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3D printing of starch for personalised medicine development

For the purpose of personalised therapies, researchers have used 3D printing to develop tablets based on different types of starch, and has confirmed that drug release could be tailored by optimising the right starch type and tablet shape.

August 9, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence tools predict DNA's regulatory role and 3D structure

Sequence modeling algorithms could eventually lead to new ways to fight diseases caused by genetic mutations.

August 9, 2022 Read more

Without egg, sperm or womb: Synthetic mouse embryo models created solely from stem cells

The method opens new vistas for studying how stem cells self-organize into organs and may in the future help produce transplantable tissues.

August 6, 2022 Read more

The bacteria powering a truly green revolution in personal electronics

Researchers engineer biofilm capable of producing long-term, continuous electricity from your sweat.

August 2, 2022 Read more

A new step towards using magnetic bacteria in cancer treatment

Scientists are exploring the use of magnetic bacteria, known as magnetotactic bacteria, in the fight against cancer.

August 2, 2022 Read more

Researchers create biosensor by turning spider silk into optical fiber

New sensor can measure unknown sugar concentrations in real-time.

August 2, 2022 Read more

Manipulating chromosomes in living cells reveals that they are fluid

For the first time, scientists have been able to act physically on chromosomes in living cells. By subjecting the chromosomes to different forces using magnets, they discovered that chromosomes are in fact very fluid - almost liquid - outside cell division phases.

August 2, 2022 Read more

The resolution of a molecular orchestra

Photoswitching fingerprint analysis is a unique technology that for the first time allows the analysis of molecular processes and the regulation of individual proteins in living cells with sub-10 nm spatial resolution.

August 2, 2022 Read more

Comparison of two nano rulers - study compares two methods for distance measurement in motile proteins

Researchers used PELDOR spectroscopy to study the movement substrate-binding proteins.

August 1, 2022 Read more

New method to promote biofilm formation and increase efficiency of biocatalysis

The researchers identified a library of synthetic polymers and screened them for their ability to induce biofilm formation in E. coli, a bacterium that is one of the most widely studied micro-organisms, and commonly used in biocatalysis.

August 1, 2022 Read more

'Zip codes' tell RNA where to go

Scientists solve the riddle of how RNA molecules get to their designated locations.

July 30, 2022 Read more

A nano-robot built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes

This highly innovative nano-robot should enable closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes.

July 28, 2022 Read more

Blink and you miss it: Intracellular nanothermometer has unprecedented versatility

Scientists have measured intracellular temperature gradients in human-derived cells at unprecedented spatial, temporal, and readout resolution.

July 28, 2022 Read more

Programming pH

Researchers have developed a technique to control pH at the local level, creating a dense array of microsites where the amount of protons is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average in the rest of the solution.

July 27, 2022 Read more

Scientists engineer living biosensors to track the genetic activity of cells

Researchers have developed a tool that logs a cell's genetic activity for days at a time. The biological device, named a Retro-Cascorder, records data within strands of DNA, which can then be analyzed at any time to get the cell’s activity log.

July 27, 2022 Read more

Evolutionary model predicts partitioning of molecules within cells

Scientists have developed a new theoretical method to study mixtures consisting of many different molecules. They analyzed how the molecules interact to reliably form different droplets, as happens continuously in living cells. With this model, particular droplet formation based on many interacting molecules can be predicted for the first time.

July 26, 2022 Read more

Bioinspired protein creates stretchable 2D layered materials

Nature creates layered materials like bone and mother-of-pearl that become less sensitive to defects as they grow. Now researchers have created, using biomimetic proteins patterned on squid ring teeth, composite layered 2D materials that are resistant to breaking and extremely stretchable.

July 25, 2022 Read more

CRISPR therapeutics can damage the genome

According to a research team, the CRISPR genome editing method is very effective, but not always safe. Sometimes cleaved chromosomes do not recover and genomic stability is compromised - which in the long run might promote cancer.

July 25, 2022 Read more