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Polymeric nanomicelles effectively deliver anti-cancer drugs to glioblastoma

Using practical nano-DDS technology, a polymeric nanomicelle that effectively delivers the potent mitotic inhibitor desacetyl vinblastine hydrazide (DAVBNH) to glioblastoma (GBM) was developed.

12 Nov 2020

Return of mice to home cage evokes significant rise in dopamine release, shows study

By monitoring a well-replicated biomarker associated with reward, a study by neuroscientists from Florida Atlantic University provides evidence that the old adage, "There's no place like home," has its roots deep in the brain.

12 Nov 2020

New method using light-activated liposomes is safer, more direct to deliver CRISPR gene therapy

Light-activated liposomes could help to deliver CRISPR gene therapy - and the method could prove safer and more direct than current methods.

12 Nov 2020

Dotmatics collaborates with LabVoice to enable voice-assisted laboratory workflows

Dotmatics today announced a partnership with LabVoice to provide scientists with the ability to record and track data within an electronic laboratory notebook.

From Dotmatics 12 Nov 2020

Time to discuss potentially unpleasant side effects of COVID shots? Scientists say yes.

Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to seek federal permission to release its COVID-19 vaccine by the end of November, a move that holds promise for quelling the pandemic, but also sets up a tight time frame for making sure consumers understand what it will mean to actually get the shots.

12 Nov 2020

Workers who lost jobs due to COVID may need help getting coverage this fall

Michelina Moen lost her job and health insurance in April. Only weeks earlier she had begun to feel ill and not her usual energetic self — in what she describes as a textbook case of "really bad timing."

12 Nov 2020

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for COVID test results

Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration's central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans.

12 Nov 2020

Listen: COVID stresses rural hospitals already ‘teetering on the brink’

When KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal heard a sample of the voices that correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble brought back from her reporting trip to rural Kansas, Rosenthal said she knew the story needed to be told through audio.

12 Nov 2020

New Cambridge Centre aims to transform precision medicine and biomedical discoveries

A new center at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with AstraZeneca and GSK, aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, accelerate the development of precision medicine and develop new treatments

12 Nov 2020

Discovering a new role for a protein that could cause breast cancer to spread to the lungs

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Cristina Branco from Breast Cancer Now about the spread of breast cancer cells to the lungs.

12 Nov 2020

London-based Veraco launches product range to reduce microbes on frequently touched surfaces

London based Veraco has designed and manufactured a range of Antimicrobial adhesive pads and wraps to be used on frequently touched surfaces, such as door handles, shopping trolleys and handrails.

12 Nov 2020

Study shows potential of new pinprick blood test for diagnosing HPV-related cancers

A potential breakthrough in the early detection of the neck, head and anal cancers linked to human papilloma viruses has emerged.

12 Nov 2020

Losing two to three kilograms of weight can almost halve the risk of Type 2 diabetes

Losing a few kilograms in weight almost halves people’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes – according to a large scale research study led by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the University of East Anglia.

12 Nov 2020

Beckman Coulter introduces new SARS-CoV-2 IgM assay in countries accepting the CE Mark

Beckman Coulter, a clinical diagnostics leader, today announced the launch of its Access SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin M assay in countries accepting the CE Mark.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 12 Nov 2020

New report amplifies the voices of patients with eczema, unmasks gaps in care

A new report developed by the National Eczema Society, in collaboration with and with funding from LEO Pharma, launches today, with insights from over 1,000 people affected by the condition in the UK.

12 Nov 2020

New method analyzes brain signals to assess how humans control everyday behaviors

An international research team has uncovered a new method that can analyse signals in the brain to assess how we control our everyday behaviours.

12 Nov 2020

IMCRC launches new funding initiative with an Australian first rapid COVID-19 test

Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) has launched its new funding initiative, IMCRC activate, with an Australian first — the development of a rapid COVID-19 test that uses optical technology.

12 Nov 2020

New £2 million project to improve lives of dementia carers in the UK

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are launching a new project to improve the lives of dementia carers in the UK.

12 Nov 2020

Innate, diet-induced changes to the brain's reward system may predispose some mice to overeat

A combination of innate differences and diet-induced changes to the reward system may predispose some mice to overeat, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.

12 Nov 2020

BMA: Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough brings widespread protection a step closer

BMA encouraged by vaccine ‘breakthrough’ which brings ‘widespread protection a step closer’

12 Nov 2020

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Polymeric nanomicelles effectively deliver anti-cancer drugs to glioblastoma

Return of mice to home cage evokes significant rise in dopamine release, shows study

New method using light-activated liposomes is safer, more direct to deliver CRISPR gene therapy

Dotmatics collaborates with LabVoice to enable voice-assisted laboratory workflows

Time to discuss potentially unpleasant side effects of COVID shots? Scientists say yes.

Workers who lost jobs due to COVID may need help getting coverage this fall

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for COVID test results

Listen: COVID stresses rural hospitals already ‘teetering on the brink’

New Cambridge Centre aims to transform precision medicine and biomedical discoveries

Discovering a new role for a protein that could cause breast cancer to spread to the lungs

London-based Veraco launches product range to reduce microbes on frequently touched surfaces

Study shows potential of new pinprick blood test for diagnosing HPV-related cancers

Losing two to three kilograms of weight can almost halve the risk of Type 2 diabetes

Beckman Coulter introduces new SARS-CoV-2 IgM assay in countries accepting the CE Mark

New report amplifies the voices of patients with eczema, unmasks gaps in care

New method analyzes brain signals to assess how humans control everyday behaviors

IMCRC launches new funding initiative with an Australian first rapid COVID-19 test

New £2 million project to improve lives of dementia carers in the UK

Innate, diet-induced changes to the brain's reward system may predispose some mice to overeat

BMA: Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough brings widespread protection a step closer

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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