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AbCellera and Denali collaborate to discover new antibodies to fight neurodegenerative diseases

AbCellera Biologics Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first phase of its collaboration with Denali Therapeutics Inc.

12 Jun 2018

Tiny optical sensors open door to developing wearable device for medical diagnosis

Scientists from The Australian National University have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people’s health in real time.

12 Jun 2018

Hydrogel releases nerve-protecting agent to restore breathing in animal models

One of the most severe outcomes of spinal cord injury from car accidents, sports impacts, or other neck trauma, is losing the ability to control breathing, with patients often requiring artificial ventilation for the rest of their lives.

12 Jun 2018

Scientists pinpoint potential treatment target for pediatric liver cancer

A protein in the cell nucleus already targeted therapeutically for several types of cancer has now been linked to an aggressive form of pediatric liver cancer called hepatoblastoma (HBL), according to a study published in the Nature journal Communications Biology.

11 Jun 2018

Research aims to better understand psychological mechanisms of hunger-induced emotional states

What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of hunger and anger may be a complicated emotional response involving an interplay of biology, personality and environmental cues, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

11 Jun 2018

CRISPR-Cas9 technique may raise cancer risk

Therapeutic use of gene editing with the so-called CRISPR-Cas9 technique may inadvertently increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Helsinki, Finland, published in Nature Medicine.

11 Jun 2018

Deep-frozen juices defrosted to room temperature can increase carotenoids level in body

Researchers from the Laboratory of Food Color and Quality at the University of Seville have published a study in which it is shown how certain types of cold treatment that are used by the citrus fruits industry in the preparation of juices have a great impact on the color of orange juice and on the concentration and bioaccessibility of the carotenoids present in the juice.

11 Jun 2018

Eating honey can reduce serious injuries in children who swallowed button battery, shows study

A team of ear, nose, and throat specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a button battery has the potential to reduce serious injuries in small children.

11 Jun 2018

Researchers isolate bacteria that pose triple threat from a patient in the U.S.

Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center describe the first strain of carbapenem-resistant, hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting colistin heteroresistance and enhanced virulence isolated from a patient in the United States.

11 Jun 2018

Novel computer models for individualization of HIV therapy in countries with limited healthcare resources

New predictive computer models designed to optimize HIV therapy in countries with limited healthcare resources are published online this week in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

11 Jun 2018

Researchers develop flexible "Plug and Play" technology to protect against emerging diseases

Researchers from GeoVax have developed a flexible "Plug and Play" technology platform that delivers single-dose vaccines that fully protect against emerging infectious diseases such as Zika, Lassa fever, and Ebola.

11 Jun 2018

Rural Vietnam village harbors multi-drug-resistant, colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria, shows study

A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural village of Vietnam harbored multi-drug-resistant, colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria.

11 Jun 2018

Study: Treg cells may protect infants from getting infected with HIV from their mother

Scientists now report that Treg cells, a type of regulatory lymphocyte, may be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected.

11 Jun 2018

Study demonstrates promise of new imaging method for precise brain cancer diagnostics

Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose.

8 Jun 2018

Alnylam announces new positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran in patients with PH1

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today new positive results from its Phase 1/2 study with lumasiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting glycolate oxidase for the treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1.

8 Jun 2018

DHS accelerates development of new methods to detect emerging biothreats

Biothreats - harmful pathogens that are either naturally or deliberately released - pose a risk to national security and public health, and identifying new detection methods is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate.

8 Jun 2018

Researchers study what blushing reveals about emotional states of narcissistic children

Narcissistic children blush when they do not receive the praise they think they deserve. They feel depreciated but are unwilling to admit this feeling to others, perhaps to hide their vulnerabilities.

7 Jun 2018

Practicing with fake organs helps surgeon to perform complex cancer surgery

Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder.

7 Jun 2018

Researchers transplant lab-grown neural cells in mice with spinal injuries to improve breathing

Researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin improved respiratory function in rodents with spinal cord injuries after successfully transplanting a special class of neural cells, called V2a interneurons.

7 Jun 2018

Mucus appears to protect flu virus when it becomes airborne, shows study

Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs or exhales appear to protect the virus when it becomes airborne, regardless of humidity levels, a creative experiment conducted by the University of Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech discovered.

7 Jun 2018

Laboratory News and Research

AbCellera and Denali collaborate to discover new antibodies to fight neurodegenerative diseases

Tiny optical sensors open door to developing wearable device for medical diagnosis

Hydrogel releases nerve-protecting agent to restore breathing in animal models

Scientists pinpoint potential treatment target for pediatric liver cancer

Research aims to better understand psychological mechanisms of hunger-induced emotional states

CRISPR-Cas9 technique may raise cancer risk

Deep-frozen juices defrosted to room temperature can increase carotenoids level in body

Eating honey can reduce serious injuries in children who swallowed button battery, shows study

Researchers isolate bacteria that pose triple threat from a patient in the U.S.

Novel computer models for individualization of HIV therapy in countries with limited healthcare resources

Researchers develop flexible "Plug and Play" technology to protect against emerging diseases

Rural Vietnam village harbors multi-drug-resistant, colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria, shows study

Study: Treg cells may protect infants from getting infected with HIV from their mother

Study demonstrates promise of new imaging method for precise brain cancer diagnostics

Alnylam announces new positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran in patients with PH1

DHS accelerates development of new methods to detect emerging biothreats

Researchers study what blushing reveals about emotional states of narcissistic children

Practicing with fake organs helps surgeon to perform complex cancer surgery

Researchers transplant lab-grown neural cells in mice with spinal injuries to improve breathing

Mucus appears to protect flu virus when it becomes airborne, shows study

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