Research
Neuroscience research has received a bounty over the past decade thanks to multidisciplinary collaboration and the dividends of digitalisation, say leading scientists in the field. Fifteen experts at the European Human Brain Project (HBP) claim the group is the first that 'systematically connects brain research, medicine and information technologies'. The HBP has brought together communities [...]
Live-cell assay systems specialist Axion BioSystems of Atlanta, Georgia has purchased Netherlands-based CytoSMART Technologies for its kinetic live-cell imaging analysis. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition aims to boost Axion's expansion into stem cell research, immuno-oncology cell-based therapies and drug discovery. Non-invasively studying the real-time biology of live cells allows scientists to obtain a more [...]
Therapeutic bacteria can now 'hide' from being hunted down by immune systems, thanks to pioneering work performed at Columbia University in the US. Researchers report that they have developed a 'cloaking' system that temporarily hides the beneficial bugs from immune systems, allowing them to more effectively deliver drugs to tumours and kill cancer cells in [...]
The global pharmaceutical industry is set to receive a timely fillip after China-based Triastek, Inc. and Siemens Ltd agreed to advance digital innovations for the sector. Drawing upon Triastek's 3D printing and digital pharmaceutical prowess and Siemens' bleeding-edge automation and digitisation technology, the pact is expected to help propel improvements in pharma manufacturing processes. The [...]
A self-healing earthworm could help people recover from nerve damage, according to work by University of Queensland researchers. Scientists at the Australian academy have identified a molecule, ADM-4, in nematode C.elegans that is essential for regulating the repair of injured nerves. According to Professor Massimo Hilliard, ADM-4 is an essential protein regulating the molecular glue, [...]
A routine prenatal ultrasound in the second trimester can identify early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study shows. Researchers examined data from hundreds of prenatal ultrasound scans from the fetal anatomy survey conducted during mid-gestation. They found anomalies in the heart, kidneys, and head in 30 per cent of fetuses who later developed [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted both the necessity and the difficulty of using clinical data to inform public health policymaking. In a new study, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University researchers have demonstrated that machine learning models trained using clinical data from a statewide health information exchange can predict, on a patient level, the likelihood of [...]
The University of York has been awarded £2.3m by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for new research into stem cell gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia. Working with collaborators in Cambridge, Boston, Tanzania and Uganda, the project utilises a new technique developed by researchers at York and the Wellcome Sanger Institute to track and [...]
Swansea University has been awarded £2.4m in funding to continue and develop the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal, a data repository for dementia research. The DPUK Data Portal is a repository and analysis environment for dementia-optimised cohort data. Free to use, it gives researchers anywhere in the world access to high-quality, multi-modal data from [...]
Researchers at the University of Sheffield are developing new ways to manufacture vaccines and treatments against COVID-19. The project will boost the UK’s and the rest of the world’s ability to rapidly develop new vaccines in response to new variants of Covid-19, if needed, and also future pandemics. In non-emergency times, the new production technology [...]
