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Digital dipstick is more accurate to test urinary tract infections at home

Soon you will be able to perform a bacterial culture at home to test for urinary tract infection (UTI), with clinical-level results.

15 Dec 2020

Two school friends have joined forces to boost the global sales opportunities of the UK’s medical device manufacturers

James Hardie, and Mat Targowski, set up Sanollo, an innovative advisory specializing in helping the latest medical technologies enter new markets.

15 Dec 2020

SLS and Eppendorf to supply ultra-low temperature freezers for UK COVID-19 vaccines

Scientific Laboratory Supplies and Eppendorf have been chosen to provide ultra-low temperature freezers for the country’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines.

15 Dec 2020

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

Current and former early-career scientists share their stories and tell how Europe has bet on them, making their high-risk research possible: from intelligent wireless sensors with vision abilities to RNA-based techniques to fight viruses, from the mathematical formulas of the MRI waves to optoceutics, the new technique that uses light to repair the heart after a stroke.

15 Dec 2020

New measurement technique can provide information about brain activity

Is it possible to read a person's mind by analyzing the electric signals from the brain? The answer may be much more complex than most people think.

15 Dec 2020

FDA approves first IGA in GalSafe pigs for human food, promising therapeutic uses

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for food or human therapeutics.

15 Dec 2020

Study explores new parasitic worm that affects reproduction in Caribbean spiny lobster

A Clemson University researcher is studying how a new parasitic worm he discovered and named after comedian and late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien affects reproduction in the Caribbean spiny lobster.

15 Dec 2020

Unique inhibitory protein may suppress the formation of cancer cells

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a novel role for a protein, vasohibin-1, in preventing cancer cells from spreading

15 Dec 2020

Microglial surveillance helps prevent seizure activity in the brain

An important part of the brain's immune system, cells called microglia constantly extend and retract "branches" from their cell body to survey their environment.

14 Dec 2020

Hybrid approach reveals details about genes involved in Meier-Gorlin syndrome

Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. In severe cases, MGS results in miscarriages and stillbirths.

14 Dec 2020

New clue to protect neurons and encourage their growth found

Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer's disease, are characterized by injury to axons - the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another, facilitating cellular communications. Injury to axons often leads to neuronal impairment and cell death.

14 Dec 2020

Eureka's InvisiMask human antibody nasal spray offers protection against SARS-CoV-2 in mice

Eureka Therapeutics, Inc. announced today successful preclinical results from its InvisiMask™ Human Antibody Nasal Spray in mice, which offers protection against SARS-CoV-2 S pseudotyped virus infection for up to 10 hours.

14 Dec 2020

Virtual reality-based rehabilitation for recovery of stroke and neurodegenerative disease patients

Virtual reality-based rehabilitation programs are becoming an important complement to conventional motor therapy for stroke patients and individuals with neurodegenerative diseases.

14 Dec 2020

Compound derived from thunder god vine could improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients

The results of a pre-clinical study led by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest how a compound derived from the thunder god vine -- an herb used in China for centuries to treat joint pain, swelling and fever -- is able to kill cancer cells and potentially improve clinical outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

14 Dec 2020

New method shortens the timeline to generate mice for vaccine research

To develop vaccines and investigate human immune responses, scientists rely on a variety of animal models, including mice that can produce human antibodies through genetically engineered B cell receptors, which are specialized antibodies bound to the B cell membrane.

14 Dec 2020

FARI and The Cooper Institute publish new research paper on omega-3s and heart rate recovery

The Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) has published a new research paper in conjunction with The Cooper Institute on omega-3s and heart rate recovery.

14 Dec 2020

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

The results of a large, retrospective study of patients who received a form of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) revealed that patients may get more than one immune-related side effect, and identified a correlation between these multisystem immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and improved patient survival.

14 Dec 2020

Landmark heart study reveals new insights about risk factors for depression

Recently published UT Southwestern research reveals new insights about risk factors for depression based on data from a landmark longitudinal study focused on heart disease.

14 Dec 2020

New combination therapy has potential to treat aggressive cancers with common mutations

Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective in a handful of cancers with specific mutations in a cancer gene called BRAF, and these cancers that initially respond to the therapy often end up developing resistance to the treatment, resulting in relapse for many patients.

14 Dec 2020

Study shows long-term consequences of peripubertal stress

This work has investigated the long-term consequences of stress experienced at this critical period of life in rodents, in collaboration with the Behavioural Genetics laboratory at the Brain and Mind Institute of the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland), led by the Spanish researcher Carmen Sandi.

14 Dec 2020

Medical Science News

Digital dipstick is more accurate to test urinary tract infections at home

Two school friends have joined forces to boost the global sales opportunities of the UK’s medical device manufacturers

SLS and Eppendorf to supply ultra-low temperature freezers for UK COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

New measurement technique can provide information about brain activity

FDA approves first IGA in GalSafe pigs for human food, promising therapeutic uses

Study explores new parasitic worm that affects reproduction in Caribbean spiny lobster

Unique inhibitory protein may suppress the formation of cancer cells

Microglial surveillance helps prevent seizure activity in the brain

Hybrid approach reveals details about genes involved in Meier-Gorlin syndrome

New clue to protect neurons and encourage their growth found

Eureka's InvisiMask human antibody nasal spray offers protection against SARS-CoV-2 in mice

Virtual reality-based rehabilitation for recovery of stroke and neurodegenerative disease patients

Compound derived from thunder god vine could improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients

New method shortens the timeline to generate mice for vaccine research

FARI and The Cooper Institute publish new research paper on omega-3s and heart rate recovery

Multisystem immune-related adverse events linked with improved survival from immunotherapy in NSCLC

Landmark heart study reveals new insights about risk factors for depression

New combination therapy has potential to treat aggressive cancers with common mutations

Study shows long-term consequences of peripubertal stress

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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