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SBIR Fast-Track grant to fund study on new drug that targets cardiovascular diseases

The Exscien Corporation of Louisville, KY, in conjunction with LSU Health New Orleans Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, has been awarded an SBIR Fast-Track grant in the amount of $3.7 million over three years by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

14 Aug 2017

Researchers create anti-cancer drugs that can effectively kill 58 types of tumors

Boise State University researchers have created anti-cancer drugs that are effective at killing 58 of the 60 types of tumors found in the National Cancer Institutes NCI-60 panel of cancer cells, which affect nine organ systems in the human body.

14 Aug 2017

METTLER TOLEDO help businesses implement ISO 9001 with new library

ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirements for a Quality Management System (QMS). Its aim is to help businesses and organizations be more efficient and improve customer satisfaction. ISO 9001:2015 was released in 2015 and certified organizations have to adapt their processes to meet these changes by the September 2018 deadline.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 14 Aug 2017

GM pigs one step closer to providing organs for human transplant

US scientists are the closest yet to creating genetically modified pigs with organs that can be safely transplanted into humans.

14 Aug 2017

Counteracting premature aging

Aging is the continuing process of such stress exposures, and with advancing age (normal aging), we must carry lots of senescent cells within our bodies. Senescent cells also often provide some ‘bad influences’ to surrounding healthy cells; such as chronic inflammation and tumorigenesis

14 Aug 2017

Ants can adapt their chemical profile over short evolutionary periods, say biologists

The bodies of ants and other insects are covered with a thin, wax-like layer that protects them from desiccation and enables them to exchange information, in social insects, for instance, to differentiate between enemies and nestmates.

14 Aug 2017

Chemist develops new sugar-coated probe to easily detect low pH in living cells

The human body is engaged in a constant tightrope walk to maintain the right pH, because when our cells' acid-alkaline balance goes wrong, it can go wrong in a big way.

11 Aug 2017

Duke researchers map evolution of sex chromosomes in fungus linked to human disease

Biologically speaking, nearly every species on Earth has two opposite sexes, male and female. But with some fungi and other microbes, sex can be a lot more complicated.

11 Aug 2017

Researchers develop new technique to locate pathogenic mutations in dark, non-coding genome

When doctors can't find a diagnosis for patient's disease, they turn to genetic detectives. Equipped with genomic sequencing technologies available for less than 10 years, these sleuths now routinely search through a patient's DNA looking for mutations responsible for mysterious diseases.

11 Aug 2017

Livecyte® Kinetic Cytometer system by Phasefocus wins 2017 Microscopy Today Innovation Award

Phasefocus is the proud recipient of a 2017 Microscopy Today Innovation Award for its Livecyte® Kinetic Cytometer system.

From Phase Focus Limited 11 Aug 2017

Operating procedures collated in OMNIS platform for laboratory efficiency and convenience

What if your instrument software didn’t focus on the method but rather on the sample and what you want to know about it?

From Metrohm USA Inc. 10 Aug 2017

Single system OMNIS consolidates wet chemical analysis

What if you were able to determine all your titration parameters on a single system?

From Metrohm USA Inc. 10 Aug 2017

Vitamin B3 supplementation during pregnancy may prevent birth defects, in-vivo study suggests

Supplementing the diet with vitamin B3 during pregnancy may treat the molecular deficiencies in women that can lead to birth defects, according to a landmark study in Australia. Over the last 12 years, developmental geneticist Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney) and team have been studying the genes that influence fetal heart and bone development.

10 Aug 2017

Parker launches new high flow proportional valve for respiratory medical devices

The Precision Fluidics Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announces the launch of its newest model addition in the miniature high pressure high flow proportional valve series VSO MAX HP for OEMs looking for innovation in controlling the flow of inert gases.

10 Aug 2017

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across the Americas. It struck great fear in pregnant women, as babies born with severe brain birth defects quickly overburdened hospitals and public health care systems.

9 Aug 2017

Hungarian wine model to be developed by Bruker and Diagnosticum using NMR FoodScreener technology

The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture has selected Bruker’s collaboration partner Diagnosticum to implement a new program to authenticate and identify Hungarian wines.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 9 Aug 2017

Beer analysis tests performed using a single platform at Switzerland's largest brewery

Feldschloesschen AG, Switzerland’s largest brewery, has consolidated the quality control of their product on a customized Metrohm system.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 9 Aug 2017

Cryo-DualBeam is industry's first automated system dedicated to preparation of frozen biological samples

The new Thermo Scientific Aquilos is the first commercial cryo-DualBeam (focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope) system dedicated to the preparation of frozen, thin lamella samples from biological specimens for high-resolution tomographic imaging in a cryo-transmission electron microscope (cryo-TEM).

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 9 Aug 2017

Cryo-electron microscopy advances by Thermo Fisher Scientific drives structural biology research

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has extended its leadership in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with the introduction of two new instruments: the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i and the Thermo Scientific Glacios cryo-transmission electron microscopes (cryo-TEMs).

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 9 Aug 2017

Salivary peptide promotes wound healing, research reveals

A study published online in The FASEB Journal delves into the mystifying fact that wounds in your mouth heal faster and more efficiently than wounds elsewhere.

7 Aug 2017

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SBIR Fast-Track grant to fund study on new drug that targets cardiovascular diseases

Researchers create anti-cancer drugs that can effectively kill 58 types of tumors

METTLER TOLEDO help businesses implement ISO 9001 with new library

GM pigs one step closer to providing organs for human transplant

Counteracting premature aging

Ants can adapt their chemical profile over short evolutionary periods, say biologists

Chemist develops new sugar-coated probe to easily detect low pH in living cells

Duke researchers map evolution of sex chromosomes in fungus linked to human disease

Researchers develop new technique to locate pathogenic mutations in dark, non-coding genome

Livecyte® Kinetic Cytometer system by Phasefocus wins 2017 Microscopy Today Innovation Award

Operating procedures collated in OMNIS platform for laboratory efficiency and convenience

Single system OMNIS consolidates wet chemical analysis

Vitamin B3 supplementation during pregnancy may prevent birth defects, in-vivo study suggests

Parker launches new high flow proportional valve for respiratory medical devices

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

Hungarian wine model to be developed by Bruker and Diagnosticum using NMR FoodScreener technology

Beer analysis tests performed using a single platform at Switzerland's largest brewery

Cryo-DualBeam is industry's first automated system dedicated to preparation of frozen biological samples

Cryo-electron microscopy advances by Thermo Fisher Scientific drives structural biology research

Salivary peptide promotes wound healing, research reveals

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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