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Renalytix AI and University of Utah announce partnership to improve kidney health

Renalytix AI plc, an artificial intelligence-enabled in vitro diagnostics company, and the University of Utah, one of the top research institutions in the United States, today announced a partnership to improve kidney health and reduce the risk of kidney failure for large scale populations in the earliest stages of kidney disease.

25 Feb 2021

Current screening guidelines may not detect liver cancer soon enough in African Americans

Early detection could reduce the number of African Americans dying from liver cancer, but current screening guidelines may not find cancer soon enough in this community, according to a study published in Cancer in February.

25 Feb 2021

UC San Diego receives $33 million from NIH for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects

University of California San Diego was awarded five Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) projects by the National Institutes of Health, totaling nearly $33 million over four years.

25 Feb 2021

Study identifies how military blast exposures affect the brain, increase risk of Alzheimer's

Research shows that Soldiers exposed to shockwaves from military explosives are at a higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease -- even those that don't have traumatic brain injuries from those blasts.

25 Feb 2021

Repetitive compression of limbs may improve recovery from the most deadly stroke

Scientists want to know more about how an inexpensive, low-risk treatment may improve recovery from the most deadly type of stroke.

25 Feb 2021

Have a case of a Covid variant? No one is going to tell you

Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there's one big problem: Lab officials say they can't tell patients or their doctors whether someone has been infected by a variant.

25 Feb 2021

Canadian pilot study uses gene therapy to successfully treat patients with Fabry disease

Results of a world-first Canadian pilot study on patients treated with gene therapy for Fabry disease show that the treatment is working and safe.

25 Feb 2021

Insilico Medicine discovers novel preclinical candidate to address idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Insilico Medicine has demonstrated a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence ("AI") and drug discovery -- linking together generative chemistry and biology for the first time -- to discover a novel preclinical candidate addressing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ("IPF") and be validated with multiple human cell and animal model experiments.

25 Feb 2021

New biomarker could help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been shown to reduce cost and improve patient outcomes, but current diagnostic approaches can be invasive and costly.

25 Feb 2021

Study reveals key mechanism by which exercise promotes immunity, strengthens bones

Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have identified the specialized environment, known as a niche, in the bone marrow where new bone and immune cells are produced.

25 Feb 2021

Microchip can help scientists study the regenerative potential of mice heart cells

Baby mice might be small, but they're tough, too. For their first seven days of life, they have the special ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue.

25 Feb 2021

'Miracle poison' can target a variety of different proteins

Researchers prove they can engineer proteins called proteases to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential new treatments for everything from neuro-regeneration to cytokine storm.

25 Feb 2021

KTH researchers identify 300 proteins that regulate cell division process

With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers in Sweden have published a new molecular mapping of proteins that regulate the cell division process - identifying 300 such proteins.

24 Feb 2021

Travelers to the tropics are more prone to acquiring superbacteria than previously thought

Exploring exposure to superbacteria, researchers at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital got unexpected results from an international collaborative study conducted in real time among 20 travelers to Southeast Asia.

24 Feb 2021

SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the entire body in the same way, finds study

COVID-19, the disease caused by the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is primarily regarded as a respiratory infection. Yet the virus has also become known for affecting other parts of the body in ways not as well understood, sometimes with longer-term consequences, such as heart arrhythmia, fatigue and "brain fog."

24 Feb 2021

Study lays the groundwork for developing novel strategies to treat neurological diseases

A research team from the School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has recently discovered that SOX9 protein is an essential regulatory factor of choroid plexus function that ensures the correct composition of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

24 Feb 2021

Electronic doctors’ notes could help hospitals plan for surges in COVID-19 cases

A new study, published today in Nature Digital Medicine, found that 'natural language processing' (NLP) of information routinely recorded by doctors - as part of patients' electronic health records - reveal vital trends that could help clinical teams forecast and plan for surges in patients.

24 Feb 2021

Laboratory News and Research

Renalytix AI and University of Utah announce partnership to improve kidney health

Current screening guidelines may not detect liver cancer soon enough in African Americans

UC San Diego receives $33 million from NIH for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects

Study identifies how military blast exposures affect the brain, increase risk of Alzheimer's

Repetitive compression of limbs may improve recovery from the most deadly stroke

Have a case of a Covid variant? No one is going to tell you

Canadian pilot study uses gene therapy to successfully treat patients with Fabry disease

Insilico Medicine discovers novel preclinical candidate to address idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

New biomarker could help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease

Study reveals key mechanism by which exercise promotes immunity, strengthens bones

Microchip can help scientists study the regenerative potential of mice heart cells

'Miracle poison' can target a variety of different proteins

KTH researchers identify 300 proteins that regulate cell division process

Travelers to the tropics are more prone to acquiring superbacteria than previously thought

SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the entire body in the same way, finds study

Study lays the groundwork for developing novel strategies to treat neurological diseases

Electronic doctors’ notes could help hospitals plan for surges in COVID-19 cases

World's largest resource of genome variation data on malaria parasites released

Microfluidic chip and AI-powered automated microscope help measure hemoglobin levels

Researchers use powerful X-rays to analyze brain tissues of schizophrenia patients

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