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Cleaning up PFAS-contaminated wastewater with diamond technology

More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide ¬- and counting - have PFAS-tainted water. Michigan State University-Fraunhofer USA, Inc. Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies (MSU-Fraunhofer) is developing a scalable treatment option for PFAS-contaminated wastewater.

10 Oct 2018

Researchers aim to create more authentic organoids for drug testing, transplantation

Human embryos start as a tiny mass of cells that are all the same. The first step in growing from a homogenous ball of cells into a complex individual with distinct organs and tissues is for the cells to divide into distinct populations.

10 Oct 2018

Bridge-like structure within estrogen receptor could serve as new drug target for breast cancer

Many breast cancer drugs block estrogen receptors inside cancer cells. Blocking the receptors early in disease progression staves off metastasis.

10 Oct 2018

Seizures start with a hush: A spike in inhibition

Some patients describe epileptic seizures like an earthquake from within, starting slow and growing without their control. To a brain researcher, seizures are an electrical firestorm of neuronal activation in the brain.

10 Oct 2018

Caltech researchers develop two new illusions with audiovisual postdictive effects

We experience the world through our senses, a constant torrent of sights, sounds, smells, and more. Our brains take these signals and process them, giving rise to our individual perceptions of the world. But sometimes our senses play tricks on us, notably in the case of perceptual illusions.

10 Oct 2018

New hope for children with aggressive form of cancer

Children with an aggressive form of cancer are being given new hope in a world-first trans-Atlantic clinical trial that will test a new three-part treatment.

10 Oct 2018

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

African swine fever virus threatens to devastate the swine industry and is positioned to spread throughout Asia. The virus has spread throughout the Caucuses region of Eastern Europe and was reported in China in August. It recently was detected in wild boar in Belgium.

10 Oct 2018

Study identifies tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and cancer relapse

Resistance to therapy is a major problem in cancer patients as the cells that resist to therapy is at the root of tumor relapse and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.

9 Oct 2018

UC3M researchers introduce Laboratory of Discrimination and Inequality

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have introduced the Laboratory of Discrimination and Inequality (D-Lab), which aims to advance the scientific study of discrimination and social inequality by promoting research and methodological innovation.

9 Oct 2018

Personal Genome Diagnostics’ pan-cancer assay being used in new clinical trial

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc., a leader in cancer genomics and pioneer in liquid biopsy, today reported that its non-invasive, pan-cancer plasma assay is being used in an important new clinical trial, Nivolumab, Ipilimumab in Patients With Hyper Mutated Cancers Detected in Blood, led by the Cancer Research Institute and Canadian Cancer Trials Group.

9 Oct 2018

Lumitron HyperVIEW system set to redefine diagnosis and treatment of cancer

At an exclusive event held at University of California, Irvine Applied Innovation Center, Lumitron Technologies, Inc. celebrated its arrival in the university's prestigious Research Park and introduced the gathered luminaries to the HyperVIEW system.

9 Oct 2018

'Supercharged' immune cells could help fight cancer

A type of 'supercharged' immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer.

9 Oct 2018

Study shows how fingerprint-based drug screening works on the living and deceased

New research published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology shows how fingerprint-based drug screening can not only screen for the presence, or absence, of four classes of drugs of abuse, but that the technology also works when used by UK coroners to detect drugs in the sweat of fingerprint samples gathered from deceased individuals.

9 Oct 2018

Massively parallel single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals insights into heart disease

Scientists using a powerful new technology that sequences RNA in 20,000 individual cell nuclei have uncovered new insights into biological events in heart disease.

9 Oct 2018

Study investigates prevalence and causes of multiple pregnancies after single embryo transfer

It has been known for some time that it is better to transfer a single embryo to a woman's womb during assisted reproduction treatment (ART) rather than several embryos in order to avoid a multiple pregnancy and the risks associated with it such as fetal deaths, miscarriage, premature delivery and low birthweight.

8 Oct 2018

Cutting-edge precision medicine spreading from specialist cancer units to community setting

Nearly 1 in 4 patients with advanced cancer, treated at Comprehensive Cancer Care Network centers in the US, are receiving innovative drugs matched to DNA mutations in their tumors.

8 Oct 2018

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers design new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species

Why do naked mole rats live up to 31 years, when distantly related lab mice are lucky to make it to four? How is the aquatic axolotl capable of regenerating limbs, jaws, spines and even brains when frogs can only regrow tails as tadpoles? How can these difference be exploited for the benefit of human health?

8 Oct 2018

The feds’ termination of a tiny contract inflames bitter fight over fetal tissue

Federal health officials announced late last month they had terminated their contract with a company that supplies human fetal tissue for medical research and were checking that similar contracts, as well as studies conducted with that tissue, comply with federal law.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers identify neurons essential for normal sleep

Two decades ago, Clifford B. Saper, MD/PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and colleagues discovered a set of nerve cells they thought might be the switch that turns the brain off, allowing it to sleep.

8 Oct 2018

Laboratory News and Research

Cleaning up PFAS-contaminated wastewater with diamond technology

Researchers aim to create more authentic organoids for drug testing, transplantation

Bridge-like structure within estrogen receptor could serve as new drug target for breast cancer

Seizures start with a hush: A spike in inhibition

Caltech researchers develop two new illusions with audiovisual postdictive effects

New hope for children with aggressive form of cancer

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

Study identifies tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and cancer relapse

UC3M researchers introduce Laboratory of Discrimination and Inequality

Personal Genome Diagnostics’ pan-cancer assay being used in new clinical trial

Lumitron HyperVIEW system set to redefine diagnosis and treatment of cancer

'Supercharged' immune cells could help fight cancer

Study shows how fingerprint-based drug screening works on the living and deceased

Massively parallel single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals insights into heart disease

Study investigates prevalence and causes of multiple pregnancies after single embryo transfer

Cutting-edge precision medicine spreading from specialist cancer units to community setting

Study suggests novel approach to treating adults with autism spectrum disorder

Researchers design new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species

The feds’ termination of a tiny contract inflames bitter fight over fetal tissue

Researchers identify neurons essential for normal sleep

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