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Study calls for screening of all first-degree relatives of celiac disease patients

Parents, siblings and children of people with celiac disease are at high risk of also having the disease, according to a Mayo Clinic study. This study calls for screening of all first-degree relatives of patients -- not just those who show symptoms.

22 Aug 2019

RNA sequencing data added to robust study of Parkinson's disease

A team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, has just added a crucial new element - RNA sequencing data -- to its robust study of Parkinson's disease.

22 Aug 2019

UCI study finds link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences have discovered how to forestall Alzheimer's disease in a laboratory setting, a finding that could one day help in devising targeted drugs that prevent it.

21 Aug 2019

Swallowable balloon device for early detection of Barrett's esophagus receives FDA 510K clearance

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center developed the test for early detection of Barrett's esophagus that offers promise for preventing deaths from esophageal adenocarcinoma.

21 Aug 2019

FDA clears its IND for new immunotherapeutic for treating prostate cancer

Calibr, the drug development division of Scripps Research, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its investigational new drug application for CCW702, a novel immunotherapeutic for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

21 Aug 2019

New lab-on-a-chip could help development of novel anti-clotting therapies

A tiny lab the size of a postage stamp could be the next big thing in the search for safer anti-clotting drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

21 Aug 2019

Investigating organ crosstalk leads to a better understanding of sepsis

Sepsis, a complex systemic response to infection leading to organ failure, is generally studied at the level of individual organs; this research has hinted at altered metabolic changes.

20 Aug 2019

Geneticists prove therapeutic effects of probiotics on vaginal health

Scientists have found strong evidence that three genes from Lactobacillus species can mediate adhesion to the vaginal epithelium.

20 Aug 2019

The collapse of a hospital empire — and towns left in the wreckage

The money was so good in the beginning, and it seemed it might gush forever, right through tiny country hospitals in Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and into the coffers of companies controlled by Jorge A. Perez, his family and business partners.

20 Aug 2019

Mini kidneys grown in the lab could be used to better understand kidney diseases

An international team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has grown 'miniature kidneys' in the laboratory that could be used to better understand how kidney diseases develop in individual patients.

20 Aug 2019

Microgravity in space and its effects on the brain

Researchers from Russia and Belgium have found that space travel that leads to microgravity situations may have a significant effect on the brains of humans. Cosmonauts who travel in space have shown alterations in their brain connections especially those associated with movement and perception, explain the researchers.

20 Aug 2019

Simple test could help diagnose glioblastoma

Scientists at the University of Sussex could be a step closer to developing the first-ever blood test to diagnose the most aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma.

20 Aug 2019

Biosafety cabinet selection, installation, lifespan and decommissioning

NSF International published Annex E to Biosafety Cabinetry (BSC) Standard NSF/ANSI 49.

From NuAire 20 Aug 2019

NuAire now a supplier of E&I Cooperative Services

NuAire, announce new partnership with E&I Cooperative Services, which makes NuAire laboratory products available to the membership of E&I at affordable prices.

From NuAire 20 Aug 2019

Twitter study: Urban parks elevate mood as much as Christmas

Feeling unhappy and cranky? The treatment: take a walk under some trees in the park.

20 Aug 2019

New compound could offer cardio protection during and even after heart attack

Imagine there were a drug that you could take soon after a heart attack that could reduce damage by protecting healthy heart muscle tissue.

19 Aug 2019

Easy-to-clean ultrasonic flowmeter for laboratory applications

Rugged, clean bore Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) and 316 Stainless Steel or glass construction makes the Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises ideal for a wide range of laboratory applications and very easy to clean between experiments.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd 19 Aug 2019

A new perspective on evolution provided by fly testes

The male testes are important areas for biological innovation, as well as being a factory for sperm. In exciting new biological research a team of scientists has found that the testes are also a hotspot for the production ofnew genes.

19 Aug 2019

Study could improve patients' abilities to manage symptoms of mental illness

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause the brain to have trouble dealing with cognitively effortful states, like focusing attention over long periods of time, discriminating between two things that are difficult to tell apart, and responding quickly to information that is coming in fast.

18 Aug 2019