Recycling greenhouse gases with biotechnology
Biological production of acetone and isopropanol by gas fermentation captures more carbon than it releases.
May 5th, 2022
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Using AI to analyze large amounts of biological data
Researchers are applying a form of artificial intelligence (AI) - previously used to analyze how National Basketball Association (NBA) players move their bodies - to now help scientists develop new drug therapies for medical treatments targeting cancers and other diseases.
May 5th, 2022
Read moreQuantum mechanics could explain why DNA can spontaneously mutate
The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer modelling, a team of physicists and chemists have shown that such errors in copying can arise due to the strange rules of the quantum world.
May 5th, 2022
Read moreScientists engineer new tools to electronically control gene expression
Scientists have developed a new method that allows gene expression to be precisely altered by supplying and removing electrons.
May 4th, 2022
Read moreNew machine learning maps the potentials of proteins
Scientists have created a new technology that can help the biotech industry to develop new proteins faster.
May 4th, 2022
Read moreBiomedical polymers: Synthesis, properties, and applications
A review summarizes the most recent advances in the synthesis and biomedical application of biomedical polymers and discusses the comprehensive understanding of their property-function relationship for corresponding biomedical applications.
Apr 29th, 2022
Read moreBuilding 'nanofactories' to help make medicines and more
Thanks to a lesser-known feature of microbiology, Michigan State University researchers have helped open a door that could lead to medicines, vitamins and more being made at lower costs and with improved efficiency.
Apr 28th, 2022
Read morePlug-and-play organ-on-a-chip can be customized to the patient
Major advance demonstrates first multi-organ chip made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow for improved modeling of systemic diseases like cancer.
Apr 27th, 2022
Read moreScientists identify chemical markers that may unlock future therapeutic uses of mRNA
A research team has set out to find new ways to artificially induce mRNA to respond in ways that could eventually lead to therapeutic outcomes, expanding on the success of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and opening up new possibilities across a host of possible genetic therapies.
Apr 26th, 2022
Read moreScientists use machine learning to identify antibiotic resistant bacteria that can spread between animals, humans and the environment
Scientists have developed a ground-breaking software, which combines DNA sequencing and machine learning to help them find where, and to what extent, antibiotic resistant bacteria is being transmitted between humans, animals and the environment.
Apr 22nd, 2022
Read moreResearchers take important step towards development of biological dental enamel
To this day, cavities and damage to enamel are repaired by dentists with the help of synthetic white filling materials. There is no natural alternative to this. But a new 3D model with human dental stem cells could change this in the future.
Apr 21st, 2022
Read moreCollaboration shapes extracellular vesicle retention strategy (w/video)
Collaborative research yields a novel strategy that enables long-term spatial retention of extracellular vesicles, a key variable to enable future tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
Apr 16th, 2022
Read moreAI algorithms give scientists the means to design biomolecules with a huge range of valuable functions
Millions of potentially valuable proteins that once could not have been accessed biochemically are now within reach for research and for use in biomedicine and chemistry.
Apr 16th, 2022
Read moreMachine learning helps predict protein functions
Computers learn from a combination of experimental and evolutionary data to enhance the function of useful proteins.
Apr 16th, 2022
Read moreEdible, fluorescent silk tags can suss out fake medications
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
Read moreBioprinting for bone repair improved with genes
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
Read moreDecoy nanoparticles trick coronavirus as it evolves
Emerging therapeutics could overcome drug-resistant variants.
Apr 12th, 2022
Read moreMicroscaffolds - a new strategy in tissue engineering
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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