by Greta Harrison, University of Southern California Single hematopoietic stem cells dividing metabolically (m) symmetrically and asymmetrically, measured by the research team’s imaging technique. Credit: Hao Zhou And Keyue Shen / University of Southern California Stem cells are like the emergency tool kit of the human body. They have the unique ability to form into...
JUNE 25, 2024 by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Atlas of necroptotic pathway expression in human intestinal crypts. Credit: WEHIFully automated diagnostic techniques, including liquid handling robots, are poised to improve the lives of millions of people living with inflammatory diseases worldwide. A landmark Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) study has revealed new methods...
JUNE 25, 2024 by Sølvi Normannsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Pipeline for 3D reconstruction using PSFS algorithm. Credit: Journal of Imaging (2024). DOI: 10.3390/jimaging10040082 Using just a single image taken by a capsule endoscopy camera, scientists have succeeded in creating a three-dimensional model of the colon. This new method provides much better images...
NEWS RELEASE 25-JUN-2024 EPFL researchers have succeeded in directing floating objects around an aquatic obstacle course using only soundwaves. Their novel, optics-inspired method holds great promise for biomedical applications such as noninvasive targeted drug delivery. Peer-Reviewed PublicationECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE VIDEO: MOVING AN OBJECT WITH SOUNDWAVES DESPITE DISORDER © LWE EPFL view moreCREDIT: ©...
JULY 2, 2024 by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre The efficiency of PspCas13b silencing is highly variable between crRNAs. Credit: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41594-024-01336-0Peter Mac researchers have taken the first step towards designing rapid personalized cancer treatments by ‘cutting out’ disease-causing RNA. The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, demonstrate...
JUNE 24, 2024 by University of Pittsburgh Vision of the proposed research for developing a self-powered, millifluidic lab-on-a-chip device to determine blood conductivity. Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403568Metabolic disorders, like diabetes and osteoporosis, are burgeoning throughout the world, especially in developing countries. The diagnosis for these disorders is typically a blood test, but because...
Doug Brunk May 22, 2024 Supporters of home phototherapy for patients with plaque and guttate psoriasis had plenty to cheer about at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in March. There, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, professor of dermatology and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, presented results from the...
JUNE 12, 2024 by University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public DomainUbiquitous wearable technologies, like smartwatches, could help researchers better understand progressive neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and speed up the approval of new therapies, a critical need given that no drugs exist to slow progression of the world’s fastest growing brain disease. New...
JUNE 12, 2024 by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAs described in research published in the Biotechnology Journal, investigators have developed a novel patch that can help liver tissue regenerate. The patch is a combination of decellularized liver matrix, a liver growth factor, and an anticoagulant. In lab tests with liver cells, the patch helped liver...
JUNE 12, 2024 by Cell Press A wearable system that can locate ingestibles in the gut with millimeter resolution. Credit: Khan Lab at USCScientists at the University of Southern California have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to track tiny devices that monitor markers of disease in the gut. Devices using the novel system may...
