Lab Automation and Bioinformatics News and Research

Latest Lab Automation and Bioinformatics News and Research

How Intensive Farming Could Increase the Risk of Epidemics

Professor Sam Sheppard speaks to AZoLifeSciences about his research on intensive farming and how it could increase the risk of epidemics.

From University of Bath 12 May 2020

Gene therapy builds muscle mass, reduces fat in mice

Exercise and physical therapy often are recommended to help people who have arthritis. Both can strengthen muscle - a benefit that also can reduce joint pain.

12 May 2020

Microbiome 'fingerprint' method helps track microbial strains transferred from maternal to infant gut

Microbial communities in the intestine -- also known as the gut microbiome -- are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonization by pathogens.

11 May 2020

Lipid metabolism enzyme regulates brain stem cell activity

Neural stem cells play a major role in the early development of the brain and they also continue to remain active throughout the lifetime.

11 May 2020

New open-source software tool aims to analyze lipid behavior

Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and energy between a cell and its environment.

8 May 2020

New technique reveals the proliferation and genetic exchange of bacteria

Researchers have made a breakthrough interpretation of the way bacteria move and carry out genetic exchange—that may possibly result in the development of novel antimicrobial drugs.

From University of Exeter 7 May 2020

Junk food consumed by U.S. adults is associated with inflammatory bowel disease

Foods like cookies, cheese, soda, and French fries are often present in the diets of U.S. adults suffering from inflammatory bowel disease.

7 May 2020

Entos and Precision NanoSystems to develop vaccines and therapeutics using NanoAssemblr GMP System

Entos Pharmaceuticals, a healthcare biotechnology company developing next generation nucleic acid medicines with their Fusogenix delivery platform announced today a partnership with Precision NanoSystems, Inc., (PNI), a global leader in enabling transformative nanomedicines, to produce clinical grade vaccines and therapeutics using PNI's NanoAssemblr GMP System.

7 May 2020

Anti-cancer medicine could improve current therapy for ER+ breast cancer

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax could improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer - the most common form of breast cancer in Australia - according to preclinical studies led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers.

7 May 2020

Researchers Develop Chemistry Needed To Create Marijuana Breathalyzer

Chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer.

7 May 2020

Modeling Gas Diffusion In Aggregated Soils

Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O).

7 May 2020

Virus-specific antibodies are generated by many newly discharged COVID-19 patients

A majority of the recently discharged patients who have currently recovered from the COVID-19 infection create virus-specific T cells and antibodies.

6 May 2020

New tool may shed more light on neurodegenerative diseases

About 350 years ago, Robert Hooke provided an initial description of a cell in Micrographia, and since then, microscopy has played a major role in figuring out life’s rules.

6 May 2020

Bacterial Enzyme Activity Could Lead To New Sugar-Based Drugs

Researchers from DTU Biosustain and DTU Bioengineering have elucidated the activity of the enzyme GH109 whose mechanism of activity has been a mystery.

5 May 2020

'Unnecessary' Genetic Complexity: A Spanner In The Works?

The massive international effort to map the entire human genome, completed in 2003, opened a new field we now know as personalized medicine.

5 May 2020

Study shows how mutational signatures are shaped by DNA repair pathways

A research team has examined more than 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms to gain a better understanding on the causes responsible for mutations.

4 May 2020

Researchers design novel cell culture model of human intestine to study COVID-19

Scientists have identified that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, known to cause COVID-19, infects intestinal cells and undergo proliferation there.

4 May 2020

New antimicrobial peptide proves more effective in fighting drug-resistant bacteria

Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health considerably reduced the toxicity of a potential antibiotic against the most feared drug-resistant bacteria, while also improving its stability in fighting infections.

4 May 2020

DNA Damage And Faulty Repair Jointly Cause Mutations

Researchers at EMBL-EBI analyzed over 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms in order to better understand the causes of mutations.

4 May 2020

Study traces molecular connections between genetics, gut microbiome and memory

A new study is among the first to trace the molecular connections between genetics, the gut microbiome and memory in a mouse model bred to resemble the diversity of the human population.

29 Apr 2020