Search Tag: cells
New Way to Image Single Molecules in ‘True Colour’
2015 21 Aug
A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) team has invented a new technology to image single molecules with unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution, thus leading to the first "true-colour" super-resolution microscope. By delivering both spatial and spectral information for each molecule, this imaging technique enables new ways to... Read more
Coming Soon: Bio-Printing Transplantable Organs, Tissues
2014 01 Jul
According to study findings published by researchers from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT, the ‘bio printing’ of transplantable organs and tissues is one step closer. Successfully growing large complex tissues requires artificial vascular networks that imitate the human body's circulatory system: the team of scientists... Read more
Study: Transplant Success Linked to Immune Molecule Levels
2014 13 May
A study recently published in the Journal of Immunology Research reports that patients with highest levels of the most powerful version of the immune molecule HLA-G seem to have the lowest risk of rejecting their transplanted kidney. Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, immunologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University and the study's... Read more
EMBO Gold Medal 2014 Awarded to Sophie Martin
2014 28 Apr
In recognition of her research to understand the organisation and development of the cell EMBO, an organisation of more than 1500 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences, has announced Sophie Martin of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, as the winner of the 2014 EMBO Gold Medal. The award acknowledges her work... Read more
Improved Ultrasound Imaging Enables Tumour Visualisation
2014 18 Feb
An innovative new technique developed by UNC researchers could enable doctors to visualise tumours without using radiation in a more cost effective way. Compared to X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, ultrasound not only provides an alternative which is less expensive, but more importantly, it is a radiation-free technology for detecting and monitoring... Read more
25 Years of Computer Progress Benefit DNA Study
2014 07 Jan
In the cell nucleus, DNA carries out its activities in a diluted state where it synthesises proteins and, despite resembling a messy tangle of thread, its structure is in actually governed by precise rules that are important for it to carry out its functions. Customarily, biologists have studied DNA by observing it experimentally with a number... Read more
Innovative Health Screening Technology Launched by Surrey Team
2013 20 Dec
A University of Surrey research team has developed an innovative device that can differentiate between normal and unhealthy cells. The team, led by Michael Hughes, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed a device that analyses the electrical properties of cells - with hopes that it will enable the early detection of oral cancer and... Read more
Tumour Promoting Gene Discovered
2013 09 Dec
More than one per cent of all cancer patients carry a gene which drives the development of tumours, and it is the first time ever that researchers have identified the gene CUX1 to be widely linked to cancer development. According to the team of researchers, deactivating CUX1 activates a biological pathway that enhances tumour growth. Drugs inhibiting... Read more
How To Print Your Own Tissue Types
2013 31 Oct
It sounds like a futuristic dream, yet it has been researched for a number of years already: simply printing out tissue and organs. Scientists have been able to further refine the current technology and are now in a position to produce various tissue types. A statement released by the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO) shows an 18%... Read more