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Released: 16-Jan-2018 3:05 PM EST
Smartphone App Now Recognizes FASD Thanks to MMI Geneticist
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

With a smartphone and an app, qualified health care professionals can now diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in their office thanks to a suggestion from Omar Rahman, M.D.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 4:45 PM EST
All in the Family: Focused Genomic Comparisons
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by researchers at the Technical University of Denmark, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Joint BioEnergy Institute report the first outcome from the large-scale sequencing of 300+ Aspergillus species.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 7:00 AM EST
Tulane School of Medicine Launches Immersion Program for Biotech Execs and Investors Visiting the Big Easy
Tulane University

Tulane University School of Medicine has launched a new In-Residence Immersion Program that offers biotech executives, venture capitalists, scientists and entrepreneurs visiting New Orleans from across the country a fully functional on-the-go workspace on its downtown campus.

18-Dec-2017 2:30 PM EST
Molecular Mapping Made Easy
UC San Diego Health

Every day, every inch of skin on your body comes into contact with thousands of molecules — from food, cosmetics, sweat, the microbes that call your skin home. Now researchers can create interactive 3D maps that show where each molecule lingers on your body, thanks to a new method developed by University of California San Diego and European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) researchers.

Released: 18-Dec-2017 3:00 PM EST
Designer Nanoparticles Destroy a Broad Array of Viruses
University of Illinois Chicago

An international group of researchers have designed new anti-viral nanoparticles that bind to a range of viruses, including herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and Dengue and Lentiviruses. Unlike other broad-spectrum antivirals, which simply prevent viruses from infecting cells, the new nanoparticles destroy viruses.

11-Dec-2017 3:30 PM EST
Faster, More Accurate Cancer Detection Using Nanoparticles, Rutgers-Led Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Using light-emitting nanoparticles, Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have invented a highly effective method to detect tiny tumors and track their spread, potentially leading to earlier cancer detection and more precise treatment. The technology, announced today, could improve patient cure rates and survival times.

Released: 11-Dec-2017 3:00 PM EST
Scientists Identify Promising New Approach forImmune System Defense Against Cancer
University of California San Diego

Researchers have identified a promising new strategy to fight infections and cancer. They uncovered a novel function for a protein known as “Runx3” that is key to the development of killer T cells—immune cells important for fighting infections and cancer.

30-Nov-2017 8:00 AM EST
Scientists Create Successful Mass Production System for Bioengineered Livers
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Researchers report creating a biologically accurate mass-production platform that overcomes major barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues suitable for therapeutic transplant into people.

Released: 4-Dec-2017 4:05 PM EST
微生物群落成为个体化医疗的关键组成部分
Mayo Clinic

正在成为个体化医疗的重要组成部分。 微生物群落有助于改良诊断,及早发现和治疗疾病,并降低疾病风险。 Mayo Clinic的研究人员在最新一期的医学杂志Mayo Clinic Proceedings上发表了一篇综述来介绍其重要性。

Released: 27-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST
New Pathways, Better Biofuels
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis stitches together the best bits of several different bacteria--including a virulent pathogen--to synthesize a new biofuel product.

Released: 27-Nov-2017 9:00 AM EST
New Cancer Therapies Earn Sbarro Health Research Organization President Antonio Giordano 2017 CORE Prize for Oncology
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

The CORE Prize for Oncology 2017 was awarded to Professor Antonio Giordano for his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of the cell cycle, which have established an understanding of the fundamental mechanisms at the basis of cancer and the development of a new class of anticancer therapeutics.

8-Nov-2017 8:55 AM EST
Closing the Rural Health Gap: Media Update from RWJF and Partners on Rural Health Disparities
Newswise

Rural counties continue to rank lowest among counties across the U.S., in terms of health outcomes. A group of national organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National 4-H Council are leading the way to close the rural health gap.

       
Released: 31-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Italian-American Researchers Present Mediterranean Diet, Health, and Longevity at Annual Medical Conference
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Sbarro Health Research Organization President Antonio Giordano introduces program at National Italian American Foundation 42nd Anniversary Gala Weekend In Washington D.C.

Released: 24-Oct-2017 12:00 AM EDT
Antibiotics From a ‘Molecular Pencil Sharpener’
Rutgers University

Rutgers University–New Brunswick and other institutions have discovered a “molecular pencil sharpener” that chews away its outer coating to release a powerful antibiotic. Their discovery opens the door to finding new antibacterial agents and drugs to fight toxins.

   
Released: 19-Oct-2017 4:55 PM EDT
The Microbial Anatomy of an Organ
UC San Diego Health

University of California San Diego researchers have developed the first 3D spatial visualization tool for mapping “’omics” data onto whole organs. The tool helps researchers and clinicians understand the effects of chemicals, such as microbial metabolites and medications, on a diseased organ in the context of microbes that also inhabit the region. The work could advance targeted drug delivery for cystic fibrosis and other conditions where medications are unable to penetrate.

