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Researchers have built a synthetic genetic tool called yTRAP (yeast Transcriptional Reporting of Aggregating Proteins) to quantitatively sense, measure and manipulate protein aggregation in live cells.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2017
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Newly developed switch activates genes thousands of times better than nature.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2017
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New 3-D visualization tool could enable targeted drug delivery for cystic fibrosis and other conditions.
Posted: Oct 19th, 2017
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Experiments with organic polymers boost prospects for developing more sensitive wearable and implantable bioelectronics that can record, regulate and repair what ails us.
Posted: Oct 19th, 2017
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Polymers that kill germs rapidly and effectively will help in the fight against multidrug-resistant microbes.
Posted: Oct 19th, 2017
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Researchers transform mature cells from the brain, heart and more into skin cells.
Posted: Oct 18th, 2017
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The AMOEBA force field can distinguish selective ion binding in calcium and magnesium ions by incorporating quantum methods.
Posted: Oct 17th, 2017
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In-vitro meat might help solve problems caused by meat consumption.
Posted: Oct 13th, 2017
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Scientists have published an important demonstration of repurposing of DNA to create new substances with possible medical applications.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2017
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Genome-wide rice studies yield first major, large-scale collection of mutations for grass model crops, vital to boosting biofuel production.
Posted: Oct 9th, 2017
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Researchers present a new synthetic method which could become a powerful tool to investigate the inner working of cells.
Posted: Oct 9th, 2017
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Large-scale screening of mutant yeast strains allows researchers to home in on and assign functions to biologically active chemical compounds.
Posted: Oct 6th, 2017
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A powerful new way of analysing how drugs interact with molecules in the body could aid the design of better treatments with fewer side-effects.
Posted: Oct 5th, 2017
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Researchers have engineered designer biosensors that can detect antibiotic molecules of interest. The biosensors are a first step toward creating antibiotic-producing 'factories' within microbes.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2017
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A new interface allows any cell biologist - not just master programmers - to run biological models on the Virtual Cell supercomputer.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2017
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Scientists have found out how CRISPR-Cas9 - also known as 'molecular scissors' - can search the genome for a specific DNA sequence.
Posted: Sep 29th, 2017
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