Gent, Belgium - September 4, 2020: Fujirebio Europe and ADx NeuroSciences announced today that they have concluded an agreement related to the development and commercialization of new assays in the field of neurodegeneration. Included in the scope of the agreement is the supply of antibodies as well as the transfer of know-how and/or prototype assays from ADx to Fujir...
Medical Device Industry experts and Microbiology Consultants Melissa Stappen and Steve Langille with ValSource answer some frequently asked questions about medical device manufacturing, terminal sterilization and aseptic processes related to regulators expectations for maintaining control of manufacturing facilities and sending sterile and safe products to market. Rac...
HORIBA Medical, a subsidiary of Japan-based HORIBA Group, the global leader for measurement and analysis systems, has been designing, manufacturing and marketing high performance analyzers for laboratories and hospitals for over 30 years. This expertise that has made the company one of the world leaders in Hematology and a key player in the Hemostasis and Clinical Chemis...
The vast adoption of refrigeration has harmed the environment. Their harmful emissions have significantly contributed to global warming and triggered the adoption of several regulations. Can natural refrigerants help solve the climate crisis? B Medical Systems’ medical-grade refrigerators and freezers are designed with a state-of-the-art refrigeration technology th...
The work is published in a paper entitled, “DNA methylation in AgRP neurons regulates voluntary exercise behavior in mice,” published in Nature Communications. Researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine report the surprising creation of an “epigenetic couch potato” mouse. They found that changes in DNA methylation in neurons within the hypothalamus have a major i...
Lab managers set the tone of a laboratory. They have enormous influence over the lab’s priorities, operation, and culture. If anyone in a lab is in a position to build a culture of sustainability, it is the lab manager. By becoming aware of the environmental impact of their lab and the opportunities for conservation, lab managers can shift the culture of the lab to one t...
In 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published an investigative report that bashed consumer DNA test companies for misleading the public. It accused them of deceptively claiming their products could predict the odds of developing more than a dozen medical conditions; some even went as far to offer equally dubious dietary supplements. The report had fo...
Their studies identified a biomarker that predicted the development of compulsive drinking in the animals, and which could, if the findings translate to humans, become a therapeutic target for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). “I hope this will be a landmark study, as we’ve found (for the first time) a brain circuit that can accurately predict which mice will develop compuls...
This possibility emerged when research indicated that a ketone metabolite could inhibit inflammatory secretions from immune cells. Since production of this metabolite is induced by the ketogenic diet, which causes ketones to be released into the bloodstream, researchers reasoned that the diet could affect the immune systems response to pathogens such as the flu virus. ...
Harnessed from the naturally occurring immune system that bacteria use to defend themselves against viruses, CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary, once-in-a-generation tool that offers the real potential to quickly and efficiently achieve what was once thought impossible. Since 2012, the technology has been adopted rapidly, transforming basic research, drug development, dia...
For six long years, a man would experience mysterious bouts of drunkenness without ever drinking a drop of alcohol. Eventually, he was diagnosed with a rare condition that filled his gut with booze. The 46-year-old man had auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a condition that causes bacteria in the gut to transform carbohydrates into intoxicating alcohol, according to a ...
A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in Europe in 2017 and Australia had a serious problem with methamphetamine. In a paper released Oct. 23 in Addiction, researchers from 41 international institutions released their findings after analyzing sewage samples from 60 million people...
The compact CPC (Cell Processing Center) is comprised of five preparation rooms for advanced cell therapy and regenerative therapy to fulfill patient requirements. As a pioneer that introduced CPC facility The Blood Infusion and Cell Therapy Center in Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Hospital is working on blood infusion, cell therapy and regenerative ther...
In vitro wound-healing assay also known as the scratch assay The wound-healing assay, also known as the scratch assay, is an established two-dimensional (2D) technique that can be used to investigate collective migration and wound healing in vitro [1], [2]. This method was one of the first to be developed for the study of cell migration and measures the rate at which ...
Policy-makers around the world started to realize the incredible potential in genomics for population health in the last 3-5 years, but there are huge question marks whether they can manage the use of this incredibly useful pool of data in an appropriate framework, with well-thought-out means, for the right purposes, meaning for the well-being of humans and communities i...
Microscopes are commonly shared by several users, so that is why they can have the risk of contamination with microorganisms. In addition, microorganisms themselves can serve as specimens which are observed with the microscope. Thus, a frequent sanitization of the microscope is highly recommended. To avoid infections, the use of disposable gloves for microscope operation...
The stones move into the urinary tract and can cause blood in the urine, considerable pain and blockages in the urinary system. Metabolic testing of a kidney stone patient’s urine to identify metabolites such as minerals and solutes that cause stones to form is key for preventing future ones. This testing is currently done by requiring the patient to collect their uri...
Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way for laboratories to determine how accurately they can detect these mutations, which take the form of large insertions and deletions in the human genome. The new method and the benchmark material enable researchers, clinical labs and commercial technology developers to bette...
CytoSMART Technologies is to donate 100 mini live-cell imaging systems to researchers in high containment labs worldwide. Labs working to combat COVID-19 will benefit from this initiative, as CytoSMART aims to reduce the huge workload currently facing researchers on projects vital to controlling the disease. “We aim to do our part to assist researchers in minimizing ...
Affecting roughly 1.25 million American children and adults, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that attacks pancreatic beta cells and eliminates the body's ability to produce insulin. The critical hormone transports sugar out of the bloodstream and into cells, where it's safely converted into energy. Scientists link anti-insulin T cells with type 1 diabetes aut...
In a study published in Cell Metabolism, researchers collected skin samples from 83 people with Parkinson’s, five asymptomatic close relatives thought to be at high risk of developing the condition, 22 people with other movement disorders and 52 healthy control subjects. Extracting the fibroblasts from the skin samples, they then cultured them in petri dishes and put the...
The World Health Organization has stated that antibiotic resistance is reaching dangerous levels, and poses a significant threat to food security and global health. Scientists have now learned that bacteria are capable of changing their form so they can avoid the impact of antibiotics in the body. In this study, reported in Nature Communications, researchers assessed...
Developed at Purdue University (Lafayette, IN, USA), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN, USA), and Moi University (Nairobi, Kenya), the smartphone app is based on spectral super-resolution (SSR) spectroscopy, which transforms the built-in camera of a smartphone into a hyperspectral imager, without the need for hardware modifications or accessories. The Hgb measurements...
EKF Diagnostics has signed a three-year distribution agreement with Tosoh Europe N.V. for the distribution of its Quo-Test® HbA1c point-of-care (POC) analyzer in the Middle East and Africa. Tosoh Bioscience division is one of the largest global manufacturers of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipment for glycated hemoglobin analysis predominantly in core ...
EKF Diagnostics has secured new contracts for the manufacture and supply of a novel, patented sample collection device which allows COVID-19 samples to be rapidly inactivated in the collection tube, avoiding contamination and preserving RNA without need for refrigeration. To support the increase in COVID-19 testing globally, a safe and easy sample collection and transpor...
The PHCbi incubators and ULT freezers provide a good value solution and increased reliability compared to our previous equipment,” said Romain. “Cost, reliability, security, performance and accuracy are the most important elements in our purchasing decisions."
Dr Jaanus Pikani, one of the initiators, talks about the initial difficulties which the genome project encountered and about its potential for Estonian – and possibly worldwide – healthcare. When the project was launched in 2000, various hurdles had to be overcome. Pikani recalls: ‘Most people were worried about data protection – and this continues to be the case.’ Th...
Scientists in China have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat a patient with HIV, but it didn't cure the patient, according to a new study. The work, published today (Sept. 11) in The New England Journal of Medicine, marks the first time this particular gene-editing tool has been used in an experimental HIV therapy, according to the authors, from Peking Univer...
Scientists have discovered a mysterious population of previously unknown cells lurking in the human body, according to a new study. The enigmatic new cell type, called immune cell X, is a changeling that can act as two other cell types. And this rogue hybrid cell may trigger type 1 diabetes. Scientists have long believed that hybrid cells like these could not exis...
The COVID-19 pandemic has upset all countries at every level: health, finance, social… . This pandemic has highlighted the importance of the health sector and all that encompasses it. To slow down the transmission of COVID-19, the sterilization of all medical devices is essential. Recently, attention has been focused on the ethylene oxide sterilization process, on...
What is carbonation of concrete and what standard and procedures regulate its environmental testing ?
BIOLIFE4D used a specially designed proprietary bioink, which shares similar properties to gelatin. then, layer by layer, the miniature organ was 3D-printed, supported by an additional scaffold that encased the heart. after that, the heart was transferred to a bioreactor that mimics the conditions of the human body, helping the cells fuse together and become tissue. s...
"Understanding the way cells organize their genomes during development will help us to understand their ability to respond to stress, injury and disease," said Michael Dyer, PhD, chair of the St. Jude Department of Developmental Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He and Xiang Chen, PhD, assistant member of the St. Jude Department of Computatio...
Definition, levels, and examples A biological hazard, biohazard for short, is a biological material that poses potential harm to the health of other living organisms. Most importantly, we are concerned with those that pose threat to humans. However, biohazards may also potentially harm animals, aquatic life, and plants. Biohazard material could be bacterial, viral, o...
Mayo Clinic and Ultromics are employing artificial intelligence to help rapidly assess patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Under the collaboration, the two will use EchoGo Core, to analyze echocardiograms of COVID-19 victims, to map for the first time how COVID-19 virus attacks the heart with such deadly impact. The multi-site study will look at ...
Perform building material testing through the FDM flooding climate chamber system.
