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Personal automated cell lab assistant from Leica saves time with quality results

PAULA, the world’s first Personal AUtomated Lab Assistant from Leica Microsystems, is ready to help out cell-lab users. As a new member of the team, PAULA would take over a large number of time-consuming, routine manual tasks that are done in every cell lab.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 19 Jun 2018

Researchers use optogenetics to shape tissues

Constructing biological tissues, such as skin, muscle, or bone, in customized shapes is now one step closer.

19 Jun 2018

Researchers discover new defense mechanism against oxygen radicals

Oxygen radicals occur as a by-product when living beings burn carbohydrates or fat. They are suspected of accelerating the ageing process in humans and animals, and to be partly responsible for severe illnesses such as Alzheimer's or certain types of cancer.

18 Jun 2018

Scientists discover genetic causes underlying group of related infant cancers

The genetic causes of a group of related infant cancers have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Wuerzburg and their collaborators.

18 Jun 2018

Gene editing technology predicts heart disease risk

Scientists could now use gene editing and stem cell technologies to predict whether carrying a specific gene variant increases the risk of heart disease.

18 Jun 2018

Study unravels 'blood stem cell niche' puzzle

In humans and other mammals, the stem cells that give rise to all blood cells are located in the bone. But in fish, blood stem cells are found in the kidney. Since the late 1970s, when biologists first realized that blood develops in a specific location in the body — the ‘blood stem cell niche’ — they have wondered why different creatures have evolved to carry out this function in different locations.

18 Jun 2018

ANU research could help find life in Mars and other planets

Scientists at The Australian National University have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonize Mars and find life on other planets.

18 Jun 2018

Novel compound as effective as FDA-approved antibiotics for treating deadly infections

Purdue University researchers have identified a new compound that in preliminary testing has shown itself to be as effective as antibiotics approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat life-threatening infections while also appearing to be less susceptible to bacterial resistance.

18 Jun 2018

Study suggests state-of-the-art genomic testing for routine autopsy of stillbirths

Pregnancy loss and the death of a newborn baby are devastating events, and as of today around 25% of these perinatal deaths are unexplained despite autopsy.

18 Jun 2018

Award granted to Neem Biotech to develop antimicrobial intervention for chronic lung infections

Neem are working on a novel approach to antimicrobial resistance, which involves preventing the formation of and disrupts mature biofilms that are produced by bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.

From Neem Biotech 18 Jun 2018

Investigating Enamel Nanostructure with Nanoindentation

In this interview, Dr S. Amini, post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interface, talks to AZoM about his work involving the structural properties and mechanical responses of teeth enamel.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 15 Jun 2018

Researchers identify gene enhancer that affects sex determination

Researchers have identified a gene enhancer that is critical for male sex development and shown that deleting it results in male-to-female sex reversal in mice.

15 Jun 2018

Researchers identify 161 genetic factors for myopia

The international Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia recently published the worldwide largest genetic study of myopia in Nature Genetics. Researchers from the Gutenberg Health Study at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz participated in this study, which identified 161 genetic factors for myopia.

14 Jun 2018

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Personal automated cell lab assistant from Leica saves time with quality results

Researchers use optogenetics to shape tissues

Researchers discover new defense mechanism against oxygen radicals

Scientists discover genetic causes underlying group of related infant cancers

Gene editing technology predicts heart disease risk

Study unravels 'blood stem cell niche' puzzle

ANU research could help find life in Mars and other planets

Novel compound as effective as FDA-approved antibiotics for treating deadly infections

Study suggests state-of-the-art genomic testing for routine autopsy of stillbirths

Award granted to Neem Biotech to develop antimicrobial intervention for chronic lung infections

Investigating Enamel Nanostructure with Nanoindentation

Researchers identify gene enhancer that affects sex determination

Researchers identify 161 genetic factors for myopia

Scientists locate neurons involved in fear reduction in long-term trauma

Researchers discover genetic program that controls invasiveness of glioblastoma tumors

New collaboration integrates Intabio's Blaze solution with Bruker's mass spectrometers

Sharks could inspire new type of surface that would attack harmful bacteria

Researchers show feasibility of stem cell-derived organoids for developing gene therapy vectors

Researchers produce snapshots of the cell's 'protein factories'

Genetically engineered bacteria shows promise as new treatment for constipation

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

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