Finding the invisible

Researchers have developed a method to extract more information from sequencing data

12-Jan-2022 - Higher organisms store their genetic material in the nuclei of cells as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In a process called transcription, individual segments, the genes, are converted into messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs). Subsequently, the translation process produces proteins as the most ...

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in analyzing nanovesicles and proteins in parallel

This is important to determine the quality of a sample and to clearly attribute effects to the transport vesicles

26-Oct-2021 - To transport substances between cells, they are packaged in nanovesicles. The small vesicles are surrounded by a lipid layer and fuse with the cell membrane at their destination. Within the body, they control many important processes. However, it is still unclear whether the influence in ...

Sorting out viruses with machine learning

Scientists develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses which may lead to new rapid COVID-19 tests

19-Nov-2020 - The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, and distinguish it from other respiratory viruses. Now, researchers from Japan have demonstrated a new system for single-virion ...

University of Innsbruck develops novel corona test method

02-Apr-2020 - Michael Traugott and the spin-off company Sinsoma GmbH, together with the Departments of Zoology and Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck, are developing a new PCR system for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This new PCR method works with different analytical materials that are ...

Why some people with brain markers of Alzheimer’s have no dementia

22-Aug-2018 - A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered why some people that have brain markers of Alzheimer’s never develop the classic dementia that others do. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, affects more than 5 million Americans. People ...

Progress toward Personalized Medicine

Microfluidic chip for analysis of single cells

21-Aug-2018 - A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect. For example, individual cancer cells may be resistant to a specific chemotherapy—causing a relapse in a patient who would otherwise be cured. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have now introduced a ...

Agilent Technologies to acquire Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc.

09-Mar-2018 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI), a provider of capillary electrophoresis-based (CE) solutions for fully-automated analysis of a range of molecules for $250 million in cash. This ...

SYGNIS AG acquires US life sciences tools company

22-Dec-2016 - SYGNIS AG announced the execution of a binding agreement for the acquisition of C.B.S. Scientific Company Inc. (C.B.S.), a Life Sciences tools company located in San Diego, USA. SYGNIS will pay a total consideration of $900,000 of which $540,000 is in cash, funded from existing cash balances and ...

Cell protein offers new hope in fighting the effects of aging

11-Oct-2016 - A protein found within the powerhouse of a cell could be the key to holding back the march of time, research by scientists at The University of Nottingham has shown. The discovery could offer a new target for drugs that may help to slow the debilitating effects of aging on our bodies. And their ...

Guarana found to have higher antioxidant potential than green tea

24-Aug-2016 - The millions of people who consume green tea all over the world benefit from the catechins it contains. Catechins are a class of chemical compounds with anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, among other healthy ingredients. Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Public Health ...