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UConn researcher identifies genes and regulatory elements critical to heart development

The advent of genome science has given researchers an unprecedented ability to understand the root causes of a host of conditions.

3 Nov 2020

Machine-learning algorithm helps sort out huge amounts of data for protein research

Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR and fully understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

3 Nov 2020

Study finds new clues for disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new ways to treat infections and describe a new feature of a highly diverse, largely unexplored part of the biosphere.

3 Nov 2020

Blood vessel malformations originate in vein cells

In the condition known as cavernoma, lesions arise in a cluster of blood vessels in the brain, spinal cord or retina. Researchers from Uppsala University can now show, at molecular level, that these changes originate in vein cells.

3 Nov 2020

Study proves how nitrate reduces blood pressure and improves oral health

The research team has patented one prebiotic compound and several probiotics with the identified molecules and bacteria.

3 Nov 2020

Science and technology award awarded to scientists at Bruker Daltonics

The Science and Technology Award recognizes an individual or team in private industry who played a key role in the commercialization of proteomics technology, product, or procedure.

From Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry 3 Nov 2020

Ziath Supports Local Food Charity

Ziath has announced support for their local food bank charity in Cambridge, UK. Famous as a centre of elite learning and high-tech industry, Cambridge also has areas of high social deprivation.

From Ziath Ltd 3 Nov 2020

Researchers use sequencing data to study the key drivers of speciation, adaptation in corals

A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) revealed that diversity in Hawaiian corals is likely driven by co-evolution between the coral host, the algal symbiont, and the microbial community.

3 Nov 2020

Researchers use new approach to study the mechanisms of cellular uptake of amyloid beta

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the formation of amyloid plaques--sticky clumps of a protein called amyloid beta--that collect between neurons in the brain.

3 Nov 2020

Researchers reveal mechanisms that help C. difficile pathogen to survive in low oxygen levels

Researchers from ITQB NOVA, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have shed light on the mechanisms that allow Clostridioides difficile, a pathogen that can only grow in oxygen-free environments, to be able to survive low oxygen levels.

3 Nov 2020

Study sheds new light on how the immune system remembers viruses

For a person to acquire immunity to a disease, T cells must develop into memory cells after contact with the pathogen.

2 Nov 2020

Machine learning increases the accuracy of anti-cancer drug response predictions

With the advent of pharmacogenomics, machine learning research is well underway to predict the patients' drug response that varies by individual from the algorithms derived from previously collected data on drug responses.

2 Nov 2020

New method marks receptor proteins in selected cells

Where in a nerve cell is a certain receptor protein located? Without an answer to this question, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions about the function of this protein.

2 Nov 2020

Root bacterium could provide a new approach for treatment of Alzheimer's

A bacterium found among the soil close to roots of ginseng plants could provide a new approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's.

2 Nov 2020

Porvair Sciences introduces new 2.2ml 96 deep well plate for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid purification

Porvair Sciences has introduced a new 2.2ml 96 deep well plate specifically designed to be fully compatible with the Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ range of nucleic acid purification systems.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 2 Nov 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Symphogen extend collaboration to boost drug discovery and development

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Symphogen, an affiliate of and the antibody center of excellence within the international pharmaceutical company, Servier, announce the extension of a strategic collaboration to deliver industry-proven, innovative characterization and quality control workflows for the simplified analysis of complex therapeutic proteins to advance biopharmaceutical discovery and development.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2 Nov 2020

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor wins $4.5 million for breast cancer research and therapy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar Award from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP).

30 Oct 2020

Beetroot peptide may be a good candidate for development of a drug to treat inflammatory diseases

In a recent study, a research group led by Christian Gruber at MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pharmacology isolated a peptide (small protein molecule) from beetroot.

30 Oct 2020

Researchers design a light-sensitive inhibitor that can control cell division and cell death

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have designed a light-sensitive inhibitor that can control cell division and cell death - and provides a promising approach for studies of essential cellular processes and the development of novel tumor therapies.

30 Oct 2020

The road to achieving single molecular spectroscopy using nanoIR

In this interview, Francesco Simone Ruggeri from the University of Cambridge talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about their research into biomolecules and the methods that are helping to achieve spectra at the single-molecule scale.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 30 Oct 2020

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UConn researcher identifies genes and regulatory elements critical to heart development

Machine-learning algorithm helps sort out huge amounts of data for protein research

Study finds new clues for disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Blood vessel malformations originate in vein cells

Study proves how nitrate reduces blood pressure and improves oral health

Science and technology award awarded to scientists at Bruker Daltonics

Ziath Supports Local Food Charity

Researchers use sequencing data to study the key drivers of speciation, adaptation in corals

Researchers use new approach to study the mechanisms of cellular uptake of amyloid beta

Researchers reveal mechanisms that help C. difficile pathogen to survive in low oxygen levels

Study sheds new light on how the immune system remembers viruses

Machine learning increases the accuracy of anti-cancer drug response predictions

New method marks receptor proteins in selected cells

Root bacterium could provide a new approach for treatment of Alzheimer's

Porvair Sciences introduces new 2.2ml 96 deep well plate for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid purification

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Symphogen extend collaboration to boost drug discovery and development

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor wins $4.5 million for breast cancer research and therapy

Beetroot peptide may be a good candidate for development of a drug to treat inflammatory diseases

Researchers design a light-sensitive inhibitor that can control cell division and cell death

The road to achieving single molecular spectroscopy using nanoIR

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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