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Mayo Clinic's strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing focuses on delivering novel biotherapeutics

Mayo Clinic today announced a strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing to deliver novel biotherapeutics for rare and complex conditions.

17 Aug 2022

Extract from the roots of Rhodiola rosea may be effective for managing type 2 diabetes

A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that treatment with an extract from the roots of the Rhodiola rosea plant might be effective for helping manage type 2 diabetes, showing promise as a safe and effective non-pharmaceutical alternative.

16 Aug 2022

Inventia Life Science partners with Xylyx Bio to develop tissue-specific, digitally-printed bioinks for drug discovery

Inventia Life Science and Xylyx Bio today announced their strategic partnership following promising results developing more realistic, scalable, and reproducible 3D cell cultures for drug discovery and biomedical research.

From Inventia Life Science 16 Aug 2022

Inventia Life Science and BioLamina partner to advance cell matrices for complex 3D cell models

As a result of this partnership, Inventia Life Science will now offer BioLamina’s extensive range of Biolaminin® products incorporated into the pre-validated library of RASTRUM™ Matrices, recapitulating the key motifs found in the native tissue of various cell types.

From Inventia Life Science 16 Aug 2022

RASTRUM™ - the 3D Printer of Living Cells, Honored in Annual Awards by Leading Business Magazine

RASTRUM™ has taken out the top prize in the Experimental category. RASTRUM™ prints human cells into living tissue models to supercharge research into cancer and other diseases using revolutionary drop-on-demand technology.

From Inventia Life Science 16 Aug 2022

Parents transmit genetic and epigenetic information to their offspring

The knowledge of what can be inherited from parents and how their life experiences impact children could be completely rewritten if a fundamental finding concerning a factor driving healthy development in embryos were made.

From Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) 15 Aug 2022

Mount Sinai and Regeneron Genetics Center launch a large-scale genome sequencing project

Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have launched a new human genome sequencing research project called the Mount Sinai Million Health Discoveries Program with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), part of the industry-leading, New York-based biotechnology company Regeneron.

12 Aug 2022

Circadian clock impacts cell growth, metabolism, and tumor development

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, have defined how the circadian clock impacts cell growth, metabolism, and tumor progression in a new study.

12 Aug 2022

Cedars-Sinai builds bio-realistic and intricate computer models of brain cells

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have produced an unprecedented number of bio-realistic and intricate computer models of individual brain cells.

11 Aug 2022

Circadian clocks involve primarily in fat cell growth

According to two studies conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the circadian clocks that keep the body and its cells synchronized to the 24-hour day-night cycle are severely disrupted.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers identify key molecular differences between initial and metastatic tumors

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine claim to have discovered significant molecular variations between cancer cells that adhere to an initial tumor and those that spread out to develop distant tumors while researching the fatal form of breast cancer known as triple negative.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers report the identification of novel small molecules that stimulate human adaptive immune responses

An antibody that is successfully used to treat a variety of tumors has been replaced with a tiny molecule that researchers from Tel Aviv University and the University of Lisbon have jointly found and manufactured.

9 Aug 2022

Study finds a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during warm weather

Rising temperatures pose major challenges to the dairy industry – a Holstein's milk production can decline 30 to 70% in warm weather – but a new Cornell University-led study has found a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during heat-stress events, while also pinpointing the cause of the decline.

8 Aug 2022

Mitochondrial DNA plays a crucial role in inflammation, study finds

Mitochondria are generally known as the powerhouse of the cell, however, growing research indicates that they may potentially be involved in inflammation.

8 Aug 2022

Optogenetic control of mitochondria–lysosome contacts induce mitochondrial fission with spatiotemporal accuracy

Researchers from UC, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University at Buffalo demonstrated that light-activated proteins can help normalize dysfunction within cells.

8 Aug 2022

SLFN11’s surveillance part in protein homeostasis

On July 25th, 2022, a new study perspective called “SLFN11’s surveillance role in protein homeostasis” was published in Volume 9 of Oncoscience.

8 Aug 2022

Novel model system to identify new treatments for CF patients who continue to struggle without therapies

A mutation in the CFTR gene results in cystic fibrosis (CF). Despite the fact that there are many hundreds of identified mutations, not all of them can now be treated, leaving a sizable portion of CF patients without access to targeted medicines.

3 Aug 2022

Senior leadership positions at cancer centers lack diversity, survey reveals

A new national survey reveals a dramatic lack of diversity in senior leadership positions at the nation's cancer centers.

29 Jul 2022

Study shows how two matching DNA strands hybridize to generate double-stranded DNA

Nanoscientists and theoretical physicists from UNSW Medicine & Health’s EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science collaborated to decipher the intricate mechanics of determining how quickly two matched strands of DNA may completely come together—or hybridize—to generate double-stranded DNA. Their results were reported in Nucleic Acids Research.

From The University of New South Wales (UNSW) 28 Jul 2022

Researchers propose a solution to delayed molecular diagnosis and therapy in childhood genetic diseases

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM®) recently announced the publication in Nature Communications of research that describes and examines the efficiency of Genome-to-Treatment (GTRxTM), a computer-controlled, virtual disease management system that combines a quick Whole Genome Sequencing (rWGS®) diagnosis accomplished in 13.5 hours with a custom lab management information system and analysis pipeline.

28 Jul 2022

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Mayo Clinic's strategic collaboration in biomanufacturing focuses on delivering novel biotherapeutics

Extract from the roots of Rhodiola rosea may be effective for managing type 2 diabetes

Inventia Life Science partners with Xylyx Bio to develop tissue-specific, digitally-printed bioinks for drug discovery

Inventia Life Science and BioLamina partner to advance cell matrices for complex 3D cell models

RASTRUM™ - the 3D Printer of Living Cells, Honored in Annual Awards by Leading Business Magazine

Parents transmit genetic and epigenetic information to their offspring

Mount Sinai and Regeneron Genetics Center launch a large-scale genome sequencing project

Circadian clock impacts cell growth, metabolism, and tumor development

Cedars-Sinai builds bio-realistic and intricate computer models of brain cells

Circadian clocks involve primarily in fat cell growth

Researchers identify key molecular differences between initial and metastatic tumors

Researchers report the identification of novel small molecules that stimulate human adaptive immune responses

Study finds a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during warm weather

Mitochondrial DNA plays a crucial role in inflammation, study finds

Optogenetic control of mitochondria–lysosome contacts induce mitochondrial fission with spatiotemporal accuracy

SLFN11’s surveillance part in protein homeostasis

Novel model system to identify new treatments for CF patients who continue to struggle without therapies

Senior leadership positions at cancer centers lack diversity, survey reveals

Study shows how two matching DNA strands hybridize to generate double-stranded DNA

Researchers propose a solution to delayed molecular diagnosis and therapy in childhood genetic diseases

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