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Researchers at have engineered molecules that act like 'cellular glue', allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a major step toward building tissues and organs, a long-sought goal of regenerative medicine.
Dec 13th, 2022
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A new biobattery could power ingestible cameras in the small intestine.
Dec 13th, 2022
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Researchers developed a new technology that will allow controlled encapsulation and release of molecules by exposure to UV light.
Dec 13th, 2022
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Scientists have genetically engineered a microbial community which could serve as a living carbon sink. In this community, carbon dioxide is first converted into sugar by photosynthesis, then the sugar is converted into useful chemicals.
Dec 10th, 2022
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Researchers have engineered a microscale model that can replicate key aspects of myocardial infarction and might one day serve as a testbed for new personalized heart drugs.
Dec 8th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a new method for multi-cancer early detection that is instead based on human metabolism. The results uncover new opportunities for cheaper and more effective cancer screening.
Dec 7th, 2022
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Researchers introduced seven proteins, thought to let bacteria swim by switching the direction that their helical bodies spiral, into a strain of synthetic bacterium with minimal genetic information.
Dec 1st, 2022
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Understanding how a specific molecule behaves during complex biological processes is a challenge facing biomedical research, despite major biotechnological progress made in recent years. iSenseDNA is now focusing on developing a technology to identify what a change in the structure of a molecule could entail for its function.
Nov 30th, 2022
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Scientists have discovered a new function of the gene scissors.
Nov 25th, 2022
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Known as PASTE, the technique holds potential for treating a variety of diseases caused by faulty genes.
Nov 24th, 2022
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With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells' protein production.
Nov 24th, 2022
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Enzymes, which are crucial to controlling how cells replicate in the human body, could be the very ingredient that encourages DNA to spontaneously mutate - causing potentially permanent genetic errors.
Nov 16th, 2022
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Scientists have used synthetic biology to create artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the virus, an approach that could be used to develop a new generation of antiviral drugs.
Nov 16th, 2022
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Bringing together concepts from electrical engineering and bioengineering tools, scientists produced cells engineered to compute sophisticated functions - 'biocomputers' of sorts.
Nov 14th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a new method to screen individual cells quickly and reliably without fluorescence labeling. Their work opens new avenues in early tumor diagnosis and drug development.
Nov 12th, 2022
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For the first time, scientists have used CRISPR technology to insert genes that allow immune cells to focus their attack on cancer cells, potentially leaving normal cells unharmed and increasing the effectiveness of immunotherapy.
Nov 10th, 2022
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A way to reliably induce plant cells to convert into cells capable of growing into whole plants has been demonstrated.
Nov 8th, 2022
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Researchers have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a novel use of artificial intelligence for enzyme engineering that does not require an enzyme's crystal structure.
Nov 3rd, 2022
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