Improving the way information is shared
Effective sharing of information is at the heart of work to develop the world’s largest database for cancer drug discovery, which has been revolutionised by adding 3D structures of faulty proteins and maps of...
Vibrating glove helps stroke patients control spasms
After a stroke, survivors often experience uncontrollable spasms that can twist their arms and hands into perpetual fists. The only treatments are expensive, frequently painful injections of botulinum toxin or oral medications so strong...
Sustainable Recirculating Fume Cupboards revolutionising Laboratory Practices
Laboratories play a crucial role in scientific research and innovation, yet they often consume significant amounts of energy and resources. One key contributor to this consumption is the ventilation system, particularly fume cupboards, which...
Australian biobanking initiative to help autism research
All over the world, the potential of biobanking is being recognised. In Australia, for example, the first Autism Biobank has just been launched by the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC).
The...
Bacteria insights could boost rare cancer treatment
The microbiome can identify those who benefit from combination immunotherapy across multiple different cancers, including rare gynaecological cancers, biliary tract cancers and melanoma.
Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute...
Hope for the future
Few areas of medical research are exciting as much interest as the potential offered by stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
Every day sees scientists making breakthroughs in a range of health conditions, each one...
Out of this world
At first glance, one of the most stunning achievements in space exploration, an investigation into rickets in sailors who died 470 years ago and cutting-edge cancer research may appear to have little in common.
However,...
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Team edges closer to breakthrough
Finding a way to defeat drug-resistance is driving many research projects, including at the University of East Anglia where scientists say they are getting closer to solving the problem of antibiotic resistance.
New research has...
New treatments now possible
Another breakthrough, in the transformation of human cells by an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol, could open the door to a new range of treatments for a variety of...
Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale researchers have just come a...
THE EVOLUTION AND POTENTIAL OF ELISA
‘Abbexa is a dedicated manufacturer and worldwide supplier of biological tools such as ELISA kits, antibodies, proteins, enzymes and other reagents and products designed for use in research’.
ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) is a plate-based...
Concussion: 7-year study funded by US Defense Department
University of Birmingham experts will lead a major research programme involving hundreds of people across the UK which aims to transform the way concussion is identified and managed.
The seven-year contract by the U.S. Department...
Promising first human trial for ‘wonder’ material
A revolutionary nanomaterial with potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.
Carefully controlled inhalation of a specific type of graphene – the world’s thinnest,...
Storage crucial to American cancer initiative
The management of information is also at the heart of The Genomic Data Commons (GDC) initiative in the United States, a system backed by the US Government to promote sharing of genomic and clinical...
The cell that remembers allergies
Researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery: a new cell that remembers allergies.
The discovery gives scientists and researchers a new target in treating allergies and could lead to new therapeutics, according to research published in...