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How are diet and exercise in bodybuilders associated with the gut microbiota and metabolites?

A recent study explored the diet-exercise-gut microbiome dynamics in male bodybuilders.

30 Sep 2022

Researchers propose guidelines and methods for consistently generating high-quality brain organoids

By using stem cells to grow miniature brain-like organs in the lab, scientists have opened a new avenue for studies of neurological development, disease and therapies that can't be conducted in living people.

29 Sep 2022

Live imaging and cellular barcoding reveal how new stem cells are vetted for quality

Using live imaging and cellular barcoding, researchers in the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital have glimpsed how new stem cells -; in this case, blood stem cells -; are vetted for quality soon after they're born.

28 Sep 2022

New lab technique could spark a 'paradigm shift' in testing protein-based drugs

New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers have unveiled a new lab technique they say represents a "paradigm shift" in how pharmaceutical laboratories test and produce new protein-based drugs, such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies being developed to treat a variety of diseases, from cancers to infectious diseases.

27 Sep 2022

Panacol Develops First UV Moisture-Curing Medical Adhesive

Panacol has developed another adhesive system for medical use. In addition to its primary curing - UV crosslinking - this adhesive also offers secondary moisture post-curing.

From Panacol-Elosol GmbH 14 Sep 2022

Trained radiographers perform just as well as radiologists in double reading screening mammograms

When double reading screening mammograms, radiographers (technologists) trained for the task perform as well as radiologists in key areas, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

13 Sep 2022

dsDNA Quantification for NGS Quality Control

Andrew Jones discusses the importance of quality control in NGS and the effect that a poorly followed protocol can have on experimental results.

From DeNovix Inc. 1 Sep 2022

Improving 1 µL UV-Vis Spectrophotometry Sample Results

Prior to microvolume spectrophotometry, UV-Vis quantification of biomolecules was performed using quartz cuvettes with a 10mm pathlength.

From DeNovix Inc. 1 Sep 2022

Using organic metal nanohybrid structures to simultaneously identify multiple food poisoning bacteria

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a simple, rapid method to simultaneously identify multiple food poisoning bacteria, based on color differences in the scattered light by nanometer-scaled organic metal nanohybrid structures (NHs) that bind via antibodies to those bacteria.

29 Aug 2022

Researchers develop a protein thermal shift chip for COVID-19

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Traditional protein chips are based on solid chips and cannot enable drug and target screening in a label-free manner.

26 Aug 2022

What is the stability of SARS-CoV-2 strains in human biological fluids?

In a new study, researchers assessed the stability of ancestral severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage in human biological fluids.

24 Aug 2022

Nepal has the highest death rate from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study reveals

Nepal has the world's highest age-adjusted death rate for chronic lung disease at 182.5 per 100,000 population, with more than 3,000 years lost to ill health or disability from the condition, according to an international study.

18 Aug 2022

Verogen and Gene by Gene Form Groundbreaking Partnership to Accelerate Adoption of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy

Verogen, Inc. and Gene by Gene today announced a partnership to accelerate the adoption of forensic investigative genetic genealogy.

From Verogen, Inc. 16 Aug 2022

Quality Control in Food and Beverage Production

In this interview, News-Medical Life Sciences talks to Angela Visgandis, Product Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific about how quality control in the food and beverage industry has changed over the years.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Laboratory Products Division – Food & Beverage Quality Control 11 Aug 2022

New study uncovers a likely proteome signature for reductive stress cardiomyopathy

Two years ago, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers and colleagues reported that reductive stress -; an imbalance in the normal oxidation/reduction, or redox, homeostasis -; caused pathological changes associated with heart failure in a mouse model.

3 Aug 2022

DeNovix launches nuclei counting apps for CellDrop Automated Cell Counters

DeNovix Inc, the manufacturer of the award-winning CellDrop Automated Cell Counter, has developed two dedicated nuclei counting apps capable of differentiating isolated nuclei and intact cells from debris.

From DeNovix Inc. 3 Aug 2022

New and efficient method Monkeypox virus sequencing

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, Spanish researchers described a new enrichment method for metagenomic sequencing of the monkeypox virus (MPXV).

2 Aug 2022

ACROBiosystems was titled 2022 CiteAb Awards protein supplier winner, gaining global scientific approval

Recently, ACROBiosystems won Cite Awards, being titled "the Winner of Protein Supplier to Watch in 2022".

From ACROBiosystems 1 Aug 2022

Automation of established method for isolating volatile food ingredients

A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) has succeeded in automating an established method for the gentle, artifact-avoiding isolation of volatile food ingredients.

29 Jul 2022

GenTech Scientific: Cannabis testing lab setup

The rapidly growing cannabis business is attracting considerable interest from investors, business developers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. The ‘Green Rush’ presents many opportunities for analytical testing labs in the following areas: Heavy Metal Screening, Residual Solvents, Pesticides & Herbicides, Potency Analysis, Cannabinoid Characterization, Quality Control, and other areas.

From GenTech Scientific 28 Jul 2022