State of the Art Testing Lab Auction – Sale 1st August
Heritage Global Partners to Conduct Massive State of The Art Lab Auction Sale Featuring Large Quantities of Liquid Handlers, PCR Machines, Centrifuges, Freezers, Hoods, Benches, Tables and More!
Sale Dates: 1st-3rd August
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Development could improve brain cancer treatment
Scientists have revealed an encouraging development in the understanding of brain cancer.
The researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in the United States have identified a biomarker that predicts whether...
An all-natural sunscreen derived from algae
Scientists are turning to thenatural sunscreen of algae– which is also found in fishslime – to make a novel kindof shield againstthe sun’srays.
Reporting in the American Chemical Society’s journal, the team report that existing...
Nemera’s preservative-free multi-dose eyedropper approved in Brazil for Aché’s NSAID’s and Dry Eye formulations
Nemera is excited to announce that its multidose eye dropper Novelia® has been approved by ANVISA for the preservative-free formulations CLILON (Ketorolac 0,4% and 0,5%), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used...
Scientists excited about cancer research findings
Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, working with not-for-profit health organisation Houston Methodist, have cast new light on a deadly form of breast cancer.
The team have found that a gene not...
Initiative steps up vaccine support
A group of private sector organisations has created a partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to support children’s health in 73 of the world’s poorest countries.
The three-year partnership between Gavi and the International Federation...
Enzyme research offers hope for stroke patients – Dr James Bibb
Research has identified that a drug that blocks the action of the enzyme Cdk5 could substantially reduce brain damage if administered shortly after a stroke.
The research by a team at the UT Southwestern Medical...
Study provides better understanding of oesophagal tumours
Researchers in Australia have cast new light on the factors that trigger a third of oesophageal tumours, the fastest rising cancer in the country.
The Queensland team have identified sudden “chromosomal catastrophes” and will now...
Fly research casts new light on degenerative conditions
Researchers atthe Babraham Institute and University of Massachusetts Medical School inthe United States have developed a new model to study motor neuron degeneration.
The work has already been used to identifythree genes involved in the...
Zika vaccine trial begins
The first of five early stage clinical trials to test the safety and ability of a Zika vaccine candidate has begun in America.
The Zika Purified Inactivated Virus (ZPIV) vaccine, which is designed to generate...
Pioneering breakthrough in treatment of ‘devastating’ neurological disorder
IntraBio Inc has announced positive data from its multinational clinical trial of IB1001 for the treatment of GM2 Gangliosidosis (Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease).
IB1001 demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in symptoms, functioning,...
Findings offer hope in the battle against cancer
German researchers have confirmed that the risk of developing bowel cancer can be reduced by adopting some or all of five key healthy lifestyle changes.
Scientists at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke found...
UCLB spinout Freeline Closes $120 Million Series C Financing Round
Freeline, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative gene therapies for chronic systemic diseases, today announced the closing of a $120 million extended Series C financing. The financing augments Syncona’s previously announced Series C investment in Freeline of $40 million (£30.6 million) with an additional...
Losing your mobile ‘could be more than simply irritating’
We all know that feeling when we misplace our mobile phone. Irritation and frustration can ensue and,
in more extreme cases, bouts
of anger.
However, now new research has suggested that there could be medical...
Novel mechanism links IBD genetic defect to gut leakiness
A study into ‘leaky gut’ is the first to show how a disease mutation increases the risk of developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Researchers led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside,...
Scientists discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D ‘invisibility cloak’
An international team of scientists has identified the neural circuits that enable cuttlefish to change their appearance in just the blink to eye – and discovered that this is similar to the neural circuit...