Loops for micro-organisms

Researchers develops a method of cultivating microbial communities in a permanently stable manner

19-May-2022 - The capabilities of complex microbial communities are used for numerous biotechnological processes. This requires special compositions of the microbial communities. However, these are often unstable and susceptible to disruption. UFZ researchers have now developed a "mass transfer method with a ...

Machine-learning driven findings uncover new cellular players in tumor microenvironment

Involvement of adipocytes in nivolumab response in ipilimumab resistant melanoma patients

18-Oct-2018 - New findings presented by CytoReason reveals possible new cellular players in the tumor microenvironment that could impact the treatment process for the most in-need patients - those who have already failed to respond to ipilimumab (anti-CTLA4) immunotherapy. Once validated, the findings could ...

HIV Cell dysfunction discovery sheds light on how virus works

11-Apr-2018 - A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, have discovered that HIV-infected patients experience a dysfunction in a certain type of immune cell: ...

New device for low-cost single-cell analysis identifies fibroblast subtypes in RA patients

26-Feb-2018 - Single-cell analysis holds enormous potential to study how individual cells influence disease and respond to treatment, but the lack of cost-effective and user-friendly instrumentation remains challenging. As described in a study researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and New York ...

New tool for tracking 'kiss-and-run' communication between cells

01-Feb-2018 - A new method for monitoring interactions between cells, dubbed LIPSTIC by its creators, is much more than a cosmetic improvement over existing techniques. The breakthrough, led by The Rockefeller University assistant professor Gabriel Victora , offers scientists in a wide range of disciplines a ...

Indicia Production acquires METIS Biotechnologies

04-Jan-2017 - Indicia Production, a company specialized in the manufacture of ready-to-use culture media and sterile liquid products, announces the acquisition of METIS Biotechnologies, a company that develops, produces and markets rapid microbiological analysis solutions using flow cytometry. The financial ...

Exploiting synergies

12-Dec-2013 - Multimodal nonlinear microscopy has matured to a key imaging modalities in life science and biomedicine. It offers label-free visualization of tissue structure and chemical composition, high depth penetration, intrinsic 3D sectioning, diffraction limited resolution and low phototoxicity. In the ...

Technological innovation widens global application of mass spectrometry

Double-digit growth in Asia-Pacific and emerging markets to offset stagnation in US and Europe

24-Oct-2013 - The global mass spectrometry (MS) market is growing much faster than the high-end analytical instrumentation market. This is a sign that demand is high in this technologically-dynamic market with broad applications and diversified end-user bases despite limited capital budgets in academia and the ...

Molecular robots can help researchers build more targeted therapeutics

Study demonstrates technique to create better anti-cancer agents, arthritis drugs, and more

31-Jul-2013 - Many drugs such as agents for cancer or autoimmune diseases have nasty side effects because while they kill disease-causing cells, they also affect healthy cells. Now a new study has demonstrated a technique for developing more targeted drugs, by using molecular "robots" to hone in on more ...

Merck Millipore Strengthens Bioscience Business by acquiring Amnis Corporation

01-Sep-2011 - Merck Millipore announced it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Amnis Corporation. Amnis designs, manufactures and markets high speed cell imaging instrumentation. The technology is used in flow cytometry applications in academic, biotech and pharmaceutical cell analysis and research. Amnis has ...