Spatial Biology – News and Features

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Oncomed Pharmaceuticals and Fluidigm Corporation Announce Strategic Collaboration
New initiative will apply Fluidigm’s microfluidic tools to the analysis of tumor cell heterogeneity.

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DVS Sciences Unveils First-in-Class Mass Cytometer for Use in Understanding and Diagnosing Disease
New instrument is capable of simultaneous quantitative and independent determination of up to 100 biomarkers in individual cells.

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Researchers Develop Model that May Help Identify Lung Cancer Stem Cells
UCLA researchers developed a unique model to allow further investigation into the cells that many believe may be at the root of all lung cancers.

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Caltech Scientists Discover Self-Regulating Molecular "Transformers" Control the Intracellular Delivery of Proteins
The research could lead to treatments for diseases that result from flaws in protein delivery as well as the development of new types of antibiotics.

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Morphotek® Announces Antibody Development Agreement with the University of Pennsylvania
The collaboration aims for development of therapeutic monoclonal antibody candidates to target tumor hypoxia antigen.

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Variations in Gene Activity Can Predict the Survival of Patients with Lymphoma
Patterns of gene activity in a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has given researchers a better understanding of factors that contribute to the survival of patients treated for the disease.

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New Technology Paves the Way for the Future of Identifying Proteins inside Cells
A new technology which enables scientists to identify proteins by making a map of the energy flow inside the protein is revealed in PNAS journal.

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New Research Results Explain How Dormant Tumor Cells Become Active in Later Years
Scientists have identified a mechanism by which dormant, metastatic tumor cells can begin growing again after long periods of inactivity.

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Mouse Studies Show Tumors Suppress Cells Responsible for Regulating the Immune System
New research has shown that the function of a type of cell that helps modulate immune responses is impaired inside tumors in mice.

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Researchers Find Biological Factors that may Drive Prostate Tumor Aggressiveness in African-American Men
The study suggests that biological differences may, in part, underlie the disparity in prostate cancer survival rates observed between African-Americans and European-Americans.
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