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Tech-savvy people more likely to accept and use digital healthcare providers

Would you trust a robot to diagnose your cancer? According to researchers at Penn State, people with high confidence in machine performance and also in their own technological capabilities are more likely to accept and use digital healthcare services and providers.

11 May 2019

Insights into parasitic yeast species could lead to new strategies for controlling yeast pathogens

Insights into the genes and proteins involved in the predatory behavior of a parasitic yeast species could lead to new strategies for controlling yeast pathogens, according to a study published May 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Jürgen Wendland of the Carlsberg Research Laboratory in Denmark and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, and colleagues.

10 May 2019

SLU researchers reveal how to turn off neuropathic pain in a laboratory setting

Facing an urgent need for safer and more effective therapies for those suffering from debilitating pain in the midst of an opioid crisis, Saint Louis University researchers are on a mission to find a non-narcotic off-switch for pain.

10 May 2019

Study provides first evidence of crosstalk between the heart and fat cells

Like sending a letter through the mail or a text over a cellular network, the heart can generate messages that travel long distances through the body.

10 May 2019

NIH announces awards to advance development of vaccines for sexually transmitted infections

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced awards to establish four Cooperative Research Centers focused on developing vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted infections.

10 May 2019

HSS researchers provide better understanding of the cellular mechanisms driving rheumatoid arthritis

Newly identified subsets of cell types present in joint tissue in people with rheumatoid arthritis and how they interact may explain why only some people respond to existing medications, according to two studies by co-senior author Laura Donlin, PhD, Co-Director of the Derfner Foundation Precision Medicine Laboratory at Hospital for Special Surgery and collaborating colleagues.

10 May 2019

AMP offers recommendations to aid in design and validation of clinical CYP2C9 assays

The Association for Molecular Pathology, the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, today published consensus, evidence-based recommendations to aid in the design and validation of clinical CYP2C9 assays, promote standardization of testing across different laboratories and improve patient care.

10 May 2019

New stroke treatment moves toward clinical trials

A stroke treatment developed by researcher Byron Ford at the University of California, Riverside, has moved toward clinical trials.

10 May 2019

Combination of antibiotics prevents cancer cells from motoring

Scientists in Salford, UK have found a way to make cancer stem cells reproduce defectively "like cars without engines".

9 May 2019

Routine screening for SCD among refugees could help prevent life-threatening complications

Hematologists are zeroing in on the escalating humanitarian crisis in southern Europe by assessing the burden of blood disorders among refugees and identifying strategies to facilitate more timely identification and treatment of refugees with sickle cell disease.

9 May 2019

British teenager with life-threatening infection successfully treated with phage therapy

Doctors report success after treating a British teenager with bacteriophages. The case study is a step forward in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

9 May 2019

AI can predict breast cancer risk up to 5 years before diagnosis

A team of researchers at MIT have developed an AI model that can predict breast cancer from mammogram images up to five years before a diagnosis can be made by doctors.

9 May 2019

Light therapy may dramatically reduce neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at MIT have found that light therapy can enhance synaptic function and protect against cell death in Alzheimer’s disease.

9 May 2019

New Marko system could provide insights into people's behavior and health

We live in a world of wireless signals flowing around us and bouncing off our bodies.

9 May 2019

Researchers develop fast diagnostic tool that shows MS patients in relapse

Dr. Horea Rus is an expert in diagnosing and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, and his research laboratory at the University of Maryland is producing new tools for treating the disease that attacks the central nervous system.

8 May 2019

Experts find previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira

Experts from MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital have identified a previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira.

8 May 2019

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University with colleagues from Great Britain Germany, China, and Switzerland have proposed a new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to the damaged areas of the blood vessels.

8 May 2019

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, antibodies or other therapies to aged cells.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 8 May 2019

New DBTL workflow may enable more efficient production of pharmaceutical raw materials

Researchers in Japan have developed an integrated synthetic biology system to construct new metabolic pathways and enzymes within microbes.

7 May 2019

Study provides new insights into functional role of posterior parietal cortex in decision-making

To make judgments about an unknown sensory stimulus based on prior knowledge is a basic decision process, called perceptual decision-making.

7 May 2019

Laboratory News and Research

Tech-savvy people more likely to accept and use digital healthcare providers

Insights into parasitic yeast species could lead to new strategies for controlling yeast pathogens

SLU researchers reveal how to turn off neuropathic pain in a laboratory setting

Study provides first evidence of crosstalk between the heart and fat cells

NIH announces awards to advance development of vaccines for sexually transmitted infections

HSS researchers provide better understanding of the cellular mechanisms driving rheumatoid arthritis

AMP offers recommendations to aid in design and validation of clinical CYP2C9 assays

New stroke treatment moves toward clinical trials

Combination of antibiotics prevents cancer cells from motoring

Routine screening for SCD among refugees could help prevent life-threatening complications

British teenager with life-threatening infection successfully treated with phage therapy

AI can predict breast cancer risk up to 5 years before diagnosis

Light therapy may dramatically reduce neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

New Marko system could provide insights into people's behavior and health

Researchers develop fast diagnostic tool that shows MS patients in relapse

Experts find previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

New DBTL workflow may enable more efficient production of pharmaceutical raw materials

Study provides new insights into functional role of posterior parietal cortex in decision-making

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