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Siemens Healthineers now provides U.S. laboratories with a comprehensive hematology solution that combines automation, middleware, and remote digital slide review to consistently deliver time-sensitive patient results. With approximately 500 million complete blood counts (CBC) performed annually, workflow inefficiencies can directly impact clinical decision-making. The Atellica HEMA 580 analyzer is designed for medium to large-sized laboratories to simplify complex hematology workflows and help laboratories produce reliable and reproducible results even under staffing shortages and throughput pressures. Hematology tests serve as a clinical GPS and help inform early patient care decisions. Our sustainable and scalable solutions help busy laboratories avoid workflow bottlenecks.…

Bio-Rad Laboratories, a global leader in life sciences research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the QX700 system-compatible Vericheck ddPCR kit portfolio for critical quality control (QC) workflows in advanced cell and gene therapy development and other biopharmaceutical applications. This portfolio includes Vericheck ddPCR Mycoplasma Detection, Empty-Full Capsid, Replication Competent Lentivirus, CHO Residual DNA Quantification, and E. coli Residual DNA Quantification Kit. Vericheck ddPCR™ Kit. Image credit: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. The newly launched kits expand Bio-Rad’s existing ddPCR platform portfolio to provide ready-to-use, application-focused, validated kits for critical QC workflows in biopharmaceuticals, including cell and gene therapy…

Credit: (Jakec, via Wikimedia Commons)Culm Mountain west of Treverton, Pennsylvania. The hill is a mixture of rock, gray shale, and anthracite, all discarded as waste products from coal mining. Some power plants burn the culms to generate electricity, but the process is highly polluting. washington — The Trump administration has granted a waiver to a New Jersey energy company to allow it to operate two power plants that do not comply with federal rules limiting air pollutants, including highly toxic mercury. The Environmental Protection Agency granted Morristown-based Olympus Power LLC these exemptions to the rule, which will be finalized in…

Quantum phenomena are usually associated with very small objects, such as individual atoms, molecules, or photons, that must be carefully isolated from their surroundings. But do the same strange quantum effects exist in objects large enough to see and touch? Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology have provided convincing evidence that it is possible. By studying centimeter-sized crystals made of a type of material known as strange metals, researchers have detected a high degree of quantum entanglement, one of the most remarkable features of quantum physics. They accomplished this using a quantum information science technique called quantum Fisher information.…

Randomized trials have shown that early skin-to-skin care can reduce neonatal stress and support breastfeeding, but its role in reducing jaundice remains unclear. Study: Effects of early skin-to-skin contact after vaginal delivery on neonatal stress and 5-day bilirubin levels: a randomized trial. Image credit: Sbethmorris / Shutterstock In a recent study published as a magazine article, scientific reportresearchers evaluated whether early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after vaginal delivery, when combined with early breastfeeding, reduces neonatal stress and affects total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels at day 5 of life. background Each year, millions of newborns undergo routine medical procedures shortly after birth,…

Modern IVF treatments can dramatically reduce twin and triplet pregnancies while achieving significantly higher success rates than traditional approaches, according to new research presented today at the 42nd European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). In one of the largest IVF studies of its kind, researchers analyzed the results of 18,396 women who underwent their first IVF cycle between January 2012 and December 2021 and were followed up until December 2023 at seven Australian fertility clinics. The study found that modern IVF clinical practice achieves a cumulative live birth rate of 68.2% over three treatment cycles, while using single…

Hospital admissions due to miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies have increased in recent years in the UK, according to research presented today at the 42nd annual general meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). The national analysis also revealed persistent and substantial socio-economic inequalities in early pregnancy complications, which showed little sign of narrowing over the 20-year study period. Miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies are among the most common complications of early pregnancy and can have significant physical, psychological, and financial consequences. However, little is known about long-term national trends and how socio-economic inequalities have changed over time.…

Two in five women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed only after an emergency hospital admission, with a one in three chance of developing the potentially curable disease in its early stages, an analysis of data published in an open access journal found. BMJ Oncology. And research shows that younger women, older women, frail women, or women living in poorer areas are more likely to be diagnosed after an emergency hospital admission. Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women worldwide, claiming the lives of more than 200,000 women each year, the researchers noted, adding that diagnosis is not…

Nitrogen is essential to all known life forms on Earth. Now, scientists say this common element may also help explain how the earliest life evolved on Earth, and how life developed elsewhere in the universe. “All living things need nitrogen to survive,” said Lance Seifert, a biochemist at Utah State University. “Nitrogen is all around us, but we don’t have direct access to it.” “Enzymes called nitrogenases enable nitrogen fixation, converting nitrogen into a form that plants, animals, humans, and other life forms can access. And we are only beginning to understand how far these nitrogenases have evolved over Earth’s…

Bumble bees can accumulate dramatically higher levels of toxic heavy metals than honey bees, even when both species forage in the same area, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Scientists have discovered that bumble bees collect up to seven times more heavy metals in their pollen, raising concerns about how hidden pollution affects their health, survival and reproductive ability. Heavy metal pollution is commonly found around industrial areas, mining areas, cities, and towns, but the pollutants can also spread into the countryside through the air, sewage sludge, fertilizers, and other agricultural products. How do bees absorb heavy…