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FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe to partner with the BOpA Innovation Chair to support advances in the operating room

FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe is pleased to announce a new partnership with the ‘Augmented Operating Room’ (BOpA) Innovation Chair to accelerate the development of digital technologies for surgery.

From FUJIFILM Corporation 14 Jun 2022

The implications of monkeypox for healthcare workers

Researchers discuss the implications of the current monkeypox outbreak during the COVID-19 pandemic for healthcare personnel.

14 Jun 2022

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center retains No. 1 rank in North Carolina

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center continues to rank as the No. 1 children's hospital in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report, with nine pediatric specialties ranked among the best in the nation.

14 Jun 2022

The virucidal effects of tea tree oil against FCoVII and HCoV-OC43

Researchers assessed the probable efficacy of tea tree oil (TTO) as a natural disinfectant against SARS-CoV-2 using the human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) and feline coronavirus (FCoVII) as surrogate models.

14 Jun 2022

Preventive care may be free, but follow-up diagnostic tests can bring big bills

When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer.

14 Jun 2022

As Biden fights overdoses, harm reduction groups face local opposition

Casey Malish had just pulled into an intersection in the 2nd Ward when a woman with tattoos and pinkish hair unexpectedly hopped into the back seat of his gray Mazda. He handles outreach for the Houston Harm Reduction Alliance, a nonprofit that helps drug users like her stay alive.

14 Jun 2022

Researchers report the detection of a swine influenza A virus with gene segments of avian H9N2 origin

In a recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers reported natural reassortment of influenza viruses in pigs.

14 Jun 2022

The role of IgA antibodies against COVID-19

Researchers observed that immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses against SARS-CoV-2 are modest and wane much sooner than IgG responses.

14 Jun 2022

The evolution of the physicochemical mechanism of interaction of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with ACE2

Researchers assessed the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2.

14 Jun 2022

EKF launches middleware connectivity solution for POC analyzers and data management

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From EKF Diagnostics 14 Jun 2022

The potential mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 to induce DNA damage

Researchers described potential mechanisms of coronaviruses that could lead to DNA damage and the potential link between SARS-CoV-2 activity and such mechanisms.

14 Jun 2022

The role of ARF6 in SARS-CoV-2 endocytosis and infection

Researchers assessed the role of adenoside diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6) in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

14 Jun 2022

MolGen Showcases Automated High Throughput Laboratory Solutions at the Analytica Fair in Munich

MolGen b.v. of Veenendaal (NL), a global solutions provider of innovative extraction DNA/RNA isolation technology, hardware, systems, consumables and reagents for human diagnostics, agricultural research, and the biotech industry is attending the Analytica Fair, in Munich, on the 21st- 24th of June 2022.

From AgriGenX 14 Jun 2022

ANALYTICA 2022

In 2022 we look forward to welcoming you in hall A2, booth 506A and demonstrate real-time trace gas analysis.

From Ionicon Analytik Ges.m.b.H. 14 Jun 2022

Busy Americans get the least sleep at age 40, study reports

A graph of how long Americans sleep forms a U-shaped pattern across our lives, with age 40 being the low point and hours of sleep starting to creep back up about age 50, Medical College of Georgia investigators report.

14 Jun 2022

Molecular snapshots of the productive infectious entry pathway of SARS-CoV-2 into cells

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers in the United States demonstrated that the acidic milieu of the nasal cavity is critical for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tropism.

14 Jun 2022

Elevated Th17 cells associated with increased risk of critical COVID

In a recent article published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers in France indicated that T cell immune reaction correlates possibly with the chance of critical severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among hospitalized patients.

14 Jun 2022

Study identifies interesting sequence features in SARS-CoV-2 at start of COVID pandemic

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers studied the sequence data from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases from the Huanan seafood market in Beijing, China, to define the minor variant genome populations from the start of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-induced pandemic.

14 Jun 2022

Analysis of a woman's genome can help predict miscarriage risk and IVF failure

A woman's risk of suffering one of the most common types of miscarriages can be predicted based on a specialized analysis of her genome, according to a Rutgers study.

14 Jun 2022

Lineages of monkeypox virus in the United States

In a recent work posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed various monkeypox virus (MPXV) lineages identified recently in the United States (US).

14 Jun 2022