Scientists use magnetic nanotech to safely rewarm frozen tissues for transplant

17-Sep-2024 - Every day, people die waiting for an organ transplant. Time is at a premium, not just for those awaiting organs, but also for the organs themselves, which can deteriorate rapidly during transportation. Looking to extend the viability of human tissues, researchers report in ACS’ Nano Letters their ...

Vetter Starts Operations in Its Center for Visual Inspection and Logistics

Site enlargement enables increased capacity for state-of-the-art quality control and storage

27-Jan-2017 - Vetter, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for development, aseptic filling and final packaging of injectables, has announced that it has begun operations in its expanded Visual Inspection and Logics Center located in Ravensburg. The enlargement, in which the company ...

Transfusions of 'old' blood may harm some patients

10-Jan-2017 - The oldest blood available for transfusions releases large and potentially harmful amounts of iron into patients' bloodstreams, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has found. Based on the new findings, the researchers recommend that the FDA reduce the maximum ...

Effects of storage time and environmental exposure on soil bugs

05-Jan-2017 - Contaminated soil frequently arrives at the borders through transported items, and is widely recognised as a vector for non-native species, potentially threatening the local agriculture, horticulture and natural ecosystems. However, although soil is the target of management practices that aim to ...

Silk stabilizes blood samples for months at high temperatures

12-May-2016 - Researchers at Tufts University have stabilized blood samples for long periods of time without refrigeration and at high temperatures by encapsulating them in air-dried silk protein. The technique has broad applications for clinical care and research that rely on accurate analysis of blood and ...

Double meaning in genetic code

16-Dec-2013 - Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in DNA and interpret mutations to make sense of health and disease. A research team led by Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos, University of ...

Using bacteria to make electrodes

05-Dec-2013 - Scientists in France have produced hematite using a bacterial pathway for use as an electrode material in Li-ion technologies. Currently, most commercial electrode materials for Li-ion technologies are prepared using the ceramic method, which requires long heating periods at high temperatures ...

Bacteria don’t always work ‘just in time’

Scientists of the University Jena and the TU Ilmenau calculate optimal metabolic pathways in bacteria

26-Sep-2013 - ‘Just in time’ – not only cars are being built according to this principle nowadays. Aircraft, mobile phones and computers are also produced following this method, in which all components are delivered exactly at the time when they are needed. This saves storage capacity and therefore cash. Hence ...

X-ray science taps bug biology to design better materials

20-Sep-2013 - Bug spray, citronella candles, mosquito netting – most people will do anything they can to stay away from insects during the warmer months. But those creepy crawlers we try so hard to avoid may offer substantial solutions to some of life’s problems. Researchers using the cutting-edge X-ray ...

Mechanically-driven portable device that extracts nucleic acids from blood to measure HIV viral load

11-Jun-2013 - Research describes the development of a portable device that can extract HIV viral RNA from whole human blood to produce a purified and thermally-stable sample without the use of electric power. The technology has the potential to enable accurate monitoring of patient response to HIV treatment in ...