Rare gene variants identified that play a role in hereditary male hair loss

Researchers find puzzle pieces for hair loss

27-Sep-2023 - Previous research into male pattern hair loss, also termed androgenetic alopecia, has implicated multiple common genetic variants. Human geneticists from the University Hospital of Bonn (UKB) and by the Transdisciplinary Research Unit "Life & Health" of the University of Bonn have now performed a ...

analytica: Significant upswing in international spin-offs

Country-specific challenges

26-Sep-2023 - The five international analytica trade fairs that make up the international cluster of the world’s leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology registered some significant increase in visitors and exhibitors this year. With the successful local spin-offs in China, ...

New fatty acids found in vegetable oils

Characterize vegetable oils comprehensively

25-Sep-2023 - Whether in salad dressings, for sautéing and deep-frying, or in cake batter - vegetable oils are a key ingredient in food preparation. With a sales volume of almost 80 million liters per year and a market share of around 40 percent, rapeseed oil is the most popular vegetable oil in Germany. ...

Cytomos welcomes new Director

£4 million investment sets path for commercialisation of groundbreaking cell analysis technology

25-Sep-2023 - The biotech company’s appointment of industry leader Dr Sharon Brownlow as Non-Executive Director further enhances Cytomos’ senior management team and its unique value proposition to key industry markets. Dr Brownlow will play a key role in helping to accelerate Cytomos’ plansto commercialise ...

Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio enter into partnership

The goal is a patient-friendly, blood-based Alzheimer's disease test

22-Sep-2023 - Beckman Coulter Diagnostics and Fujirebio announced a new partnership combining their respective immunoassay strengths to support therapeutic development, clinical trials, reimbursement, and routine clinical adoption in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. The burden of disability and deaths ...

Global guidelines to improve the quality of microscopy images in scientific publications

21-Sep-2023 - As part of a global initiative, researchers have drawn up guidelines for the publication of microscopy images in scientific outlets. The criteria, summarized in the form of checklists, form the basis for ensuring that published images in the field of life sciences and medicine are intelligible ...

Metallographic image analysis in second

TGFS invests in start-up for AI-based software for microstructure analysis

21-Sep-2023 - TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen announces its investment in MiViA GmbH. MiViA is a spin-off of the Institute for Metal Forming at TU Bergakademie Freiberg. At the interface between materials and AI expertise, the founding team has developed mivia.ai, a product to accelerate and standardize ...

New approach to testing for long Covid

Blood vessels in the eye altered with persistent coronavirus symptoms

20-Sep-2023 - A standardized eye examination might reveal in future whether people are suffering from long Covid syndrome or post-Covid. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was able to demonstrate a clear connection between the disease and certain changes to the blood vessels in the eye. Between ...

Pixel-by-pixel analysis yields insights into lithium-ion batteries

In a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface, which could help optimize the material’s design

20-Sep-2023 - By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and in other rechargeable ...

A protein on cancer cells supports immune response against tumors

Surprising discovery

19-Sep-2023 - Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) identify a new and surprising function of a membrane protein on the surface of cancer cells: It supports and stabilizes an important "co-stimulatory" factor that enhances the activation of T cells, thus improving the immune response against ...