Molly M Bechtel, University of California, Davis
Two-photon microscope enables faster, less harmful brain imaging
26.09.2024
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope capable of capturing high-speed images of neural activity with cellular resolution.
MPIKG
Harnessing light to control cellular dynamics
23.05.2024
Researchers led by Rumiana Dimova at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces have developed a technique that uses light to understand and control the inner dynamics of cells. By employing lights of different colors, they can alter the interactions within cellular components, offering a precise and non-invasive method to administer drugs directly into the cells.
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Predicting cognitive progression in parkinson's patients
22.05.2024
A recent study conducted by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Biobizkaia sheds light on a potential breakthrough in Parkinson's disease research. The study suggests that analyzing retinal thickness could serve as a predictive tool for cognitive progression in Parkinson's patients, offering new avenues for monitoring neurodegeneration.
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Insights into the development of metastases with miniature laboratories
22.04.2024
New developments at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS and partners enable improved research possibilities for cancer therapy using microphysiological systems.
Messe Düsseldorf/Andreas Wiese
World Laboratory Day: Laboratory medicine in transition
16.04.2024
World Laboratory Day takes place annually on April 23. It is intended to draw attention to the work in laboratories and the achievements of laboratory employees. MEDICA-tradefair.com takes the day as an opportunity to highlight current trends that continue to shape these work environments. These trends will also be a main focus of the MEDICA LABMED FORUM at MEDICA 2024.
Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany
Advanced cell sorting with laser and AI
25.03.2024
The Fraunhofer Institutes for Laser Technology ILT and for Production Technology IPT developed a new AI-assisted high-throughput process that enhances cell isolation. This presents vast implications for personalized medicine, drug development, and clinical research.
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A sugar analysis could reveal different types of cancer
22.12.2023
In the future, a little saliva may be enough to detect an incipient cancer. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed an effective way to interpret the changes in sugar molecules that occur in cancer cells.
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Chronic lung diseases: funding for precision medicine
20.12.2023
Associate Professor Dr Jonas Schupp receives funding for his research into chronic lung diseases.
Karin Kaiser/MHH
MS and Sjögren's: the same and yet different
13.12.2023
MHH project investigates differences in neurological symptoms between multiple sclerosis and the rare Sjögren's syndrome.
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Eye scans provide crucial insights into kidney health
08.12.2023
3D eye scans can reveal vital clues about kidney health that could help to track the progression of disease, research suggests. The advance could revolutionise monitoring of kidney disease, which often progresses without symptoms in the early stages.
Universität Würzburg
PicoRuler: Molecular rulers for high-resolution microscopy
06.12.2023
A team from the Rudolf Virchow Zentrum – Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging at Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, led by Dr Gerti Beliu and Professor Markus Sauer, presents a groundbreaking advance for the world of high-resolution fluorescence microscopy.
Vincent Hoban, University College Dublin
World’s first commercial deployment of novel soft X-ray microscope
03.11.2023
SiriusXT Ltd, an Irish technology SME, announced the world’s first commercial deployment of the SXT-100, the company’s unique table-top Soft X-ray Microscope with applications in disease research and the drug discovery process, at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research at University College Dublin.
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Project CANACO: better imaging-based and targeted therapy of colon cancer
01.11.2023
The University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) is coordinating the development of a new nanoparticle-based method for the personalized therapy of patients suffering from colon cancer.
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Novel nanoparticles could serve as contrast agents
27.10.2023
Special nanoparticles could one day improve modern imaging techniques. Developed by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the properties of these unique nanoparticles change in reaction to heat.
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Why tuberculosis bacteria form long chains
25.10.2023
A researcher team from Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne led by Dr. Vivek Thacker now group leader at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital have studied why tuberculosis bacteria form long strands and how this affects their infectivity.
Barth van Rossum, FMP
Microscopy and fluorescence show how synapses are formed
23.10.2023
How are synapses formed, those points of contact that allow the transmission of information from one neuron to the other? Working with an international team, researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) have now uncovered a crucial mechanism and elucidated the identity of the axonal transport vesicles that generates synapses.
