Zika Virus May Now be Tied to Another Brain Disease
April 11, 2024 8:46 am | by American Academy of Neurology | News | CommentsThe Zika virus may be associated with an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain's myelin similar to multiple sclerosis, according to a small study that is being released today.
A Newly Discovered Way for Cells to Die
April 8, 2024 5:06 pm | by Rockefeller University | News | CommentsSome cells are meant to live, and some are meant to die. The linker cell of Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny worm that is a favored model organism for biologists, is among those destined for termination.
Studying Elephant Seals to Understand How Carbon Monoxide can be Therapeutic
April 7, 2024 4:49 pm | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsMichael S. Tift, a Ph.D. candidate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography spoke to Bioscience Technology about how studying the elephant seal may provide insights into the underlying biology behind the protective effects of carbon monoxide, and help guide methods for CO-based therapies in humans.
Immunoassay Blocking Reagents Guide
April 7, 2024 9:50 am | by AMSBIO | Product Releases | CommentsAMSBIO has released a new 16-page practical guide that provides a detailed overview on how blockers can be used to reduce non-specific binding in immunoassays.
WHO: Diabetes Rises Fourfold Over Last Quarter-century
April 7, 2024 9:46 am | by Jamey Keaten, Associated Press | News | CommentsExcessive weight, obesity, aging and population growth drove a nearly four-fold increase in worldwide cases of diabetes over the last quarter-century, affecting 422 million people in 2014, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.
Scientists Look at Hangers-on Amid Mass Die-off of Bats
April 7, 2024 9:44 am | by Michael Hill, Associated Press | News | CommentsAs white-nose syndrome kills millions of bats across North America, there's a glimmer of hope at hibernation spots where it first struck a decade ago: Some bats in some caves are hanging on.
Building a New Kind of Brain-imaging System
April 7, 2024 9:39 am | by UNC | News | CommentsA tiny juvenile fish. That’s what’s at the center of a big effort to image the brain of a vertebrate organism like never before. An international team hopes to create a new imaging system to study individual neurons in high resolution throughout the entire brain of a freely moving vertebrate.
Engineers Develop a Pill for Long-term Drug Release
April 7, 2024 9:33 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsResearchers have designed a new type of pill that, once swallowed, can attach to the lining of the gastrointestinal tract and slowly release its contents.
Tomatoes May Protect Against Radiation Damage
April 7, 2024 9:28 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsLycopene – the red color in tomatoes – has been shown in a new study to protect cells against the damaging effects of radiation at low oxygen concentrations, and the findings could one day help improve radiation therapy.
Could Blueberries Help Mitigate PTSD Problems?
April 7, 2024 9:08 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsRats fed a diet rich in blueberries saw changes in levels of a gene associated with an increased risk of suicide, suggesting patients who suffer from problems associated with post-traumatic stress disorder could benefit from the fruit.
Mass Flowmeter Equipped with Signal Converter
April 6, 2024 9:39 am | by KROHNE Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsKROHNE, Inc.'s new OPTIMASS 6400, is an all-new twin bent tube Coriolis mass flowmeter, ideal for standard liquid and gas applications in the chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and energy and power industries.
New Syndrome that Causes Rare Intellectual Disability Named
April 6, 2024 9:29 am | by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | News | CommentsPediatric researchers, using high-speed DNA sequencing tools, have identified a new syndrome that causes intellectual disability (ID).
New Mouse Model to Aid Testing of Zika Vaccine, Therapeutics
April 6, 2024 9:20 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsA research team has established a mouse model for testing of vaccines and therapeutics to battle Zika virus. The mouse model mimics aspects of the infection in humans, with high levels of the virus seen in the mouse brain and spinal cord, consistent with evidence showing that Zika causes neurological defects in human fetuses.
Insomnia Linked to White Matter Abnormalities
April 6, 2024 9:15 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA specialized imaging technique has helped Chinese researchers find a potential link between primary insomnia and damage in the brain’s communication networks.
Reprogramming Gut Bacteria as “Living Therapeutics”
April 6, 2024 9:08 am | by Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | News | CommentsAn MIT spinout, Synlogic, is aiming to create a new class of medicines, by re-programming bacteria found in the gut as “living therapeutics.” Based on research by its co-founders, the company creates so-called synthetic biotics, which sense and correct metabolic abnormalities that underlie some major diseases and rare genetic disorders.