Released: 17-Oct-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Navigational View of the Brain Thanks to Powerful X-Rays
Georgia Institute of Technology

Imagine Google Earth with only the street view and a far-away satellite view but not much of a map view. Brain imaging, for the most part, has been missing just that, and a lot of research on how the brain computes happens on that level. New imaging tackles this special view of the brain with the highest-energy X-rays in the country, generated at a synchrotron, that illuminate thick sections of a mouse brain.

   
Released: 12-Oct-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Discovering the Genetic Timekeepers in Bioenergy Crops
Department of Energy, Office of Science

A new class of plant-specific genes required for flowering control in temperate grasses is found.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
MTRAC Awards Spark Biomedical Innovation at Wayne State University
Wayne State University Division of Research

Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) program. The goal is to accelerate the translation and commercialization of their innovative biomedical technologies by providing the resources to validate technical and market opportunities. The MTRAC projects will be supported by $1.1 million in awards from the Michigan Strategic Fund, which is administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), with matching funds from Wayne State.

4-Oct-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Light-Activated Nanoparticles Can Supercharge Current Antibiotics
University of Colorado Boulder

Light-activated nanoparticles, also known as quantum dots, can provide a crucial boost in effectiveness for antibiotic treatments used to combat drug-resistant superbugs such as E. coli and Salmonella, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows.

Released: 2-Oct-2017 10:45 AM EDT
Southern Research-Bionetix Collaboration Seeks Novel Cancer Drug That Targets a Genetic Switch
Southern Research

Southern Research and Bionetix Inc., a South Korea-based biotech firm, have signed a research and license agreement to develop a new anti-cancer drug that affects a key genetic switch associated with suppression and regulation of the growth of certain types of cancer.

26-Sep-2017 2:00 AM EDT
New Approaches to Difficult Drug Targets: The Phosphatase Story
SLAS

Discovering new drugs has never been easy and some potential drug targets have historically been viewed as too challenging and thus off limits for prosecution. In a new SLAS Discovery review, authors John S. Lazo et al. of the University of Virginia reflect on the nature of protein tyrosine phosphatases and explores reasons why these enzymes have been eschewed by drug hunters, and how the landscape is beginning to change.

   
Released: 28-Sep-2017 4:55 PM EDT
JHU Undergrads’ ‘Nasal Relief’ is Finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition
 Johns Hopkins University

A Johns Hopkins student team that wants to help people breathe easier has scored a coveted finalist spot in the 2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition. The students devised a simple, discreet device to open obstructed nostrils, a common problem that can cause snoring and other sleep disruptions, as well as exercising difficulties.

   
Released: 28-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
After-School Energy Rush
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory partnered with the University of Chicago to sponsor “All About Energy,” a six-week program that gives Chicago public high school students an up-close look at careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and a chance to learn what it means to be a scientist.

   
Released: 26-Sep-2017 4:50 PM EDT
Using Spare Parts Might “Jump-Start” Protein Design
Weizmann Institute of Science

Weizmann Institute scientists find that including “non-ideal” components in the design may be key to functional artificial proteins

Released: 26-Sep-2017 12:00 PM EDT
2018 DOE JGI Community Science Program Allocations Announced
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Many of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s selected 2018 Community Science Program proposals aim to utilize multiple genomic and analytical capabilities, along with scientific expertise, to users focused on the underlying mechanisms involved in bioenergy generation and biogeochemical processes.

21-Sep-2017 2:00 AM EDT
Heart-on-a-Chip: Influence of Static and Perfusion on Cardiac Cells
SLAS

A new report shows how microsystems can be used to understand processes in heart tissue in detail and to test newly developed compounds applied in the treatment of cardiac diseases.

   
Released: 25-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Creative Use of Noise Brings Bio-Inspired Electronic Improvement
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Researchers at Osaka University in Japan are working to exploit stochastic resonance to enhance signal transmission for a new generation of devices, using single-walled carbon nanotubes. They created a summing network SR device that detects subthreshold signals, fabricated to include a self-noise component. The researchers report their findings this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

Released: 25-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
UNH Receives NIH Grant to Advance Its Biomedical Research to the Bedside
University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $10 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to accelerate the translation of its basic biomedical and bioengineering research into clinical and commercialization opportunities leading to improved diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

Released: 25-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
With Extra Sugar, Leaves Get Fat Too
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Eat too much without exercising and you'll probably put on a few pounds. As it turns out, plant leaves do something similar. In a new study at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists show that retaining sugars in plant leaves can make them get fat too. In plants, this extra fat accumulation could be a good thing.

Released: 21-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Biomass-Produced Electricity in the US Possible, but It’ll Cost
University of Georgia

If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an extra cost, a new University of Georgia study has found.

