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Psychological trauma related to HIV could make it difficult to end the AIDS epidemic

Failing to address the psychological trauma experienced by many older people living with HIV/AIDS will make it difficult, if not impossible, to end the epidemic, according to a Rutgers study.

8 Feb 2023

Novel insight into how stress changes in dynamic social systems

Stress is ubiquitous in today's world and affects people's lives significantly. Past research has focused on how stress is transmitted between pairs of individuals and in small groups. In a new longitudinal study, researchers adopted a network perspective to examine how the distribution of stress in an individuals' social environment influences their appraisal of stress.

8 Feb 2023

Long-term deep meditation may have a beneficial effect on gut microbiota, study suggests

Regular deep meditation, practised for several years, may help to regulate the gut microbiome and potentially lower the risks of physical and mental ill health, finds a small comparative study published in the open access journal General Psychiatry.

30 Jan 2023

Plankton could hold key for understanding link between ocean pollution and human health

Plankton may offer a way to monitor historical marine pollution trends, and could be used to predict trends in human health, according to new research.

10 Jan 2023

3D imaging of shark embryos reveals evolution of pelvic fins

Curtin University researchers have revealed how the pelvic fins of fish such as sharks and chimaeras have evolved from their sudden appearance in the fossil record over 410 million years ago.

13 Dec 2022

Lysis and hypotonic sonication buffers for ChIP assays

Offering complete disruption of cytoplasmic and nuclear membranes, Porvair Sciences Chromatrap® buffer chemistries are optimised for sonication and enzymatic shearing.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 29 Nov 2022

Applied Cells Inc. and GenScript enter strategic collaboration to deliver combined solutions for cell therapy development

November 18th, 2022. Today, Applied Cells Inc. and GenScript USA Incorporated announced their strategic collaboration to deliver combined cell isolation solutions for cell therapy drug development worldwide. Under this collaboration, GenScript will develop and supply its proprietary research and cGMP grade CytoSinct™ reagents for use in developing CAR-T and other Cell Therapy products on the Applied Cells MARS® Platform.

25 Nov 2022

Combined spacing and retrieval practice helps to better remember information

Whether you're trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies – spacing and retrieval practice – is key to success.

21 Oct 2022

Reservoir ensures sustainable use of reagents

Manufactured to the ANSI/SLAS standard, the range of reagent reservoirs from Porvair Sciences are designed for simple integration into any automated liquid handling system.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 24 Aug 2022

Mental health benefits from urban greenness differ for men and women, study shows

Exposure to urban greenness leads to greater mental health benefits for women, although they are less likely to use these green spaces as frequently for reasons mainly related to safety concerns.

1 Aug 2022

Microplate optimised for magnetic bead separations

Porvair Sciences has introduced a 96-well deep well microplate designed for labs using magnetic beads for nucleic acid purification, clean up and protein purifications.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 15 Jul 2022

Unraveling sex determination in Bursaphelenchus nematodes: A path towards pest-control

The mechanisms underlying sex determination in nematodes, commonly known as roundworms, have not been fully understood.

23 Jun 2022

Metrion Biosciences appoints Dr Benedetta Montagnini as Head of European Business Development

Metrion Biosciences Limited (“Metrion”), the specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company, today announced the appointment of Dr Benedetta Montagnini as Head of European Business Development. Driven by the uptake of its ion channel discovery services, the appointment follows the recent creation of a Client Services team as Metrion expands its operations and enhanced drug discovery capabilities, internationally.

From Metrion Biosciences Limited 9 Jun 2022

Dotmatics supports Umicore Corporate R&D in processing of experimental data

Dotmatics, a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making, today announced it has been selected by Umicore Corporate Research and Development, which is part of global materials technology and recycling company Umicore, as informatics partner for its Corporate R&D (CRD) digitalization project.

From Dotmatics 18 May 2022

seqWell’s plexWell technology selected by California Conservation Genomics Project for conservation genomics research

seqWell, a global provider of next-generation sequencing library technologies based on its proprietary plexWell™ multiplexing platform, today announced a partnership with California Conservation Genomics Project.

10 May 2022

Dotmatics Biology Solution for Antibody Discovery streamlines data collection and workflows to accelerate antibody research and therapies

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From Dotmatics 5 May 2022

Mologic and Alamar Biosciences collaborate to develop a next generation COVID-19 antigen test

Combining Alamar's Attobody™ platform with Mologic's RDTs, this collaboration focuses on developing highly sensitive COVID-19 tests for global health readiness.

5 May 2022

Improved viral RNA extraction from nasal and throat swab samples

The Chromatrap® Homogeniser Spin Column from Porvair Sciences maximises the yield and quality of viral RNA extracted from nasal and throat swab samples.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 4 May 2022

INTEGRA pipettes accelerate COVID-19 testing for pediatric hospital group

INTEGRA Biosciences’ VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipettes and EVOLVE manual pipettes are playing pivotal roles in COVID-19 testing at Children’s Minnesota, an award-winning, non-profit acute pediatric healthcare group in the ‘twin cities’ of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 26 Apr 2022

Aiforia; Advancing Clinical Pathology with Artificial Intelligence

We speak to Aiforia about their AI-based technology that helps to optimize the workflow of clinical pathologists.

From Aiforia Plc. 19 Apr 2022