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New drug offers hope for treatment of aggressive T-PLL leukemia

Hitherto there has been no adequate treatment available for the rare and highly aggressive malignant blood disease T-PLL leukemia.

24 Oct 2017

Measuring biological samples using SNAP

My group is interested in host pathogen interaction and we mainly focus on how bacteria enter cells. In essence, the idea is that if you can prevent bacteria from entering cells, then you will prevent illness.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 24 Oct 2017

New synthetic genetic tool measures and manipulates protein aggregation in live cells

A common thread ties seemingly unlinked disorders like Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes together. This thread is known as protein aggregation and happens when proteins clump together. These complexes are a hallmark of many diseases but have recently been linked to beneficial functions as well.

20 Oct 2017

Gene circuit can be used to switch on inside cancer cells and stimulate immune attack, study suggests

A new study, conducted by researchers at MIT, suggests that a recently developed synthetic gene circuit can stimulate the immune system to kill cancer cells when it identifies indications of the cancer. The gene circuit will only stimulate a therapeutic response when it identifies two particular cancer markers.

20 Oct 2017

Chromosomes may be entangled, research finds

Everyone knows that long bits of yarn, or charging cables and the like, tend to get quickly tangled and form nasty knots. Little is known about the structures of our genetic material, chromosomes, which also consist of long strings that -- according to our experience -- should be likely to become knotted. However, up to now it has not been possible to study this experimentally.

20 Oct 2017

Researchers discover new function in gene-regulatory protein

Researchers at Umeå and Stockholm universities in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US have published a new study in the journal Molecular Cell.

20 Oct 2017

Protein identified as promising novel obesity treatment

This week Amgen published data showing that injection of a protein known as growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) facilitated weight loss in obese mice and primates.

20 Oct 2017

Jealousy study in pair-bonded monkeys offers insight into human emotions and behavior

It's perhaps one of the most common emotions to feel in a relationship, but one that's virtually untouched when it comes to studying relationships in monogamous primate species.

19 Oct 2017

New RNA switch achieves gene activation thousands of times better than nature

If scientists could precisely regulate gene expression, they could turn off the genes responsible for illness and disease and turn on those that enhance health and the immune system.

19 Oct 2017

Scientists uncover surprising molecular link in critical cellular growth pathway

A team of scientists led by Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising molecular link that connects how cells regulate growth with how they sense and make available the nutrients required for growth.

19 Oct 2017

Serial dilution bags offer huge benefits in food testing labs

Inlabtec has published a short article that discusses the benefits gained from use of application specific sterile plastic bags in microbiological food testing.

19 Oct 2017

Genevac’s Rocket evaporators set standard for rapid, sample-safe operation

Designed for laboratories tasked with handling larger sample volumes - Rocket evaporators from Genevac set the standard for productive, sample-safe operation.

19 Oct 2017

Porvair Sciences launches new pierceable cap mats for high throughput chromatography applications

Porvair Sciences has introduced a new range of pierceable cap mats from sister company, JG Finneran Associates Inc. These new cap mats ensure the integrity of samples in Porvair 96-well Deep well microplate with glass inserts used in high throughput chromatography.

19 Oct 2017

Sartorius Stedim Biotech announces integration of ambr 15 bioreactor with Nova BioProfile FLEX2

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has announced the ambr 15 automated micro bioreactor system combined with a Nova Biomedical BioProfile FLEX2 automated cell culture analyzer.

From Sartorius 19 Oct 2017

TGen project to develop standard operating procedures for single-cell RNA sequencing

The Translational Genomics Research Institute today announced grant support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donor advised fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, that will help revolutionize how researchers identify the genetic source of diseases and how best to treat each patient.

17 Oct 2017

Northwestern scientists discover 'wasabi receptor' for pain in flatworms

A Northwestern University research team has discovered how scalding heat and tissue injury activate an ancient "pain" receptor in simple animals. The findings could lead to new strategies for analgesic drug design for the treatment of humans.

17 Oct 2017

Genetic diversity plays major role in evolution of drug resistance

Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice in France, show that high genetic diversity can prime new mutations that cause drug resistance.

17 Oct 2017

Using AFM to study cell mechanics and function

My lab, broadly speaking, is interested in trying to understand interactions between cells and materials. Those could be materials that are present within living tissue or materials that we use for engineering purposes to try to do something of technological or therapeutic interest.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 17 Oct 2017

Columbia scientists receive grant from CZI to construct atlas of cells in human spinal cord

Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donor advised fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, to construct an atlas of gene activity of all cells in the human spinal cord.

17 Oct 2017

Father's diet before sex could contribute to changes in the offspring’s health, study reveals

A new study, conducted by the University of Cincinnati (UC) biology professors Michal Polak and Joshua Benoit, suggests that a father's nutrition could play a similar role to the mother’s nutrition in his offspring’s health. Researchers from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre and the University of Western Australia also collaborated on the study.

16 Oct 2017

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New drug offers hope for treatment of aggressive T-PLL leukemia

Measuring biological samples using SNAP

New synthetic genetic tool measures and manipulates protein aggregation in live cells

Gene circuit can be used to switch on inside cancer cells and stimulate immune attack, study suggests

Chromosomes may be entangled, research finds

Researchers discover new function in gene-regulatory protein

Protein identified as promising novel obesity treatment

Jealousy study in pair-bonded monkeys offers insight into human emotions and behavior

New RNA switch achieves gene activation thousands of times better than nature

Scientists uncover surprising molecular link in critical cellular growth pathway

Serial dilution bags offer huge benefits in food testing labs

Genevac’s Rocket evaporators set standard for rapid, sample-safe operation

Porvair Sciences launches new pierceable cap mats for high throughput chromatography applications

Sartorius Stedim Biotech announces integration of ambr 15 bioreactor with Nova BioProfile FLEX2

TGen project to develop standard operating procedures for single-cell RNA sequencing

Northwestern scientists discover 'wasabi receptor' for pain in flatworms

Genetic diversity plays major role in evolution of drug resistance

Using AFM to study cell mechanics and function

Columbia scientists receive grant from CZI to construct atlas of cells in human spinal cord

Father's diet before sex could contribute to changes in the offspring’s health, study reveals

Decoding Cannabis: Differentiating Hemp and Marijuana

Deciphering the Microbiome with The Microsetta Initiative

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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