HIV is Still Growing, Even When Undetectable in the Blood
January 28, 2024 11:26 am | by University of Oxford | News | CommentsA team of international researchers has found that HIV is still replicating in lymphoid tissue even when it is undetectable in the blood of patients on antiretroviral drugs.
Brain Structure Governing Emotion Is Passed Down From Mother To Daughter
January 28, 2024 11:22 am | by UCSF | News | CommentsA study of 35 families led by a psychiatric researcher showed for the first time that the structure of the brain circuitry known as the corticolimbic system is more likely to be passed down from mothers to daughters than from mothers to sons or from fathers to children of either gender.
Electric Patch Holds Promise for Treating PTSD
January 28, 2024 11:14 am | by UCLA | News | CommentsAn average of 30 years had passed since the traumatic events that had left them depressed, anxious, irritable, hypervigilant, unable to sleep well and prone to nightmares. But for 12 people who were involved in a study — survivors of rape, car accidents, domestic abuse and other traumas — an unobtrusive patch on the forehead provided considerable relief from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Study Hints at Biology of Schizophrenia, May Aid Treatment
January 28, 2024 11:09 am | by Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsScientists pursuing the biological roots of schizophrenia have zeroed in on a potential factor - a normal brain process that gets kicked into overdrive. The finding could someday lead to ways to treat the disease or even prevent it.
Faster Drug Discovery?
January 28, 2024 11:05 am | by Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | News | CommentsGenometry has commercialized a high-throughput gene-expression assay, which operates at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods. It does so by using measurements of 1,000 genes to accurately and quickly estimate the activity of all the 20,000 or so genes expressed in a cell.
UN Health Chief: Zika Virus is 'Spreading Explosively'
January 28, 2024 10:36 am | by Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng, Associated Press | News | CommentsDeclaring that the Zika virus is "spreading explosively," chief of the World Health Organization announced that it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday to decide if the virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.
Flexible Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) System
January 27, 2024 11:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe next generation OmniPAGE VS20WAVE-DGGE from Cleaver Scientific is a flexible Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) system. Modular in design the system can be simply adapted to perform most single-base pair mutation detection techniques that are used in DNA mutation analysis.
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CRISPR Used to Repair Blindness-causing Genetic Defect in Patient-derived Stem Cells
January 27, 2024 11:37 am | by Columbia University | News | CommentsScientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CRISPR to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited condition that causes the retina to degrade and leads to blindness in at least 1.5 million cases worldwide.
New Way to Detect Human-Animal Diseases Tested in Lemurs
January 27, 2024 11:31 am | by Duke University | News | CommentsAdvances in genetic sequencing are uncovering emerging diseases in wildlife that other diagnostic tests can’t detect.
Scientists Shed Light on Workings of Genetic Regulation
January 27, 2024 11:23 am | by NYU | News | CommentsA team of scientists has uncovered greater intricacy in protein signaling than was previously understood, shedding new light on the nature of genetic production.
New Technique Greatly Enhances Digital Microscopy Images
January 27, 2024 11:17 am | by UCLA | News | CommentsResearchers have created a new technique that greatly enhances digital microscopy images. The development is significant because digital imagery has led to many advances in microscopy, but digital microscopic imaging can sometimes result in blurry, pixilated images.
Brain’s Wiring Connected To Sensory Processing Disorder
January 27, 2024 11:10 am | by UCSF | News | CommentsResearchers have found that boys and girls with sensory processing disorder (SPD) have altered pathways for brain connectivity when compared to typically developing children, and the difference predicts challenges with auditory and tactile processing.
Acoustic Tweezers Manipulate Cells With Sound Waves
January 27, 2024 10:21 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsEngineers have devised a way to manipulate cells in three dimensions using sound waves. These “acoustic tweezers” could make possible 3-D printing of cell structures for tissue engineering and other applications, the researchers say.
Food Safety Consortium to Tackle Foodborne Illness
January 27, 2024 9:47 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsBio-Rad Laboratories Inc., a life science research and clinical diagnostic products manufacturer has joined IBM Research and Mars Inc. in the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain. The consortium is harnessing the power of genomics and informatics to study microbiomes in food to help prevent contamination and foodborne illness at any step in the food supply chain.
Screener Delivers Rapid, High-Content Cellular Analysis
January 26, 2024 11:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsIntelliCyt, a leading provider of integrated platforms that accelerate drug discovery, antibody screening and immuno-oncology research, introduces the iQue Screener PLUS to the screening market at the 2016 meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS2016) in San Diego this week.
