical cord (HUC) patch based on repair for in-utero spina bifida in a sheep model.

23 Jan 2017

Study looks at use of evolutionary triangulation to refine results from genetic studies of preterm birth

In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers verified genetic results from one large study of women with spontaneous preterm birth, and highlighted 13 key genes in both mothers and babies which may be involved in preterm birth while also identifying 123 genes as top candidates for further study.

23 Jan 2017

Device / Technology News

Bedfont Scientific's new Smokerlyzer offers quick and non-invasive method to measure foetal CO levels

Quest Diagnostics introduces new HBV test service to help evaluate patient’s response to drug therapies

Siemens Healthineers introduces new CE-marked immunoassay for detecting Zika virus

Tiny 'submarines' could help treat stomach diseases with acid-sensitive drugs

BookWise Solutions launches new software to improve management of doctors in training

Landmark clinical trial testing new ablation procedure to treat life-threatening heart rhythm disorder

Bio-Optronics releases Clinical Conductor CTMS to integrate and streamline patient visits

Prior Scientific announces new filter sample holders for ProScan motorised microscope stages

Advanced NMR-based methods for studying RNPs and drug design

DeNovix launches DS-C Cuvette Spectrophotometer for rapid, accurate UV-Vis analysis

Switching off brain regions helps better understand link between neural circuits and behaviour

Researchers find new way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons using PET radiotracer

BMJ launches comprehensive platform to assist researchers in every stage of publishing process

Spanish researchers produce proper human skin using new 3D printing technology

Scientists generate new index to accurately predict presence of fatty liver disease

Novel noninvasive method precisely tweaks brain activity in rats using ultrasound pulses

New stem cell method could lead to powerful treatments for skeletal system injuries

Fetal genomic sequencing could enhance detection rate of genetic findings, study shows

Researchers evaluate use of regenerative human umbilical cord for in-utero spina bifida repair

Study looks at use of evolutionary triangulation to refine results from genetic studies of preterm birth

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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