Industry News
Early Parkinson's detection with an RNA-based blood test
The test has the potential to alleviate the uncertainty faced by patients and clinicians, offering a reliable and rapid method to identify Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages. [ + ]
Osteoarthritis study uncovers new genetic links, drug targets
The genome-wide association study (GWAS) uncovered over 900 genetic associations, more than 500 of which had never been reported before. [ + ]
Water filter designed to remove PFAS molecules
Monash University researchers have developed a water filtration membrane that effectively removes small PFAS molecules, overcoming a significant challenge faced by conventional water filters. [ + ]
How brain cells are affected by Tourette syndrome
US researchers have conducted a cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, pinpointing exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction. [ + ]
'Pain-on-a-chip' device identifies different chronic pain types
The pain-on-a-chip concept has the potential to provide a biosensor platform for a minimally invasive and objective analysis method to discriminate between chronic pain subtypes. [ + ]
Preventing neural graft rejection in Parkinson's patients
Researchers have engineered a way to fool the immune system into accepting neural grafts as part of the body, rather than attacking them as foreign objects. [ + ]
Ultrasound reveals capillaries and cells in living organs
Researchers have successfully imaged living cells inside whole organs across volumes the size of a sugar cube. [ + ]
Retinal health linked to dementia risk, study shows
Researchers have discovered that the blood vessels at the back of the eye — called retinal microvasculature — can show early signs someone is at risk of developing dementia. [ + ]
Govt announces $158m in funding for three new CRCs
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has allocated $158 million to three new Cooperative Research Centres: the SMART CRC, Additive Manufacturing CRC and Care Economy CRC. [ + ]
Pancreatic cancer hijacks metabolism switch to help it spread
Pancreatic cancer hijacks a molecule known for regulating physiological processes, such as food intake and energy balance, and uses it to promote its own spread. [ + ]
Capturing a major signalling molecule with cryo-EM
In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists have utilised a highly specialised microscope. [ + ]
AI diagnoses endometrial cancer with high accuracy
The AI model examines histopathological images, enhances the quality of the images, identifies the most important areas and analyses the tissue. [ + ]
Novel antibiotic activates 'suicide' mechanism in superbug
Researchers have discovered a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae by triggering a 'self-destruction' program. [ + ]
Modifications in the placenta linked to psychiatric disorders
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression disorder are the neuropsychiatric disorders most strongly linked to DNA methylation in the placenta. [ + ]
'Optical tweezers' could help study living cells
Physicists are using the tweezers to measure activity within microscopic systems over timeframes as short as milliseconds. [ + ]