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New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a lethal pediatric brain cancer that often kills within a year of diagnosis. Surgery is almost impossible because of the tumors' location.

12 Apr 2023

SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants born to maternal COVID-19 cases during Omicron variant predominance

Researchers assessed the incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections pre- and post-SARS-CoV-2 Omicron VOC dominance among infants.

12 Apr 2023

A creative new approach to make vaccine against norovirus

Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning -; and the deaths of at least 50,000 children -; yet there exists no real way to control it.

11 Apr 2023

Novel optical imaging approach provides four-dimensional view of cell secretions

Cell secretions like proteins, antibodies, and neurotransmitters play an essential role in immune response, metabolism, and communication between cells.

11 Apr 2023

Mutant Salmonella strains cause more severe infections than wild-type bacteria in chickens

In Brazil, a group of researchers supported by FAPESP created mutant forms of Salmonella to understand the mechanisms that favor colonization of the intestinal tract of chickens by these pathogenic bacteria and find better ways to combat the infection they cause.

11 Apr 2023

Study illuminates a mechanism to explain the 'vicious circle' of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease caused by the breakdown of cartilage that afflicts more than 35 million adults in the U.S.

11 Apr 2023

Genetically-engineered probiotic could be a new way to reduce alcohol-induced health problems

Excessive alcohol consumption leads to painful hangovers and accompanying headaches, fatigue, and nausea.

11 Apr 2023

Researchers detect cancer-causing chemicals in toys and headphones

Cancer-causing chlorinated paraffins are still used in a wide range of everyday products sold in North America despite their known health harm and being banned in Canada for a decade, according to a new peer-reviewed study in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.

11 Apr 2023

Flow Robotics takes sample traceability to the next level

An innovative scanning solution for tracking both 1D and 2D labeled sample tubes is now hitting the market.

From Flow Robotics 11 Apr 2023

Novel amino acid compound treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-human primates

A recently developed amino acid compound successfully treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-human primates -; bringing scientists one step closer to the first human treatment for the condition that is rapidly increasing around the world, a study suggests.

10 Apr 2023

BU researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to purchase state-of-the-art cryo-EM

Esther Bullitt, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was awarded $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health that will go toward the purchase of a cryogenic electron microscope.

10 Apr 2023

Using the gene-editing tool to model certain liver tumor subtypes

Mutations in our genes can lead to severe problems, like colon or liver cancer. But cancer is very complex.

10 Apr 2023

Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 on hands and frequently-touched surfaces as key predictors of household transmission

A study investigating risk factors and vectors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) household transmission reveals that the presence of the virus on the hands of primary and secondary cases and on frequently-touched surfaces is associated with transmission risk. The study is published in the journal THE LANCET Microbe.

9 Apr 2023

Study illuminates how patients with variants in the PTPN2 gene develop IBD

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, describes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines. IBD, which affects about 3 million adults in the United States, is an autoimmune disorder -; a condition in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissues.

7 Apr 2023

Research finds SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant to be more fatal than seasonal influenza

Adults hospitalized with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant have a higher death rate than those hospitalized with seasonal influenza, even though Omicron is considered less virulent with lower case fatality rates than the delta and alpha strains, new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April) suggests.

7 Apr 2023

Laboratory News and Research

New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants born to maternal COVID-19 cases during Omicron variant predominance

A creative new approach to make vaccine against norovirus

Novel optical imaging approach provides four-dimensional view of cell secretions

Mutant Salmonella strains cause more severe infections than wild-type bacteria in chickens

Study illuminates a mechanism to explain the 'vicious circle' of osteoarthritis

Genetically-engineered probiotic could be a new way to reduce alcohol-induced health problems

Researchers detect cancer-causing chemicals in toys and headphones

Flow Robotics takes sample traceability to the next level

Novel amino acid compound treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-human primates

BU researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to purchase state-of-the-art cryo-EM

Using the gene-editing tool to model certain liver tumor subtypes

Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 on hands and frequently-touched surfaces as key predictors of household transmission

Study illuminates how patients with variants in the PTPN2 gene develop IBD

Research finds SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant to be more fatal than seasonal influenza

Highly complementary, biologically relevant protein-protein interactions can evolve entirely by chance

Study indicates that targeted interventions strengthening HIV antiretroviral therapy initiation are critical

Increasing reports of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections mandate surveillance for toxigenic lineage M1UK

UW researchers engineer stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias

Epidural electrical stimulation stabilizes blood pressure in patients suffering from spinal cord injury

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