Faster neuroborreliosis diagnosis using biomarkers

Clear threshold value of the cellular messenger substance CXCL13 allows diagnosis of neuroborreliosis to be improved

11-Jul-2024 - A newly defined threshold for the concentration of the cytokine CXCL13 may improve the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. The clinical diagnosis of this disease, which is caused by infections from tick bites, is still difficult and often occurs long after infection. CXCL13 now makes it possible to ...

New nanosensors make diagnostic procedures more sensitive

The nanosensors can be used to track reactions with invisible light, saving materials and time

16-Feb-2024 - The Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS and Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have developed a process that enables a new form of signal amplification for diagnostic tests. Through the advanced use of luminescent single walled carbon nanotubes in bioanalytics, test ...

COVID-19: How is Severity of the Disease Related to Antibody Response?

06-Nov-2020 - Researchers from the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut jointly with teams of the University Hospital at Frankfurt/Main and the Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (Leibniz-Instituts für Primatenforschung) at Göttingen have studied the antibody response of COVID-19 patients in Germany. The aim was to gain ...

Half a needle in a haystack

New method rapidly detects trace amounts of small molecule compounds

07-Nov-2018 - Russian researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences(GPIRAS) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology(MIPT) have developed the world’s first ultrasensitive method for rapid detection of small molecules. This method detects trace amounts of ...

Gyros Protein Technologies and Cygnus Technologies Sign Licensing and Supply Agreement

12-Jul-2018 - Gyros Protein Technologies AB and Cygnus Technologies announced they have signed a licensing and supply agreement. Under the agreement, Cygnus Technologies will supply Gyros Protein Technologies with its proprietary reagents for host cell protein analysis, enabling the development of new Gyrolab® ...

Exosomes as way to make 'personalized medicine' easier and more precise

30-Jun-2017 - Today, doctors can tailor a drug therapy to your unique genetic profile, giving you the full benefits of a drug while reducing unwanted side effects -- all in harmony with the blueprints of your biology. But problems remain in the push toward "individualized medicine." For instance, genetics ...

New, old science combine to make faster medical test

23-Jan-2017 - A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercialized, could lead to faster test results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious ...

Glyphosate in breast milk: Continue to breastfeed?

Published results on glyphosate in breast milk lead to intake levels in babies which are well below the health-based reference value

06-Jul-2015 - The parliamentary group Alliance 90 / The Greens (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) reported on 25 June 2015 that a laboratory had detected the active pesticide ingredient glyphosate in 16 samples of breast milk. The report called these findings "very concerning". The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ...

Evaluation of glyphosate contents in breast milk and urine

02-Jul-2015 - According to media reports, a study has been conducted in which 16 samples of breast milk and 16 samples of urine were tested for glyphosate residues. The BfR has seen neither the original study nor sufficient methodological information on the analytical methods and sampling procedures used. For ...

Is the Ebola Virus a Real Threat for Europe and the US?

Frost & Sullivan Life Sciences Senior Research Analyst Sriram Radhakrishnan discusses the available screening options to enable early detection of the virus

11-Aug-2014 - “The Zaire Ebola virus causes a highly contagious and lethal hemorrhagic fever leading to the death of the infected individuals. The recent outbreak of the virus in West Africa has alarmed the world, especially Europe and the US, owing to the geographical speed of the infection spread and high ...