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Transplanting mesenchymal stromal cells derived from amniotic membranes can benefit eye diseases

A team of researchers in South Korea has successfully transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human amniotic membranes of the placenta (AMSCs) into laboratory mice modeled with oxygen-induced retinopathy (a murine model used to mimic eye disease).

20 Aug 2015

Amherst neurobiologists awarded grant to study how neurons regulate locomotion

Neurobiologist Gerald Downes, with chemist James Chambers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College neurobiologist Josef Trapani, have been awarded a three-year $824,025 collaborative research grant from the National Science Foundation to study the zebrafish brain to better understand how neurons regulate locomotion.

20 Aug 2015

Researchers uncover genetic circuit involved in obesity

Like many other conditions, obesity is caused by an interplay between genetic and environmental factors. While efforts to combat the obesity epidemic will need to include changes in diet and exercise, insights into the genes involved may also help with prevention and treatment.

20 Aug 2015

New initiative aims to collect samples from schizophrenia patients across the globe

Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki and The Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute, together with its international partners, are initiating major new sample collections in several regions and countries.

19 Aug 2015

Discovery allows study of naturally occurring forms of HCV in the lab

Worldwide, 185 million people have chronic hepatitis C. Since the late 1980s, when scientists discovered the virus that causes the infection, they have struggled to find ways to grow it in human cells in the lab -- an essential part of learning how the virus works and developing new effective treatments.

19 Aug 2015

LINE-1 jumping gene unusually active in gastrointestinal cancer

Results of a trio of studies done on human cancer tissue biopsies have added to growing evidence that a so-called jumping gene called LINE-1 is active during the development of many gastrointestinal cancers.

19 Aug 2015

Study shows alcohol intoxication does not affect accuracy of sexual assault testimonies

People are often concerned about the accuracy of testimony given by victims who were intoxicated during a sexual assault- but a new study by University of Leicester researchers has found that while alcohol intoxicated participants report fewer pieces of information about an assault, the information that they do provide is just as accurate as sober participants.

19 Aug 2015

Women who become mothers following fertility treatment face increased risk of depression

Women giving birth after undergoing fertility treatment face an increased risk of depression compared to women ending up not having a child following fertility treatment, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. According to the researchers, this has key implications for fertility treatment in future.

19 Aug 2015

Hot chilli may be the key to lose weight, say Adelaide University researchers

University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a high-fat diet may impair important receptors located in the stomach that signal fullness.

19 Aug 2015

NIH grants Clinical and Translational Science Award to UC San Diego

The Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) at University of California, San Diego has received a five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) for approximately $52 million from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, part of the National Institutes of Health.

19 Aug 2015

Pittcon will be exhibiting at Recent Advances in Microbiology Research: A BioConference Live 2015 Virtual Event

The field of microbiology, the study of minute organisms such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, and eukaryotes, is yielding startling new findings about their effects on people and the environment. Keeping current with these advances while keeping up with a demanding workflow can be challenging.

18 Aug 2015

Researchers at Forsyth Institute enhance pipetting efficiency using VIAFLO Assist

INTEGRA reports on how researchers at the renowned Forsyth Institute (Cambridge, MA) are using a VIAFLO Assist to enhance the efficiency while maintaining the accuracy of pipetting protocols related to the discovery, measurement, and validation of new biomarkers of disease that can be found in saliva.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 18 Aug 2015

Newly developed oxidation process uses ozone to degrade contaminants in water

At the Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco (CIATEJ) at the east of Mexico, an oxidation process was developed that uses ozone to degrade contaminants in water that alter the synthesis, transport, action or elimination of natural hormones, responsible for maintain self-regulation of metabolic and reproductive processes in living beings.

18 Aug 2015

Omeros reports additional positive data from OMS721 Phase 2 trial for treatment of thrombotic microangiopathies

Omeros Corporation today announced additional positive data in the company's Phase 2 clinical trial of OMS721 for the treatment of thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs). TMAs are a family of rare, debilitating and life-threatening disorders characterized by excessive thrombi (clots) – aggregations of platelets – in the microcirculation of the body's organs, most commonly the kidney and brain.

18 Aug 2015

RPCI researchers create outreach effort to improve public's participation in biomedical research

Roswell Park Cancer Institute researchers, together with input from African-American community leaders in Buffalo, have created an outreach effort that provides racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved communities with educational programs regarding the public's participation in biomedical research. The program is the basis of a recent study published by a team of local collaborators.

18 Aug 2015

Intoxicated victims of sexual violence could accurately retain information from events

18 Aug 2015

NCI-MATCH phase II precision medicine trial opens through ECOG-ACRIN

The National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) phase II precision medicine trial, known to doctors as trial EAY131, is open through the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group.

18 Aug 2015

Physicians may now have tools to predict people at greater risk of attempting suicide

People being treated for bipolar disorder and other psychiatric illnesses are at greater risk of attempting suicide, but physicians may now have tools to predict which of those individuals will attempt it and intervene early to prevent such tragedies from occurring.

18 Aug 2015

Obstructive hydrocephalus produces significant decrease in brain neurogenesis

In a group of mice, has been identified that their brain presents degenerative changes similar to aging after two months that their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) stopped circulating normally within the body and starts to accumulate, as reported by a Mexican group of researchers at the University of Colima.

18 Aug 2015

Scientists map 3-D atomic structure of protein complex that controls neurotransmitter release from brain cells

Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells. They mapped the 3-D atomic structure of a two-part protein complex that controls the release of signaling chemicals, called neurotransmitters, from brain cells. Understanding how cells release those signals in less than one-thousandth of a second could help launch a new wave of research on drugs for treating brain disorders.

18 Aug 2015

Laboratory News and Research

Transplanting mesenchymal stromal cells derived from amniotic membranes can benefit eye diseases

Amherst neurobiologists awarded grant to study how neurons regulate locomotion

Researchers uncover genetic circuit involved in obesity

New initiative aims to collect samples from schizophrenia patients across the globe

Discovery allows study of naturally occurring forms of HCV in the lab

LINE-1 jumping gene unusually active in gastrointestinal cancer

Study shows alcohol intoxication does not affect accuracy of sexual assault testimonies

Women who become mothers following fertility treatment face increased risk of depression

Hot chilli may be the key to lose weight, say Adelaide University researchers

NIH grants Clinical and Translational Science Award to UC San Diego

Pittcon will be exhibiting at Recent Advances in Microbiology Research: A BioConference Live 2015 Virtual Event

Researchers at Forsyth Institute enhance pipetting efficiency using VIAFLO Assist

Newly developed oxidation process uses ozone to degrade contaminants in water

Omeros reports additional positive data from OMS721 Phase 2 trial for treatment of thrombotic microangiopathies

RPCI researchers create outreach effort to improve public's participation in biomedical research

Intoxicated victims of sexual violence could accurately retain information from events

NCI-MATCH phase II precision medicine trial opens through ECOG-ACRIN

Physicians may now have tools to predict people at greater risk of attempting suicide

Obstructive hydrocephalus produces significant decrease in brain neurogenesis

Scientists map 3-D atomic structure of protein complex that controls neurotransmitter release from brain cells

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