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New DisCo method allows scRNA-seq to efficiently process samples with fewer cells

Single-cell RNA sequencing, or "scRNA-seq" for short, is a technique that allows scientists to study the expression of genes in an individual cell within a mixed population – which is virtually how all cells exist in the body's tissues.

15 Feb 2022

Researchers overcome key challenge in creating sulfur-based medicines

A key technical challenge in creating new sulfur-based medicines has been overcome by scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), leading to the prospect of many new therapeutic 'weapons' in the fight against disease and illness.

15 Feb 2022

Researchers generate stable cell lines capable of producing various hepatitis B virus genotypes

A new study created stable cell lines capable of producing different genotypes of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), advancing understanding of each type's distinct virological features, treatment responses, and infectivity that could lead to new therapies against a virus infecting humans as far back as 4,500 years ago.

15 Feb 2022

Research highlights the need to include diverse populations in immunogenetic studies

Disease and health are the result of a complex interaction between humans and their pathogens. Genetic factors that partly determine host defenses sometimes differ significantly between people and populations.

14 Feb 2022

Study identifies neurons that fire specifically during mathematical operations

The brain has neurons that fire specifically during certain mathematical operations. This is shown by a recent study conducted by the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn.

14 Feb 2022

Group cell movement could be harnessed to stop cancer spread, study suggests

Cells push and pull on surrounding tissue to move in groups as they form organs in an embryo, track down invading bacteria, and become cancerous and spread.

14 Feb 2022

Hyperactive microglia can have a protective effect in the course of neurodegenerative diseases

Findings by researchers from Germany support the view that hyperactive immune cells in the brain can have a protective effect in the course of neurodegenerative diseases.

14 Feb 2022

Study explores factors influencing countries with high rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

A new study investigated the various factors affecting the acceptance rate and trust in SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in countries with high rates of vaccination.

14 Feb 2022

Hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis discovered

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis, and which may shed light on why some patients respond better than others to current therapies.

14 Feb 2022

Physicists investigate the usefulness of gene expression tests for cancer therapy

Following surgery, patients with breast cancer are faced with the question of whether additional chemotherapy is necessary and really effective.

14 Feb 2022

What does the Future of Artificial Intelligence Look Like within the Life Sciences?

In this interview, we speak to Toby Blackburn, the head of Business Development and Strategy at Emerald Cloud Lab, about the future of AI within the life science industry.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 14 Feb 2022

New system enables automatic analysis of biomedical videos captured by microscopy

Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have developed a system based on computer vision techniques that allows automatic analysis of biomedical videos captured by microscopy in order to characterize and describe the behavior of the cells that appear in the images.

12 Feb 2022

Spatial transcriptomics-driven gene mapping offers new insights into inflammatory bowel disease

Using a technique called spatial transcriptomics, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analyzed the gene expression in the mouse colon and created a map showing where in the tissue individual genes are expressed.

12 Feb 2022

Researchers discover how ovarian cancer hides from the body's immune system

Researchers at the University of Helsinki discovered how ovarian cancer hides from the body's immune system. The findings will help develop novel precision therapies for ovarian cancer, a common and aggressive cancer type.

12 Feb 2022

Cells self-organize to generate forces that model the shapes of tissues

A team from the UNIGE has demonstrated that cells self-organise to generate forces that model the shapes of our tissues.

12 Feb 2022

Molecular cage helps researchers to get atomic-level details of key cancer protein

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the American Cancer Institute estimates, will affect more than 20,000 Americans this year and kill more than 11,000 of them.

11 Feb 2022

First unbiased proteome scale study expands the number of known transcriptional activators

Also known as transcriptional activators for their ability to induce transcription of genes into RNA messages, these proteins are essential for the cells to function properly. Yet little is known about these proteins, and it wasn't clear how many activators there might be in human cells – until now.

11 Feb 2022

Life Science News

New DisCo method allows scRNA-seq to efficiently process samples with fewer cells

Researchers overcome key challenge in creating sulfur-based medicines

Researchers generate stable cell lines capable of producing various hepatitis B virus genotypes

Research highlights the need to include diverse populations in immunogenetic studies

Study identifies neurons that fire specifically during mathematical operations

Group cell movement could be harnessed to stop cancer spread, study suggests

Hyperactive microglia can have a protective effect in the course of neurodegenerative diseases

Study explores factors influencing countries with high rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

Hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis discovered

Physicists investigate the usefulness of gene expression tests for cancer therapy

What does the Future of Artificial Intelligence Look Like within the Life Sciences?

New system enables automatic analysis of biomedical videos captured by microscopy

Spatial transcriptomics-driven gene mapping offers new insights into inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers discover how ovarian cancer hides from the body's immune system

Cells self-organize to generate forces that model the shapes of tissues

Molecular cage helps researchers to get atomic-level details of key cancer protein

First unbiased proteome scale study expands the number of known transcriptional activators

Circadian cycle controls the brain's ability to clear a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease

Research reveals key role of p53 protein in epithelial migration and tissue repair

Novel molecule shows ability to inhibit the replication of all coronaviruses

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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