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Computational comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variant binding affinity with ACE2

Researchers from the Management and Science University in Malaysia have used computational tools to investigate the new variant.

8 Dec 2021

iVention joins the Tetra Partner Network to meet customer demand for data-engineered scientific workflows

TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced today that iVention, maker of a powerful Laboratory Execution System, has joined the Tetra Partner Network to meet customer requirements that all of their scientific data be engineered, liquid, and actionable so that they can accelerate delivery of life-saving medicines.

From TetraScience, Inc. 8 Dec 2021

Post-pandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Maybe this has happened to you recently: Your doctor telephoned to check in with you, chatting for 11 to 20 minutes, perhaps answering a question you contacted her office with, or asking how you're responding to a medication change.

8 Dec 2021

Oncology doctors say the build back better act will slash cancer care funding — a skewed argument

“An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs”

8 Dec 2021

Does a COVID-19 vaccine booster improve the immune response of a poor responder?

A new study has focussed on determining the levels of nAb in individuals who received the second and third doses of the RNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna.

8 Dec 2021

Olympus scanR high-content screening station v. 3.3 adds improved deep-learning capabilities for fast, efficient image analysis

The scanR high-content screening station provides fully automated image acquisition and data analysis. Version 3.3 improves the deep-learning technology’s capabilities to reliably separate objects in biological samples using instance segmentation, the ability to detect and delineate distinct objects of interest in an image.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 8 Dec 2021

Canopy Biosciences launches the first of a series of targeted assay kits for ChipCytometry

Canopy Biosciences, a Bruker Company, today announced the launch of a first in a series of assay kits for ChipCytometry, a quantitative, high dynamic range and high-resolution multiplexing technology for spatial proteomics.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 8 Dec 2021

New projects aim to identify new solutions to combat antimicrobial-resistant infections

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will lead projects aimed at identifying new solutions to help prevent antimicrobial-resistant infections and their spread.

8 Dec 2021

Combination of vaccination and natural infection offers utmost protection against COVID variants

A combination of vaccination and naturally acquired infection appears to boost the production of maximally potent antibodies against the COVID-19 virus, new UCLA research finds.

8 Dec 2021

Study analyzes the contribution of AI to cancer patient care and vaccine design

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) is the development of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence. AI/ML is used by people every day, for example, while using smart home devices or digital voice assistants.

8 Dec 2021

AI-based technology to identify patients at risk of serious illness as a result of blood infections

A new technology developed at Tel Aviv University will make it possible, using artificial intelligence, to identify patients who are at risk of serious illness as a result of blood infections.

8 Dec 2021

College-in-prison program leads to reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups

A new study sought to determine the effects of a college-in-prison program, the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). The study found a large and significant reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups among those who participated in the program.

8 Dec 2021

Consuming a diet of pro-inflammatory foods linked to frailty risk in middle-aged and older adults

Results of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicate that regularly consuming a diet of pro-inflammatory foods (e.g., those rich in simple carbohydrates or in saturated fats) is associated with increased likelihood of developing frailty in middle-aged and older adults.

8 Dec 2021

Study: Healthcare workers need to understand the impact of shame on HIV patients to improve treatment

Ensuring healthcare workers better understand the psychological, social and physical impacts of shame on HIV patients will help improve their medical treatment, a study argues.

8 Dec 2021

Rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 proves more effective than expected, large study reports

In what is believed to be the largest prospective study of its kind to date - involving some 6,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a 10-day period around the beginning of 2021 - researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland Medical Center, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and four other collaborators report that a rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, proved more effective than expected when compared with virus detection rates using the established standard test, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.

8 Dec 2021

Medical News

Computational comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variant binding affinity with ACE2

iVention joins the Tetra Partner Network to meet customer demand for data-engineered scientific workflows

Post-pandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Oncology doctors say the build back better act will slash cancer care funding — a skewed argument

Does a COVID-19 vaccine booster improve the immune response of a poor responder?

Olympus scanR high-content screening station v. 3.3 adds improved deep-learning capabilities for fast, efficient image analysis

Canopy Biosciences launches the first of a series of targeted assay kits for ChipCytometry

New projects aim to identify new solutions to combat antimicrobial-resistant infections

Combination of vaccination and natural infection offers utmost protection against COVID variants

Study analyzes the contribution of AI to cancer patient care and vaccine design

AI-based technology to identify patients at risk of serious illness as a result of blood infections

College-in-prison program leads to reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups

Consuming a diet of pro-inflammatory foods linked to frailty risk in middle-aged and older adults

Study: Healthcare workers need to understand the impact of shame on HIV patients to improve treatment

Rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 proves more effective than expected, large study reports

Long COVID-19 in frontline workers found to directly impact health service delivery

Epigenetic clocks have potential as biomarkers of COVID-19 vaccine responses

ORF10 protein mutations alter SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity

The antiviral potential of 4′-fluorouridine as an oral treatment against RSV and SARS-CoV-2

An assessment of pH-sensitive cationic lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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