TU Graz
Light as on-off switch for enzymes
10.08.2023
Researchers at TU Graz have gained new insights into the functioning of a protein found in bacteria, whose enzymatic activity is activated by blue light.
Hannezo Group | ISTA
Cell dynamics: how cells talk to each other
26.07.2023
Like us, cells communicate. Well, in their own special way. Using waves as their common language, cells tell one another where and when to move.
Johann Danzl
Brain: LIONESS enables insights into complex tissue
13.07.2023
In a new paper, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has come together to present a new way to observe the brain’s structure and dynamics – in a high resolution and without damaging the tissue.
Leipzig University
Multiple sclerosis: Myelin may be detrimental to nerve fibres
05.07.2023
Researchers at Leipzig University and Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen have discovered that myelin, which was previously thought to be solely protective, can actually threaten the survival of the axons.
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Fiber-based endo-microscope: understanding neuronal communication
28.06.2023
A new hair-thin endo-microscope, developed by an international team with the participation of Leibniz IPHT, promises extremely gentle in-depth observations.
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Corona: The virus needs only a single door opener
15.06.2023
Why is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus able to spread so efficiently? Various hypotheses are still circulating in the scientific community. A group of researchers from Würzburg has now found groundbreaking answers.
MPI für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften
Dementia: poorly insulated nerve cells promote Alzheimer's disease in old age
08.06.2023
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen have shown that defective myelin actively promotes disease-related changes in Alzheimer’s. Slowing down age-related myelin damage could open up new ways to prevent the disease or delay its progression in the future.
Swen Pförtner MPI
Multiple Sclerosis: structural changes in brain tissue promote inflammatory processes
31.05.2023
A German-Dutch research team has shown that ultrastructural changes in healthy areas in the white matter of MS patients make the tissue more susceptible to inflammation and the formation of lesions
University of Surrey
UK AI world leader in identifying location and expression of proteins
18.05.2023
A new advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system has shown world-leading accuracy and speed in identifying protein patterns within individual cells.
Berend Snijder Lab / ETH Zurich
How to fight blood cancer more effectively
05.05.2023
Despite approved treatments being available, multiple myeloma remains incurable. But researchers at ETH Zurich and University Hospital Zurich set out to improve treatment outcomes by testing hundreds of existing therapeutics outside the body to predict their effectiveness.
Petr Chlanda
Luring the virus into a trap
04.05.2023
Heidelberg researchers describe mechanisms that could help prevent infections with the influenza A and Ebola viruses.
Ines Villalba (EPFL)
Antibiotic resistance: fast, cheap, and easy test method
02.05.2023
“We have developed a technique in our laboratories that allows us to obtain an antibiogram within 2-4 hours – instead of the current 24 hours for the most common germs and one month for tuberculosis,” says Dr Sandor Kasas at EPFL.
Pekka Ruusuvuori
AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue
21.04.2023
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based method for virtual staining of histopathological tissue samples as a part of the Nordic ABCAP consortium.
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AI meets zebrafish: is this the future of drug discovery?
04.04.2023
New drug candidates must undergo lengthy testing using animal models before being given to participants in human trials. This means many active ingredients must already be sorted out in test series because they either do not have the desired or even have an adverse effect. These test series require many test animals. The use of zebrafish larvae could lead to a reduced demand in this setting.
Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung
Further advance in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
16.03.2023
Scientists led by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have developed a super-resolution microscope with a spatio-temporal precision of one nanometer per millisecond.
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Smart microscopy works out where to take the picture
16.03.2023
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a software solution for smart, data-driven microscopy, which makes this possible.
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AI analyses cell movement under the microscope
22.02.2023
The enormous amount of data obtained by filming biological processes using a microscope has previously been an obstacle for analyses.
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New insights into the utilization of nanotechnology-based drugs
01.02.2023
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have now followed the path of such a particle into a cell using a combination of several microscopy methods. They were able to observe a cell-internal process that effectively separates blood components and nanoparticles.