The growing role of NIR-II imaging in preclinical research

insights from industryJade MarrowSenior Product ManagerScintica Instrumentation Inc. In this interview, industry expert Jade Marrow discusses how NIR-II imaging supports deeper, higher-contrast preclinical imaging and helps researchers improve translational studies, biodistribution analysis, and real-time monitoring of...

Gut microbiota may determine severity of life-threatening sepsis infections

Why do some people recover easily from bacterial infections while others rapidly deteriorate into life-threatening sepsis? According to a new study, the answer may lie not only in the invading pathogen itself, but also...

New mathematical model tracks microbial contribution to human digestion

Food labels make calories seem simple. They show the number of calories per serving, which is calculated based on how much fat, carbohydrates and protein the food contains.  But inside the body, digestion is...

New colorectal cancer screening guidelines emphasize advanced stool tests

With colorectal cancer a growing concern among younger people, the American Cancer Society has endorsed two new types of stool tests to encourage people to get screened while also recommending a limited role for...

Tecan establishes direct sales and specialist lab automation service operations in India

Tecan, a global provider of laboratory automation and solutions, today announced the launch of direct operations in India, including a dedicated local sales and service team based in Gurugram, near New Delhi. The launch,...

Novel wearable ultrasound patch improves high-risk pregnancy monitoring

Current fetal monitoring tools for physicians to closely follow high-risk pregnancies are inadequate, so researchers at Stanford Medicine, the University of California San Diego and Oxford University developed a wearable ultrasound patch to monitor...

New AI model detects hidden antibiotic resistance genes beyond standard databases

A genomic language model called resLens could help researchers spot antibiotic resistance genes that conventional database-matching tools may miss, offering a faster route to tracking emerging resistance while highlighting the need for careful validation. Study:...

Parabilis Files for IPO, a Day After Signing Up-to-$2.3B Regeneron Collaboration

Parabilis Medicines, the developer of drugs and antibody-drug conjugates targeting historically undruggable protein targets and based on stabilized helical peptides or Helicons, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), joining a growing parade...

Human Gut Organoids with Functional Nerves Developed that Can Be Mass Produced

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Nantes Université in France have designed 3D-printed scaffolding trays that will reportedly allow scientists to produce larger versions of functional human gut organoids twice as fast as...

AI-created miniproteins show promise for targeting hard-to-treat diseases

G protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs, sit in the plasma membrane, the boundary that defines the inside and outside of a living cell. They communicate with nearly every physiological process in our bodies - from...