Never lose a sample again – Extremely durable lab identification labels from Brady –

Brady Corporation R&D teams have developed extremely durable and printable identification labels for laboratory samples. “These labels have been engineered to stay attached to samples even when frozen with liquid nitrogen or heated in an...

Undiagnosed + untreated = an entirely new approach needed to tackle a growing burden...

The healthcare ‘maths’ of liver-disease diagnosis and treatment simply doesn’t add up, not only in terms of the large and increasing cost to healthcare systems globally, but also – and far more importantly –...

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...

Strokes linked to Alzheimers, say researchers

Research conducted by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has shown a strong link between strokes and Alzheimer’s Disease. The work reveals that cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) are...

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...

Dubai on the up

Biotechnology research in Dubia will take a major step forward in 2015. Tecom Investments has announced that the opening of the DuBiotech Headquarters, located in the Al Barsha South area, will happen next year,. The DuBiotech...

Grants will further research into Fragile-X

The National Institutes of Health in the United States has awarded more than $35m over the next five years to support research into Fragile-X- associated disorders. Grants have gone to researchers at three Centers for...

Awards champion role of women

Two awards have been made to champion the work of women in medicine. The American Medical Association’s Women Physicians Section and the AMA Foundation have announced the winners of the 2014 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for...

German company scoops prize

German biopharmaceutical company CureVac GmbH has won the EU’s first  innovation inducement prize. The company received the prize for progress towards a novel technology to bring life-saving vaccines to people across the planet in safe...

Bioline launches new products for epigenetics research

  Bioline, an American wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. has entered the rapidly growing epigenetics field, with the launch of the first kits in the EPIK™ product range. The kits have been developed to meet...

Expert calls for re-evaluation of ‘cosmetic’ surgery

A leading health expert has said that cosmetic surgery isn’t just about vanity any more but has important health benefits. Professor Laurence Kirwan, who has clinics in New York, Connecticut, United States, and also in...

New blood markers could diagnose dementia before any symptoms

  A set of ten molecules in blood could be used to predict with 90 per cent accuracy whether people are at greater risk of developing dementia, according to researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center,...

Guide ‘will make research papers easier to understand’

  A group of healthcare experts drawn from institutions around the world have developed a guide to improve the way interventions are described in research papers. The guide will address the problem that many interventions, ranging...

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...

Canine research could lead to treatments for children with autism

The American Humane Association, the national humane organisation and the only charity working for the protection of both children and animals, has announced a study partnership with the non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen),...

Study throws light on the way badly injured victims are taken to hospital

A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in America found no significant difference in survival rates between gunshot and stabbing victims in Philadelphia whether they were transported to...