All Innovation News articles – Page 26
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NewsSemi-living cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers at the University of California have created semi-living ’cyborg cells’ retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate.
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NewsWearable, printable silk-based sensors detect pathogens such as Covid in the environment
Scientists have developed biopolymer-based sensors that glow when dangers are present and can be printed on almost anything—masks, gloves, clothing, food jars, or shaped into flying objects.
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News Vésale Bioscience receives €1.8M grant from European Innovation Council for PhageDiag project
Vésale Bioscience has announced it has received €1.8M in grants from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Fund for its PhageDiag project, a phagogram using artificial intelligence that enables decentralized diagnostics and personalized treatment.
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NewsNew tool unveils communication between gut microbes and the brain
A new laboratory protocol gives researchers a road map to understand the complex traffic system between the gut and the brain and its effects both in health and disease.
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NewsResearchers develop electrochemical biosensor for flu antibody detection
A new testing method uses an electrochemical cell-free biosensor that can directly detect antibodies against diseases such as influenza in blood serum.
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NewsScientists synthesize precursors of powerful anti-cancer drug in yeast cells
Researchers have identified a novel method for the biological synthesis of catharanthine and vindoline - the two pharmacologic precursors of anti-cancer drug vinblastine - using yeast cells.
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NewsUS approves world’s first vaccine to protect honey bees
The world’s first vaccine for honey bees has been approved by authorities in the US.
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NewsThree compounds from sea sponge and marine bacteria offer Covid-blocking powers
University of British Columbia researchers have identified three compounds that prevent COVID-19 infection in human cells, derived from natural sources including a BC sea sponge.
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NewsScientists test Raman spectroscopy as diagnostic tool for Lyme disease
Two Texas A&M University scientists are developing a test for Lyme disease that’s both more accurate and more efficient than the current test.
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NewsSimple nasal swab can provide early warning of emerging viruses
Testing for the presence of a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses not identified in standard tests, Yale researchers have found.
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NewsElectricity-fed purple phototrophic bacteria convert carbon dioxide into high protein biomass
For the first time, researchers from University of Alcalá have grown a microbial consortium dominated by purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) which are fed with electricity to convert CO2 into high protein biomass.
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NewsScientists create deep red cranberry lipstick with antimicrobial properties
Researchers have developed a deep red lipstick with antimicrobial properties by adding cranberry extract to the formulation.
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NewsNew mapping tool delivers first accurate tuberculosis genome
Researchers have developed a novel genome assembly tool that could spur the development of new treatments for tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.
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NewsResearchers patent synthetic arsenic-based antibiotic originating in soil bacteria
Florida International University researchers have moved a step closer to producing synthetic arsenic-based drugs in their quest to solve an urgent worldwide health problem ―the growing number of infections that have become antibiotic-resistant.
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NewsScientists identify infection-halting compound that can target hosts, not viruses
Researchers at UBC’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that shows early promise at halting infections from a range of coronaviruses, including all variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the common cold.
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NewsMachine learning tool figures out how many people are represented in a wastewater sample
A machine learning model has been developed that uses the assortment of microbes in wastewater to find out how many individual people they represent.
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NewsPhase 2 trial of Ebola vaccines yields promising results
An international team of scientists has published the results of a large-scale randomized clinical trial in West Africa which confirms the safety of three vaccine regimens for Ebola and suggests an immune response is induced and maintained for up to 12 months.
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NewsUK government issues £16m funding call for novel food drive, including fermentation products
Two of Britain’s largest government funding bodies have announced a £16 million funding call focused on developing foods such as plant-based, cultivated meat, and fermentation products.
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NewsResearchers develop ingestible biobatteries that could allow new view of digestive system
Biobattery researchers have created a solution based on microbial fuel cells that would allow cameras to target the hard-to-reach small intestine, which winds around the human gut for an average of 22 feet.
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NewsPotential drug takes aim at emerging Chikungunya virus
Researchers are developing what could become the first-ever treatment against the debilitating joint pain that can last months or years after becoming infected with the emerging Chikungunya virus.
