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Researchers have created edible tags with fluorescent silk proteins, which could be placed directly on pills or in a liquid medicine. The codes within the tags can be read by a smartphone app to verify the source and quality of these pharmaceuticals.
Apr 13th, 2022
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Researchers are bioprinting bone along with two growth factor encoding genes that help incorporate the cells and heal defects in the skulls of rats.
Apr 12th, 2022
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Emerging therapeutics could overcome drug-resistant variants.
Apr 12th, 2022
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Until now, there have been two completely different approaches to producing artificial tissue. A third approach has now been developed that combines the advantages of both.
Apr 12th, 2022
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An engineered live biotherapeutic protects the intestinal microbiome against unwanted consequences of antibiotic therapies and could be developed as a simple and effective co-therapy.
Apr 11th, 2022
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Researchers engineered a method that allows bacteria to use light for external energy to accelerate biomanufacturing of target compounds without disrupting the host microorganism's natural metabolism.
Apr 11th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a method to 'time jump' human skin cells by 30 years, turning back the ageing clock for cells without losing their specialised function.
Apr 8th, 2022
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A new platform for studying how the immune system responds to hepatitis C virus could speed the hunt for a vaccine.
Apr 6th, 2022
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New technique uses the body's naturally occurring ions to help transmit data.
Apr 6th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a method to measure the activity of genes more efficiently and thus gain a better understanding of biological processes.
Apr 5th, 2022
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With the help of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors, genetic information in a plant can be modified to make the latter more robust to pests, diseases, or extreme climatic conditions. Researchers have now developed this method further to eliminate the complete DNA of specific cell types and, thus, prevent their formation during plant development.
Apr 4th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a new synthetic biology technology that acts as a sort of universal translator that can track previously unexplored genes and individual metabolic events in different organisms.
Apr 3rd, 2022
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There were gaps: unfilled, often repetitive regions that were too confusing to piece together. With advancements in technology that could handle these repetitive sequences, scientists finally filled those gaps in May 2021, and the first end-to-end human genome was officially published on Mar. 31, 2022.
Mar 31st, 2022
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Two studies provide a radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair damaged sections (lesions) in their DNA.
Mar 30th, 2022
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Researchers have designed artificial spider silk proteins with properties that not even spiders can achieve, and the fibres they have spun are equally tough as the spider's silk. The yield is also in line with what is required for industrial production.
Mar 30th, 2022
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The Metaboseek app streamlines the analysis of comparative metabolomics data by helping the researcher determine which data features are real and letting them dig deeper into those features - all within the same tool.
Mar 29th, 2022
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RNA strands invade, displace one another to enable genetic decision making.
Mar 28th, 2022
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For decades, scientists have looked for an effective treatment for spinal cord injuries, often with little success. Now, new research has resulted in a game-changing innovation: an injection that uses ?'dancing molecules' to repair spinal tissue and reverse paralysis.
Mar 25th, 2022
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