Bone biochemistry in children with fractures presenting with non-accidental injury - Lucas-Herald AK, Forbes O, McDonald H, McNeilly J, Bradley T, Wood D, McDevitt H, Houston J, Mason A.
BACKGROUND: In cases of fractures in children with suspicion of non-accidental injury (NAI), biochemical markers of calcium homeostasis should be performed. OBJECTIVES: To describe the pattern of biochemistry in children with fractures NAI is suspe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Is the snake that just bit you deadly? Venom ‘pregnancy test’ could tell
Cecilie Knudsen placed the urine on one end of the strip, then sat anxiously for 15 minutes to see whether one or two lines appeared. She wasn’t testing for pregnancy. Instead, Knudsen, a biotechnologist and co-founder of VenomAid Diagnostics, was waiting to see whether the test she and her colleagues developed would accurately detect the presence of a particular snake venom in a sample of mouse urine. It did . The finding, published last month in Scientific Reports , represents “a really remarkable step in venom diagnosis,” says Kalana Maduwage, a physician and biochemist at the University ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 29, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

China Foreign Ministry Department of Arms Control Director General Promotes Compliance in the Field of Biochemistry, Maintains Authority of Arms Control …
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is the 100-year old TB vaccine a new weapon against Alzheimer ’s?
Studies suggest the BCG jab discovered a century ago could provide a cheap and effective way of boosting the immune system to protect people from developing the conditionScientific discoveries can emerge from the strangest places. In early 1900s France, the doctor Albert Calmette and the veterinarian Camille Gu érin aimed to discover how bovine tuberculosis was transmitted. To do so, they first had to find a way of cultivating the bacteria. Sliced potatoes – cooked with ox bile and glycerine – proved to be the perfect medium.As the bacteria grew, however, Calmette and Gu érin were surprised to find thateach generatio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Robson Tags: Alzheimer's Immunology Science Society Health Medical research Biochemistry and molecular biology Tuberculosis Vaccines and immunisation Dementia Source Type: news

Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: Colleges and Universities Collectors and Collections Biodiversity Endangered and Extinct Species Biology and Biochemistry Science and Technology Global Warming Flowers and Plants Duke University Durham (NC) Source Type: news

Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karik ó review – real-life lessons in chemistry
This vivid account of the Hungarian biochemist who endured decades of derision before pioneering Pfizer ’s Covid vaccine is a tribute to her tenacity and self-beliefIn May 2013, Katalin Karik ó turned up for work at her laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and found her belongings piled in the hallway. “There were my binders, my posters, my boxes of test tubes,” she recalls. Nearby a lab technician was shoving things into a trash bin. “My things!” Karikó realised.Despite having worked at the tiny lab for years, the scientist – then in her 50s – was cast out, without notice, for failing to bring in ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 11, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Science and nature books Vaccines and immunisation Culture Coronavirus Immunology Infectious diseases Medical research Society Health Microbiology Biochemistry and molecular biology Source Type: news

Cell biologist whose work spans over 30 years receives RMS Scientific Achievement Award
David Stephens, Emeritus Professor of Cell Biology in the School of Biochemistry, has been awarded the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Scientific Achievement Award for his work on cell biology. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - February 7, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Grants and Awards, Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biochemistry; Press Release Source Type: news

Viral protein fragments may unlock mystery behind serious COVID-19 outcomes
Key takeawaysThere remains no clear explanation for why COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, can result in severe outcomes or death while other coronaviruses just cause common colds, or why COVID-19 symptoms persist after the coronavirus that causes it has been eliminated.A UCLA-led research team has shown that fragments of the coronavirus may drive inflammation by mimicking the action of specific immune molecules in the body.The findings could contribute to not only the understanding and treatment of COVID-19 but also efforts to detect coronaviruses with the potential to cause pandemics before they become widespread.There are ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 31, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic's inclusive onboarding sets new standard in lab accommodations
Conor Peck and Brigette Baig After Conor Peck cleared the initial interview panel for a clinical laboratory technologist role in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, it didn't take long for him to catch Brigette Baig's attention. "He has a biochemistry degree, and we like chemistry people in our lab," says Baig, supervisor of the Metals Laboratory. "I called him to just give him an informal tour of the lab using… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 14, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Ayush gets big boost in Northeast India
A dedicated Panchakarma block, the first in the Northeast region, was inaugurated and dedicated to the nation by Sarbananda Sonowal at the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI) on Friday. A state-of-the-art Pharmacology & Biochemistry lab for Ayush, a first in the region, was also inaugurated & dedicated to nation by the Ayush Minister. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Massive study of dog aging likely to lose funding
Scientists who study aging are howling about the possible demise of one of the field’s biggest studies, the Dog Aging Project. The effort has been probing cognitive and physical aspects of aging in about 50,000 dogs and is running a clinical trial to test a drug that may boost the animals’ longevity. But organizers say the project will probably lose funding this year from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), which has furnished at least 90% of its annual budget, now about $7 million. “It is a big loss if this project in dogs does not continue,” says gerontologist João Pedro de Magalhães of the University ...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Felix Munkonge obituary
My father, Felix Munkonge, who has died aged 64 after a stroke, was a biochemist recognised for the key role he played in coordinating the clinical testing of gene therapy as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis. He was also a contributor to the team at AstraZeneca that supported the manufacturing capability of the Covid-19 vaccine.Felix joined AstraZeneca as a project manager in November 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and was responsible for managing laboratory-scale collaborations with several chief medical officers around the world. That work made a significant contribution to ensuring the global availability...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Mandalena Munkonge Tags: Medical research People in science Zambia Cystic fibrosis AstraZeneca King's College London University of Southampton Biology Source Type: news

Yale scientist honored for contributions to treatment of cancer
Yale ’s Craig M. Crews has been named the winner of the 2024 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the largest biochemistry award in the U.S. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - December 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Sickly sweet: how our sugar-coated cells helped humanity turn illness into evolution
The molecules that cover our cells have interacted over the ages with our environment and the diseases that plague us – and in the process shaped our progressAccording to the latest estimates, Covid-19 may be responsible for more than18 million deaths worldwide. While infectious diseases like this have devastated humanity, it may be wrong to assume they are always antithetical to our survival and flourishing as a species. Otherwise, why would ancient pathogens such as malaria (of thefalciparumtype), cholera, typhoid, measles and influenza A persist as human-only diseases – and why have we not evolved immunity to them?T...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Immunology Biochemistry and molecular biology Medical research Science Evolution Source Type: news

Vincent Marks obituary
Biochemist who transformed the treatment of diabetes and was an expert witness in two high-profile murder trialsVincent Marks, who has died aged 93, was a world expert in insulin and hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). In 1985, his expert opinion helped to acquitClaus von B ülow of attempted murder, in a case that was dramatised in the film Reversal of Fortune (1990).On 21 December 1980, the American heiress Sunny von B ülow was discovered comatose in her bathroom, and she remained in a persistent vegetative state untilher death in 2008. Her husband Claus, a Danish-born lawyer, was tried and found guilty of injecting her wi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 3, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Diabetes Health Biochemistry and molecular biology Medical research Medicine Society Science Source Type: news