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Clearbridge BioMedics and Leica Biosystems have today announced a partnership, co-marketing each other’s products to support circulating tumour cell (CTC) research. This is specifically for the Clearbridge BioMedics ClearCell® FX CTC enrichment system and the Leica Biosystems’ BOND RX staining platform. This new partnership provides an integrated and automated workflow for CTC enrichment and immunostaining, […]

Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered dozens of new genetic variations associated with a person’s general cognitive ability. The findings have the potential to help researchers develop more targeted treatment for cognitive and memory disorders.“For the first time, we were able to use genetic information to point us towards specific drugs that […]

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long pieces of RNA work in skin cells. The RNA pieces, called “long non-coding RNAs” or “lncRNAs,” help skin cells modulate connective tissue proteins, like collagen, and could represent novel therapeutic targets to promote skin repair.In a recent study, researchers identified specific […]

There are nine genes that make you gain more weight if you already have a high body mass index, McMaster University researchers have found.“It’s similar to a tiny snow ball at a top of a hill that becomes bigger and bigger when rolling down the hill,” said senior author David Meyre, an associate professor of […]

New tests to detect early Lyme disease – which is increasing beyond the summer months –could replace existing tests that often do not clearly identify the infection before health problems occur.In an analysis, scientists from Rutgers University, Harvard University, Yale University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH and other academic centres, […]