Thermo Fisher Launches Matrix 2D Barcode Reader
Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a barcoded latch rack and a wireless barcode reader. The new products aim to improve sample identification, tracking, collection and...
Equipment
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Patient iP Secures $2 Million Investment
Patient Identification Platform (PatientiP), a provider of clinical trial matching technology, has obtained $2 million in a Series A investment round. The company aims to...
Bioinformatics
10 Times More Memory Than Previously Calculated
Researchers from Salk Institute and the University of Austin, Texas have discovered that the memory capacity of the brain is 10 times higher than previously estimated....
Imaging
New Brain Circuit Bypasses Self-Control Area in Addicts
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a new neural circuit that circumvents the brain region that controls decision-making processes in cocaine addicts. The...
Blog
New Cell Line Produces Critical Component for Organoid Cultures
Trevigen has released a cell line that produces a fundamental element for propagating organoid cultures. The HA-R-Spondin-Fc293T cells can be used to obtain Roof plate specific Spondin-1 (R-Spondin...
Bioengineering
Pancreatic Cells Originated from Human Skin Revert Diabetes in Mice
Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have created for the first time functional pancreatic cells from human skin...
Biomedicine
IUPAC Verifies the Discovery of Four New Chemical Elements
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has reviewed the literature for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 and has concluded that the...
Basic Chemistry
Genome Editing Cures Muscular Dystrophy in Mice
Researchers from Duke University have used the CRISPR technology to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a mouse. It is the first time that the gene editing...
Biomedicine