Innovative Biosensor Could Aid Baby Health Monitoring
NewsResearchers say they have developed a pacifier-based biosensor that tracks real-time glucose levels in saliva. It could ultimately help diagnose and treat diabetes in the smallest of patients.
Blocking “Super-highways” Could Prevent the Spread of Cancer
NewsTwo new studies describe in detail the mechanism that causes tissues to undergo structural changes. The research indicates that, via the collision of cells, different tissue structures can be formed – this remodeling can create “super-highways”, which are used by cancer cells to escape to other sites within the body.
Read moreElbow Features Help Forensic Investigators
NewsResearchers have found that features of the elbow can help them to accurately estimate the sex of skeletons.
Read moreClimate Mysteries Investigated With Forensic Information Theory Tool
NewsDuring Earth’s last glacial period, temperatures on the planet periodically spiked dramatically and rapidly. A recent study suggests that mathematics from information theory could offer a powerful tool for analyzing and understanding them.
Read moreIt’s Alive: Cautious Excitement Meets Claims of First Effective Alzheimer’s Drug
ArticleAmerican pharma giant Biogen has announced that its therapeutic compound for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), aducanumab, is to be taken to the FDA for approval. Despite being seemingly killed off after a study in March produced disappointing results, new analysis suggests that aducanumab met its target endpoints.
Read moreTechnology Networks Explores the CRISPR Revolution: An Interview With Professor George Church, the "Godfather" of Genetics
ArticleIn this feature of "Technology Networks Explores the CRISPR Revolution", Professor George Church lends his views on some of the milestones achieved in genomics research to date, elaborates on "that wooly mammoth study" and emphasizes his desire to make genomic technologies more widely available.
Read moreLight and Sound Brain Wave Stimulation Shows Pre-clinical Potential As Alzheimer’s Therapy
ArticleResearch presented at Neuroscience 2019, hosted in Chicago this week, has shown promising pre-clinical data in mice that suggests altering the electrical oscillations of neuronal networks with external light and sound stimulation might have brain-boosting effects that reduce pathology related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Phenotypic Screening – Advances in Technologies and Techniques
ArticlePhenotypic screening is gaining new momentum in drug discovery with the hope that this approach will improve the success rate of drug approval. In this article we look at some of the latest screening tools and their applications.
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