News • Friend and foe in one
Breast cancer: The paradoxical role of white blood cells
White blood cells found in breast tumors can both help and hinder the spread of cancer cells to other organs, a new study from Karolinska Institutet shows.
News • Unexpected behaviour
Pathogens can force their way through the immune defense, new study shows
Breaking & entering – on a minuscule scale: US researchers have shown how some pathogens like Toxoplasma can enter cells using physical force to cause an infection.
News • Impaired immune response
Research identifies being overweight as risk factor for Covid-19 severity
Being overweight – not just being obese – can increase Covid-19 severity. the elevated BMI creates an impaired antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to vaccination, new research finds.
News • SCN tumor development
How prostate cancer grows aggressive to evade treatment
In a new study, UCLA researchers demonstrated how small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer tumor cells can arise from less aggressive prostate tumors.
News • Based on image-based flow cytometry
Rapid test to predict severe Covid-19 infections
Researchers have developed a method for assessing the number and structure of aggregated blood platelets (or thrombocytes) that can potentially help quantify the risk of a severe Covid-19 infection. As a result, they have identified a predictive biomarker for the seriousness of a Covid-19 infection. This will allow physicians to adjust treatment at an early stage. The researchers used a method…
News • Troponin assessment
Blood test aids emergency diagnosis of heart conditions
A high sensitivity blood test can improve diagnosis for one in five patients who have a heart muscle injury, according to new research.
News • WSI-based analysis
AI-driven classification of diffuse gliomas skips molecular testing
Research from Shenzhen proposes an integrated diagnosis model for automatic classification of adult-type diffuse gliomas directly from annotation-free standard whole-slide pathological images.
News • Susceptibility detection in Escherichia coli
How AI can detect antibiotic resistance in 30 minutes
A new deep-learning approach to AMR testing has been shown to detect antimicrobial susceptibility within as little as 30 minutes - significantly faster than current gold-standard approaches.
News • Lab model to find treatments for stroke, dementia
Finding (and fixing) vascular leaks in the brain
Using small blood vessels grown in the lab, researchers discover how vascular leaks leading to dementia and stroke emerge – and how this damage might be fixed.
Article • Infection control
The strain typing technologies of tomorrow
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a non-profit hospital and medical research institution in Los Angeles, is setting new standards for quality and innovation in patient care by successfully introducing typing of Candida auris species – a procedure that could prove crucial in protecting patients from infection outbreaks caused by these microbes in healthcare settings.
News • Biosensor
Wireless, handheld device to detect Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s biomarkers
A team of researchers has developed a handheld, non-invasive device that can detect biomarkers for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. The biosensor can also transmit the results wirelessly.
Sponsored • AutoLumo A1860/A1800
Immunoassay user experience: simple and smart
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Sustainability
Lab-on-a-chip for a low-carbon future
The field of lab-on-a-chip needs to meet important challenges around sustainability. This includes not only the development of smart analytical systems that are able to sense the changes that are occurring within the environment but also, more generally, the mitigation of single-use plastics in analysis and the use of low-power, recyclable microsystem technologies.
PCR
New biomolecular monitoring tool based on lab-on-a-chip for virus detection
Over the last 20 years, the development of lab-on-a-chip (LoC) devices for performing real-time PCR (LoC-PCR) has been an active research field. Now, Italian researchers present their design for a new lab-on-a-chip-PCR device.
Article • Latest advances
Lab-on-a-chip systems in 2023: The micro-lab revolution
Faster, more accurate and cost-effective testing: Experts outline the beginnings and evolution of “lab-on-a-chip” technology, and its benefits for advanced and next-gen operational platforms.
News • PDAC subtype classification
Attacking the roots of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is not just one disease, but that’s the way it is currently treated. New work from Columbia University could help pave the way for a change.
News • Prognostic model
New urine-based test offers hope for bladder cancer patients
In a new study, researchers from Fudan University have developed a novel urine-based prognostic model that promises to transform the management and treatment of bladder cancer.
News • RENACER repository
Brain cancer tissue samples to gain new insights
A paper published in Trends in Cancer explains the advantages of RENACER, the world’s first repository of brain metastases live samples, created by researchers at CNIO.
News • VITT reseach
Cause for rare, but deadly vaccine-related blood clotting found
A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of Covid-19 vaccination has been identified in new research.
News • Health communication on AMR
How to improve public understanding of “antimicrobial resistance”? Rename it
A new study on public health communication shows that the term commonly used to describe bacteria resistant to current medicines or antibiotics fails to stick in people’s memories.
News • Using AI nanopores
New rapid testing method for Covid-19
Researchers from Osaka University present a novel technique to detect different coronavirus variants quickly, including fast-spreading strains present in human saliva.
News • Common liver cancer in children
Potential targets to treat hepatoblastoma identified
A collaborative study, led by Cima Universidad de Navarra, has identified key epigenetic targets for the treatment of hepatoblastoma, the most frequent liver cancer in childhood.
News • Deep learning refinement
Colorectal cancer: AI tool improves diagnostic accuracy
Researchers from Finland have developed an artificial intelligence tool for automatic colorectal cancer tissue analysis that outperforms prior methods.
News • Sars-CoV-2 response study
How young children’s immune systems 'tame' the coronavirus
A new study found that the antibody response of infants and young children against Sars-CoV-2 deviates from that of adults in a small, but very significant way.
News • The role of arginine
Cancer research: Metabolite drives tumor development
University of Basel scientists have discovered that high levels of the amino acid arginine drive metabolic reprogramming to promote tumor growth. This could lead to improved liver cancer treatment.