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Axcend Co-Founder and CSO wins prestigious American Chemical Society award

Axcend today announced that its Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Milton L. Lee, Ph.D., has received the prestigious 2019 ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

From Axcend Corp. 11 Apr 2019

Characterizing Small Molecules with NMR

In this interview, Marcel Lachenmann describes the importance of characterizing small molecules in the pharma, food and polymer industry and how NMR achieves this.

From Oxford Instruments NMR 11 Apr 2019

New study shows that microbes can help break toxic chemical in dust

The dust that settles throughout our homes and offices almost always contains bits of chemicals that can cause problems for the human endocrine system, scientists say.

11 Apr 2019

Biochemical switches could be triggered to treat pathology of IBM, ALS and FTD

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that the enzymes ULK1 and ULK2 play a key role in breaking down cell structures called stress granules, whose persistence leads to toxic buildup of proteins that kill muscle and brain cells.

11 Apr 2019

New strategy for editing and repairing genetic mutation associated with microduplications

Scientists at UMass Medical School have developed a strategy for editing and repairing a particular type of genetic mutation associated with microduplications using CRISPR/Cas9 and a seldom-used DNA repair pathway.

11 Apr 2019

GARDP forms multi-actor partnerships to discover new antibiotics

Multi-actor partnership tests natural products and compound libraries for antibacterial activity Discovery efforts will focus on World Health Organization's priority pathogens The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership is partnering with Calibr, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, in particular its location Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, and the University of Queensland's Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery in its efforts to develop and ensure new antibiotics are globally available to all patients who need them.

11 Apr 2019

Pittcon 2019 in Philadelphia proves successful

Pittcon 2019, the 70th annual conference and exposition for analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy, saw an increase in attendance over last year’s Orlando event.

From Pittcon 11 Apr 2019

Key gene involved in transmission of African sleeping sickness identified

Life scientists from UCLA and the University of Bern have identified a key gene in the transmission of African sleeping sickness -- a severe disease transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies, which are common in sub-Saharan Africa.

10 Apr 2019

Scientists discover central role of cell 'skeleton'

All cells possess a cytoskeleton which allows them to move and maintain their shape. However, scientists recently showed that a part of this cytoskeleton called branched actin is also essential to cell proliferation: this actin transmits information to cells about the space around them, environmental chemical messages and therefore on whether they should proliferate.

10 Apr 2019

New molecule could help fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes and the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study led by the team of Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona, and the Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center.

10 Apr 2019

Bruker announces innovative UHF magnet technology for high-resolution NMR in structural biology

At the 60th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC, www.enc-conference.org ), Bruker announced today a breakthrough in ultra-high field high-resolution NMR spectroscopy applied to structural biology and the study of functional intrinsically disordered proteins.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 10 Apr 2019

Bruker highlights innovative NMR capabilities and products at ENC 2019

At ENC 2019, Bruker highlights innovative NMR capabilities and products for biomolecular, materials research and pharmaceutical applications, as well as new scientific software solutions.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 10 Apr 2019

Chinese FDA clears Cytek’s DxP Athena for clinical diagnostic use

Thirteen-color flow cytometry just became much easier for clinical flow cytometry laboratories based in China. Cytek Biosciences Inc., a leading provider of flow cytometry instrumentation, today announced that the Chinese FDA has cleared its DxP Athena flow cytometer for clinical diagnostic use in hospitals, laboratories and clinics across China.

From Cytek Biosciences 10 Apr 2019