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Glaucoma Awareness Month January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness for this vision-threatening condition, which affects an estimated 3 million people in the United States. Because glaucoma…
FAQ: How to Enhance The Success of Your Cell Culture
Quality, consistency, and reproducibility are all hallmarks of successful cell culture that help researchers derive insights into cellular behavior that advance our understanding of biological development to enable the investigation…
Antimicrobial Peptides as Novel Treatments for Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections, impacting more than 150 million individuals annually. Left untreated, UTIs can result in serious complications, including kidney injury,…
Semi-Annual Review of Lifeline Products
2023 has been an exceptional year for scientific advancements, marked by significant progress in the field of COVID-19 research and the availability of multiple vaccines. The remarkable speed at which…
Evaluating Isocyanate Toxicity using Skin Cells
Isocyanates are a family of highly reactive, low molecular weight chemicals widely used to produce polyurethane products such as adhesives, spray paints, insulation, resins, sealants, foams, and surface coatings. Currently,…
New Mechanistic Insights to Hereditary Vascular Disease
The aorta is the largest artery in the human body responsible for delivering blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Aortic diseases are characterized by defects in…
Human Aortic Cells in Research for National Heart Month
Evaluation of Biocompatible Materials for Cardiovascular Microsensors February is National Heart Month, a time to bring awareness to cardiovascular health and heart disease–the leading cause of death in men and…
January – National Blood Donor Month
Welcome back to the Lifeline Blog–it’s the start of a brand-new year! To kick off another exciting year of posts highlighting life sciences research, we wanted to shine a spotlight…
Semi-Annual Review of Lifeline Products Featured in 2021
2021 has been a monumental year for science with the landmark approvals of not one, but two COVID-19 vaccines in the US with many other candidates in the clinical pipeline.…
Impact of E-Cigarette Smoke on Cardiovascular Function
Cigarette smoking is one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In fact, the American Heart Association reports that smoking-related diseases are responsible for > 440,000 deaths in…
Drug Repurposing to Treat COVID-19 Induced Lung Injury
The rapid spread of COVID-19 during the global pandemic has led many scientists and researchers to look towards repurposing existing FDA-approved drugs, outside the scope of their originally designated purposes,…
Obesity-Driven Increase in Endometrial Cancer Risk
Endometrial cancer (EC), sometimes called uterine cancer, begins in the layer of cells that form the lining (endometrium) of the uterus and is the most common cancer of the female…
The Role of SO2 in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third most common cause of death in the United States. The incidence of aging and age-related cardiopulmonary diseases like COPD has become more…
Circadian Clock Protein BMAL1 Protect Against UVB Damage
The skin is the largest organ of the human body composed of the epidermis (upper or outer layer) and the dermis (lower or inner layer). The epidermis, which is made…
New Therapeutic Strategies for Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL)
Leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma are the most prevalent types of blood/bone marrow cancers in the US today. Leukemia accounted for 34% (60,000 individuals) of all blood cancers in 2020 and…
Half Year Recap 2021 – Lifeline Products in Action
It’s time for our mid-year review, how quickly it has passed! In the first half of 2021, we covered a lot of research and industry insight on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2…
Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Wound Healing
Fibroblasts have an important structural role in the body’s tissues, responsible for depositing the extracellular matrix (ECM) and collagen necessary for connective tissue support and tissue repair. In the context…
Endothelium Barrier Function Helps Mitigate Metastasis
Cancer Biology: Learnings from Transcriptomics Analysis Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, or HUVECs as they are more commonly known, are widely utilized as an in vitro model system for studying…
MSC-EVs Modulate Airway Epithelial Cell Function
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent adult stem cells that give rise to cells of the skeletal system including cartilage (chondrocytes), bone (osteoblasts), and fat cells (adipocytes). MSCs play an…
3D Models in Prostate and Male Reproductive Research
Robust 3D Models are Important Research Tools Two-dimensional (2D) cell culture is the backbone of many research programs for a number of reasons – they are historically well-established, simple and…