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pH comes from the term “power of Hydrogen”, or the hydrogen ion concentration present in a given solution. It helps to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

Study sheds light on unique processes that bestow naked mole-rats’ with eternal fertility

Unlike humans and other mammals, which become less fertile with age, naked mole-rats can reproduce throughout their remarkably long lifespans.

22 Feb 2023

Novel model system helps studying human ovarian biology

Despite the fact that we all start out as an egg cell in one of our mother's ovaries, these human reproductive organs are surprisingly under-studied. Scientists have been working on creating in vitro models of human ovaries so that we can learn more about them and develop treatments for ovarian conditions, but most existing models use a combination of human and mouse cells, which do not faithfully replicate human ovary functions and take a long time to grow in the lab.

22 Feb 2023

New technique uses amino acids to cure meat and poultry products

Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly that.

22 Feb 2023

Scientists unravel the secrets of polydopamine coatings

Dopamine is best known as a neurotransmitter. What is rather unknown, however, the underwater glue used by mussels contains large amounts of L-Dopa molecules, an analog of dopamine.

17 Feb 2023

Betalain-tomatoes confer anti-inflammatory effects against macrophages and murine colitis

Metabolic engineering is a field of plant biotechnology that seeks to genetically modify plant metabolic pathways to generate plant varieties with improved health benefits.

17 Feb 2023

Digital microfluidics as the optimal technology for bacterial protocol advances

The February 2023 issue of SLAS Technology contains a set of four original research articles and one review article covering digital microfluidics (DMF), cryopreservation, colorectal cancer research and other laboratory automation technology.

17 Feb 2023

NIH researchers release new tool to assemble complete genome sequences on-demand

National Institutes of Health researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species.

17 Feb 2023

PFAS chemical helps suppress the neutrophil respiratory burst, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that the PFAS chemical GenX suppresses the neutrophil respiratory burst – the method white blood cells known as neutrophils use to kill invading pathogens.

16 Feb 2023

Novel mechanism of DNA repair occurring in neurons uncovered

"Use it or lose it" goes the adage, applied liberally to everything from our muscles to our minds, especially as we age.

16 Feb 2023

LJI receives funding from NIAID to lead the biggest human immunoprofiling effort

A new grant of over $17 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has established La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) as the leading institute for human immunology data curation, analysis, and dissemination. With this funding, LJI has taken the helm of the Human Immunology Project Consortium Data Coordinating Center, a critical tool in the effort to fuel scientific collaboration in immunoprofiling and highlight findings from the overall Human Immunology Project Consortium (HIPC).

16 Feb 2023

MD Anderson and Replay launch new company pioneering T cell receptor NK cell therapies

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Replay today announced the launch of Syena, a new oncology-focused product company pioneering T cell receptor (TCR) natural killer (NK) cell therapies.

15 Feb 2023

Experts demonstrate clear differences in virulence among the major clades of mpox virus

Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox).

15 Feb 2023

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lead to new fungicides to reduce the substantial annual losses of rice and other valuable cereals.

14 Feb 2023

Research provides insight into the regulation of heartbeats

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have mapped gene control elements in specialized cardiac cells responsible for coordinating heartbeats. The findings of the genome exploration study, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, provide insight into how heartbeats are regulated and could impact diagnosis and risk prediction for a variety of common arrhythmias.

14 Feb 2023

Robust new method accurately identifies eight antidepressants

In recent years, a mass spectrometry process that can detect the amounts of drugs in a biological sample, such as blood, has become a powerful diagnostic tool for helping medical professionals identify and monitor levels of therapeutic drugs in patients, which can cause unwanted or dangerous side effects.

14 Feb 2023

U.S. people show interest in using genetic technologies to improve offspring education

An article published today in the journal Science indicates that a substantial proportion of Americans are willing to use an essentially unregulated reproductive genetic technology to increase the chances of having a baby who is someday admitted to a top-100 ranked college.

10 Feb 2023

New platform to study the feeding behavior of mosquitoes

If watching animals feast on human blood for 30-plus hours isn't your idea of fun, don't worry. The robot can do it.

10 Feb 2023

Strata Oncology publishes study validating integrative pan-solid tumor predictor of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade benefit

Strata Oncology, Inc., a next-generation precision oncology company enabling smarter and earlier cancer treatment, today announced the publication of a new peer-reviewed study validating the clinical utility of the company's proprietary pan-solid tumor predictive biomarker for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy benefit, Immunotherapy Response Score (IRS).

8 Feb 2023

Novel insight into how stress changes in dynamic social systems

Stress is ubiquitous in today's world and affects people's lives significantly. Past research has focused on how stress is transmitted between pairs of individuals and in small groups. In a new longitudinal study, researchers adopted a network perspective to examine how the distribution of stress in an individuals' social environment influences their appraisal of stress.

8 Feb 2023

Novel combination therapy shows promise in acute myeloid leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of cancer that originates in the bone marrow, rapidly spreads to the blood and can quickly cause death if not treated promptly.

8 Feb 2023

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Study sheds light on unique processes that bestow naked mole-rats’ with eternal fertility

Novel model system helps studying human ovarian biology

New technique uses amino acids to cure meat and poultry products

Scientists unravel the secrets of polydopamine coatings

Betalain-tomatoes confer anti-inflammatory effects against macrophages and murine colitis

Digital microfluidics as the optimal technology for bacterial protocol advances

NIH researchers release new tool to assemble complete genome sequences on-demand

PFAS chemical helps suppress the neutrophil respiratory burst, study finds

Novel mechanism of DNA repair occurring in neurons uncovered

LJI receives funding from NIAID to lead the biggest human immunoprofiling effort

MD Anderson and Replay launch new company pioneering T cell receptor NK cell therapies

Experts demonstrate clear differences in virulence among the major clades of mpox virus

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

Research provides insight into the regulation of heartbeats

Robust new method accurately identifies eight antidepressants

U.S. people show interest in using genetic technologies to improve offspring education

New platform to study the feeding behavior of mosquitoes

Strata Oncology publishes study validating integrative pan-solid tumor predictor of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade benefit

Novel insight into how stress changes in dynamic social systems

Novel combination therapy shows promise in acute myeloid leukemia

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