Released: 20-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Seaweed-Fueled Cars? Maybe One Day, with Help of New Tech
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New technologies are being developed to grow seaweed in the open ocean so it can be converted into biofuel with support from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, also known as ARPA-E.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 4:05 PM EDT
New Self-Powered Paper Patch Could Help Diabetics Measure Glucose During Exercise
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A new paper-based sensor patch developed by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York could allow diabetics to effectively measure glucose levels during exercise.

   
18-Sep-2017 4:00 AM EDT
A Cereal Survives Heat and Drought
University of Vienna

An international consortium under the lead of the non-profit organization "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics" (ICRISAT) and participation of a research team around the system biologist Wolfram Weckwerth has published the genome sequence of Pearl millet, a drought resistant crop plant most important in aride regions in Africa and Asia. This so-called C4 plant is especially important to small and medium farmers who grow the plant without larger irrigation. Pearl millet delivers a good harvest index under drought and heat conditions when rice, maize or wheat already have no grains anymore.

13-Sep-2017 4:15 PM EDT
Skin Patch Dissolves “Love Handles” in Mice
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Researchers have developed a medicated skin patch that can turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat locally while raising the body’s metabolism. The patch could be used to burn off pockets of unwanted fat and treat metabolic disorders like obesity and diabetes.

   
Released: 14-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Fungi: Gene Activator Role Discovered
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Specific modifications to fungi DNA may hold the secret to turning common plant degradation agents into biofuel producers.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Congenital Heart Disease Expert Implants First-of-Its-Kind Pulmonary Heart Valve Device In an FDA-Approved Clinical Trial
Cedars-Sinai

A Cedars-Sinai interventional cardiologist has performed the first minimally invasive procedure using a device that could spare patients with a common congenital heart defect from undergoing multiple open-heart surgeries. B-Roll Video Available

Released: 12-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Consequences of Drought Stress on Biofuels
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.

11-Sep-2017 4:25 PM EDT
Benson Hill Biosystems Launches Novel Genome Editing CRISPR 3.0 Technology
Benson Hill

Cms1 CRISPR Nuclease Available to Partners to Drive Crop Improvement

   
Released: 8-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Clay Minerals and Metal Oxides Change How Uranium Travels Through Sediments
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Montmorillonite clays prevent uranium from precipitating from liquids, letting it travel with groundwater.

Released: 8-Sep-2017 9:30 AM EDT
Lumacyte Joins the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
LumaCyte

LumaCyte, a Charlottesville, VA based biotechnology company, has joined NIIMBL, a Manufacturing USA institute sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Released: 7-Sep-2017 9:30 AM EDT
2017 AAPS Election Results Announced
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

Dale Eric Wurster, Ph.D., FAAPS, has been elected to serve as president-elect of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), a professional member-based organization of approximately 9,000 located in Arlington, VA. He will begin a three-year term on the AAPS Board of Directors (as president-elect, president, and immediate past president) in November of this year at the 2017 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego. The meeting anticipates an attendance of over 6,500 pharmaceutical scientists from around the world.

31-Aug-2017 11:00 AM EDT
New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Scientists at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have developed a new method for fine-tuning the structure of rhodamine dyes, and can now create a colorful palette of fluorescent molecules.

Released: 31-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Center for Biorenewable Chemicals Introduces Idea for New Molecules, Innovation, Value
Iowa State University

Leaders of the Center for Biorenewable Chemicals are proposing a new model for creating, applying and commercializing chemicals made from biomass. The model calls for identifying “bioprivileged molecules” that offer unique properties.

Released: 29-Aug-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Laser Pulses Drum Up Sharp Images of Organs in Motion
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers have developed a photoacoustic imaging technique that uses lasers to create detailed ultrasound images in live animals. The method allows for complete internal body scans with enough resolution to see active organs, circulating cancer cells, and firing neural networks.

   
Released: 29-Aug-2017 10:05 AM EDT
First Atlas of B-cell Clones in Human Body Forms New Foundation for Infectious Disease Research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new “anatomic atlas” of how B cells – the immune system’s producer of antibodies – link up to form networks has been charted by researchers. This map will be an important resource for researchers and clinicians studying infectious diseases, the microbiome, vaccine responses, and tissue-specific immunity.

Released: 29-Aug-2017 9:50 AM EDT
Leica FL560 Achieves First FDA Clearance for Cerebrovascular Fluorescence with Fluorescein
Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems is the first company in the US receiving FDA 510(k) clearance for the visualization of cerebrovascular blood flow in conjunction with fluorescein

25-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Turtles May Hold the Key to Protecting Human Hearts after Heart Attack
American Physiological Society (APS)

In humans, going just minutes without oxygen—such as during a heart attack or stroke—can cause devastating damage to the heart. Researchers looking to freshwater turtles to understand the mechanisms that protect them from heart damage after long hibernation periods will present their findings at the Physiological Bioenergetics: Mitochondria from Bench to Bedside conference in San Diego.

   
23-Aug-2017 5:05 AM EDT
Chromosome Mechanics Guide Nuclear Assembly
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

How a protein BAF crosslinks the DNA to allow proper nuclear envelope reformation



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