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Validating the Diagnosis of Depression

It’s very difficult to diagnose depression. With depression, you can't open the brain to find answers, and the chemistry of the brain is separate from the chemistry of the body.

From Pittcon 10 Apr 2018

New CTX™ X-ray fluorescence elemental analyzer introduced by Bruker at Analytica 2018

Bruker today introduces the new CTX™ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analyzer. The portable Counter Top XRF (CTX) is small, light-weight, safety-interlocked, and battery operated. At less than 7 kilograms in weight, the self-contained CTX is truly portable, and has a small footprint of 14 cm in width.

From Bruker 10 Apr 2018

New INVENIO™ Fourier Transform Infrared research spectrometer launched by Bruker

Bruker today announces the launch of the new INVENIO™ Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) research spectrometer. The INVENIO is the successor to the renowned VERTEX 70 FT-IR for advanced R&D applications.

10 Apr 2018

New technique makes it possible to trace lineage of each cell

Every biology textbook states that cells are life's building blocks. But researchers are only now beginning to understand their diversity. Technologies such as RNA sequencing are revealing which genes are expressed in each individual cell.

9 Apr 2018

UCLA researchers tweak CRISPR to accelerate genomic editing

The powerful gene-editing tool, CRISPR, has revolutionized research by allowing scientists to snip and patch DNA with remarkable precision. But tracking the impact of these changes on gene function can be time-consuming. Researchers currently analyze each edit one at a time, a process that can take weeks.

9 Apr 2018

Fluorescent dye could allow doctors to obtain better images of blood vessels, tissues

Fluorescence imaging is widely used for visualizing biological tissues such as the back of the eye, where signs of macular degeneration can be detected. It is also commonly used to image blood vessels during reconstructive surgery, allowing surgeons to make sure the vessels are properly connected.

9 Apr 2018

Pittcon 2019 committee calls for technical program proposals

The Pittcon Technical Program Committee is now accepting proposals for Symposia, Workshops, and Organized Contributed Sessions for the 2019 Technical Program.

From Pittcon 9 Apr 2018

Novel biomarker helps optimize anticancer therapy

Researchers have identified a biomarker that can be used to visualize blood vessel activity and optimize the timing of anticancer therapy.

9 Apr 2018

Resistance training enhances cellular recycling in muscle cells

A new study has shown that resistance training among previously untrained men increases autophagosome content, but that this effect may be blunted by aging.

9 Apr 2018

Nosopharm and UIC reveal pharmacology of new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistance

Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, and the University of Illinois at Chicago today announce the publication of a study in Molecular Cell on the mechanism of action of odilorhabdins, a new class of antibiotics to combat antibiotic resistance.

9 Apr 2018

Research team identifies new class of antibiotics to fight drug resistance

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France, are part of an international team reporting on the discovery of a new class of antibiotics.

6 Apr 2018

New collection of transgenic flies could accelerate biomedical discovery

For more than 100 years, the humble fruit fly has been used to understand fundamental biological processes and has been a crucial tool for rapid preclinical gene discovery for myriads of human diseases.

6 Apr 2018

Researchers uncover mechanism critical to keeping blood stem cells functional

Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function - and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive human blood cancers.

6 Apr 2018

New research could pave way for better influenza vaccines

Influenza vaccines that better target the influenza surface protein called neuraminidase (NA) could offer broad protection against various influenza virus strains and lessen the severity of illness, according to new research published in Cell.

6 Apr 2018

Research reveals how bacteria prepare sticky adhesion protein

Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Georgia have described how the protein that allows strep and staph bacteria to stick to human cells is prepared and packaged.

6 Apr 2018

Largest genomic analysis supports additional classification of tumors

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are reporting the concluding findings from a major analysis of nearly 10,000 different tumor samples that focused on identifying similarities between cancers based on changes in their genes, and the way their genes are expressed.

6 Apr 2018

Johns Hopkins scientist calls for more integration of epigenetics and genetics research

In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for more integration between two fields of DNA-based research: genetics and epigenetics.

6 Apr 2018

Scientists identify key genetic events responsible for initiating childhood leukemia

The key genetic events responsible for initiating the early stages of a type of childhood leukemia have been identified by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Insights into the ‘founder’ genetic mutation for this type of leukemia, present in all the cancer cells, could be used in the development of new targeted drugs.

6 Apr 2018

Agilent and BioTek announce new integrated metabolic analysis and imaging solution

Agilent Technologies Inc. and BioTek Instruments, Inc., today announced a new, integrated solution that combines cellular metabolic analysis and imaging technologies.

From Agilent Technologies 6 Apr 2018

DrySyn OCTO parallel synthesizer helps improve workflow in early stage discovery chemistry

Asynt reports on how a DrySyn OCTO 8-position parallel synthesizer has benefited early stage discovery chemistry at Cancer Research UK.

From Asynt 6 Apr 2018

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Validating the Diagnosis of Depression

New CTX™ X-ray fluorescence elemental analyzer introduced by Bruker at Analytica 2018

New INVENIO™ Fourier Transform Infrared research spectrometer launched by Bruker

New technique makes it possible to trace lineage of each cell

UCLA researchers tweak CRISPR to accelerate genomic editing

Fluorescent dye could allow doctors to obtain better images of blood vessels, tissues

Pittcon 2019 committee calls for technical program proposals

Novel biomarker helps optimize anticancer therapy

Resistance training enhances cellular recycling in muscle cells

Nosopharm and UIC reveal pharmacology of new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistance

Research team identifies new class of antibiotics to fight drug resistance

New collection of transgenic flies could accelerate biomedical discovery

Researchers uncover mechanism critical to keeping blood stem cells functional

New research could pave way for better influenza vaccines

Research reveals how bacteria prepare sticky adhesion protein

Largest genomic analysis supports additional classification of tumors

Johns Hopkins scientist calls for more integration of epigenetics and genetics research

Scientists identify key genetic events responsible for initiating childhood leukemia

Agilent and BioTek announce new integrated metabolic analysis and imaging solution

DrySyn OCTO parallel synthesizer helps improve workflow in early stage discovery chemistry

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