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First beef with the goodness of fish

Chinese scientists have reared beef rich in the beneficial fatty acids associated with fish oils.

May 11, 2015 Read more

Chemists create new pathway to potential medicines

Researchers have discovered a new chemical reaction that has the potential to facilitate the search for pharmaceutical drugs.

May 9, 2015 Read more

Altering genes with the aid of light

Scientists have been manipulating genes for a while. Researchers have just found a way to control the process with higher precision. By using light.

May 8, 2015 Read more

Engineering bacteria to design vaccines

The EU-funded MycoSynVac project combines gene engineering and biotechnology to design a novel veterinary vaccine chassis based on the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

May 8, 2015 Read more

Researchers develop custom artificial membranes with programmable surfaces

Researchers have helped develop artificial membranes with programmable features, enabling studies of cell communication and the molecular basis of disease.

May 8, 2015 Read more

Researchers sound out scaffolds for eardrum replacement

An international team of researchers has created tiny, complex scaffolds that mimic the intricate network of collagen fibres that form the human eardrum.

May 7, 2015 Read more

Molecular homing beacon redirects human antibodies to fight pathogenic bacteria

Bacteria-specific molecules attract pre-existing antibodies to help immune system clear infection.

May 6, 2015 Read more

Oriented growth is an emergent property of cellularised tissues

Scientists have shown that the ability of tissues to orient their growth in response to externally applied forces is a simple consequence of the mechanics of cellularised materials and the ability of individual cells to divide along their long axis.

May 6, 2015 Read more

Automated counting of tumor cells in blood

Biological and medical scientists have been using flow cytometry to count cancer cells for the past 40 years. But the large instruments are expensive and can only be operated by trained personnel. By contrast the PoCyton cytometer is cheap to produce, no bigger than a shoebox, and automated.

May 6, 2015 Read more

The nucleus: blueprints for the construction of nuclear pores deciphered

In a recent study, researchers offer new insights into how nuclear pores are constructed in the nuclear envelope.

May 6, 2015 Read more

'Freezing a bullet' to find clues to ribosome assembly process

Researchers figure out how protein-synthesizing cellular machines are built in stepwise fashion.

May 5, 2015 Read more

Decoding DNA's phonebook

New clues about diseases like inflammatory bowel disorder may be found thanks to a new genomic interactions catalogue by a group of researchers in Japan and the United Kingdom.

May 4, 2015 Read more

Proteomics identifies DNA repair toolbox

Scientists identify protein profiles of DNA repair.

May 4, 2015 Read more

A practical gel that simply 'clicks' for biomedical applications

New method for synthesizing a biocompatible hydrogel could speed up research and development of several promising applications in tissue engineering.

May 1, 2015 Read more

MarkerMiner 1.0: An easy-to-use bioinformatics platform for DNA analysis in angiosperms

New open-source software simplifies phylogenetic marker development.

April 30, 2015 Read more

Engineering new blood vessels in people is one step closer to reality

New research suggests that suppressing parts of the innate immune system helps tissue engineered vascular grafts become fully functional blood vessels.

April 30, 2015 Read more

Researchers closer to being able to change blood types

Scientists have created an enzyme that could potentially solve this problem. The enzyme works by snipping off the sugars, also known as antigens, found in Type A and Type B blood, making it more like Type O. Type O blood is known as the universal donor and can be given to patients of all blood types.

April 29, 2015 Read more

Students launch world's largest e-commerce platform for single stranded DNA molecules

Students from the University of Cambridge have set up the world's largest e-commerce platform for single stranded DNA which they believe have enormous potential for contributing to therapeutic treatments.

April 29, 2015 Read more