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Five Alarm Bio, Focused on Minimising the Effects of Aging in Humans, Raises Seed Investment

Investors include Cambridge Angels, Meltwind, o2h Ventures, SyndicateRoom, and Angel investors, with support from KPMG Acceleris.

From Five Alarm Bio 28 Feb 2023

CN Bio extends microphysiological system portfolio with PhysioMimix Single-Organ Higher Throughput System

CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) company that designs and manufactures single-and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced the commercial launch of the PhysioMimix™ Single-organ Higher Throughput (HT) System.

From CN Bio Innovations Limited 28 Feb 2023

ABBA plays inspiration for a new genus of spiders

After an extensive analysis of orb-weaving spiders discovered in Australian zoological collections, Dr Volker Framenau and Dr Pedro Castanheira of Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, developed the new Araneid spider genus.

28 Feb 2023

Elaborating how amino acids shaped the genetic code of ancient microbes

Researchers discovered that without specific amino acids, ancient proteins would not have identified how to evolve into anything alive on the planet today, including plants, animals, and humans, by mimicking early Earth conditions in the lab.

28 Feb 2023

RNA modification plays a vital role in TDP-43-related neurodegeneration in ALS

Nearly 100% of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-the progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease known as ALS or Lou Gherig's disease-involve the buildup of a protein called TDP-43.

28 Feb 2023

Nanosatellite paves the way for developing RNA-based medicines

Researchers from Aarhus University and Berkeley Laboratory have designed RNA molecules, that folds into nanoscale rectangles, cylinders, and satellites, and have studied their 3D structure and dynamics with advanced nanotechnological methods.

28 Feb 2023

Cell therapy trial promises long-term improvement for patients with chronic heart failure

Physician-scientists at The Texas Heart Institute announced today the results of the largest cell therapy trial to date in patients with chronic heart failure due to low ejection fraction.

28 Feb 2023

Lieber Institute awarded $1 million grant to foster racial diversity across neuroscience

The Lieber Institute for Brain Development has received a $1 million, two-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support the work of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI) to promote racial equity throughout the field of neuroscience.

28 Feb 2023

Study shows how pesticides render certain strawberries bland

Have you ever bitten into a plump, red strawberry, only to find it bland and watery? Certain pesticides might be responsible. A team reporting in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has found that two common strawberry fungicides can impact cellular mechanisms, creating berries with subdued flavor and sweetness, as well as a lower nutritional value.

28 Feb 2023

The relationship between cancer and DMD gene expression discovered

Mutations of the gene encoding dystrophins have long been known to cause the debilitating muscle-wasting disease DMD, which affects one in every 5,000 boys born. People with the condition will usually only live into their 20s or 30s.

28 Feb 2023

New method can rapidly detect COVID-19 infections with near-perfect accuracy

By inspecting the body's immune response at a molecular level, a research team has developed a new way to test patients for COVID-19.

28 Feb 2023

Redefining low-risk WNT-pathway medulloblastoma based on newer biological information

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on February 7, 2023, entitled, "WNT-pathway medulloblastoma: what constitutes low-risk and how low can one go?"

28 Feb 2023

SXSW 2023 to focus on the critical role microbes in human health

Rebecca Bart, PhD, member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and her colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis will be featured on a global stage at South by Southwest on March 11 at 2:30 PM at the JW Marriott, Austin Texas.

28 Feb 2023

Researchers show how the production of different macromolecules peaks at different times

Textbooks will tell you that in dividing cells, the production of new DNA peaks during the S-phase, while production of other macromolecules, such as proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides, continues at more or less the same level.

28 Feb 2023

Experts reveal the link between necrosis, circulating tumor cells, and cancer metastasis

A tumor's necrotic core contains factors that appear to promote metastasis, or the seeding of tumors cells throughout the body, according to a new study in rats by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

28 Feb 2023

Effective and faster methodology detects RNA viruses based on the triplex-forming probe technology

Experts from the University of Barcelona, the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) and the Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute of Aragon (INMA) -;a joint institute of the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza-; have developed a new method to detect RNA viruses based on the triplex-forming probe technology.

28 Feb 2023

Study reveals why the FMO5 gene produces an enzyme with a different activity

Our body produces lots of enzymes that break down toxic substances. One class of such enzymes are the flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs), which are present in all tetrapods. Humans have five different FMO genes, of which the first four display the same activity. However, the fifth FMO gene triggers a different breakdown reaction. University of Groningen biochemists have succeeded in resurrecting the ancestral genes of all tetrapod FMOs to show how this divergence has occurred. Their results appear on 24 February in Nature Communications.

28 Feb 2023

Study elucidates the cellular changes caused by exposure to adversity during childhood

A new brain connection discovered by University of California, Irvine researchers can explain how early-life stress and adversity trigger disrupted operation of the brain's reward circuit, offering a new therapeutic target for treating mental illness. Impaired function of this circuit is thought to underlie several major disorders, such as depression, substance abuse and excessive risk-taking.

28 Feb 2023

Voluntary initiatives to promote the replacement of lead in UK game hunting are not very effective

Three years into a five-year pledge to completely phase out lead shot in UK game hunting, a Cambridge study finds that 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption were killed using lead.

27 Feb 2023

Study highlights key role of group 2 innate lymphoid cells in shaping the alveolar niche

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Liège on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (or ILC2s) shows that the functional reprogramming of these cells following their exposure to viruses allows our body to react differently to exposure to certain respiratory allergens.

27 Feb 2023

Life Science News

Five Alarm Bio, Focused on Minimising the Effects of Aging in Humans, Raises Seed Investment

CN Bio extends microphysiological system portfolio with PhysioMimix Single-Organ Higher Throughput System

ABBA plays inspiration for a new genus of spiders

Elaborating how amino acids shaped the genetic code of ancient microbes

RNA modification plays a vital role in TDP-43-related neurodegeneration in ALS

Nanosatellite paves the way for developing RNA-based medicines

Cell therapy trial promises long-term improvement for patients with chronic heart failure

Lieber Institute awarded $1 million grant to foster racial diversity across neuroscience

Study shows how pesticides render certain strawberries bland

The relationship between cancer and DMD gene expression discovered

New method can rapidly detect COVID-19 infections with near-perfect accuracy

Redefining low-risk WNT-pathway medulloblastoma based on newer biological information

SXSW 2023 to focus on the critical role microbes in human health

Researchers show how the production of different macromolecules peaks at different times

Experts reveal the link between necrosis, circulating tumor cells, and cancer metastasis

Effective and faster methodology detects RNA viruses based on the triplex-forming probe technology

Study reveals why the FMO5 gene produces an enzyme with a different activity

Study elucidates the cellular changes caused by exposure to adversity during childhood

Voluntary initiatives to promote the replacement of lead in UK game hunting are not very effective

Study highlights key role of group 2 innate lymphoid cells in shaping the alveolar niche

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