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Researchers have developed a user-friendly technology to help scientists understand how proteins work and fix them when they are broken. Such knowledge could pave the way for new drugs for a myriad of diseases, including cancer.
Sep 10th, 2015
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A small fluorescent molecule has shed new light on knots of DNA thought to play a role in regulating how genes are switched on and off.
Sep 9th, 2015
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Scientists have identified a new component of the molecular machinery a cell uses to repair damaged DNA. The discovery adds important knowledge about a fundamental life process that protects from diseases such as cancer.
Sep 8th, 2015
Read moreThe system can be used to identify biomarkers that are early indicators of a disease or allow forecasting the response to a therapy.
Sep 7th, 2015
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Researchers successfully introduced an engineered lipid remodeling system into a transgenic plant to enhance biofuel production.
Sep 7th, 2015
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Advances in 3-D printing have led to new ways to make bone and some other relatively simple body parts that can be implanted in patients. But finding an ideal bio-ink has stalled progress toward printing more complex tissues with versatile functions. Now scientists have developed a silk-based ink that could open up new possibilities toward that goal.
Sep 2nd, 2015
Read moreResearchers have developed a technique to build tiny models of human tissues, called organoids, more precisely than ever before using a process that turns human cells into a biological equivalent of LEGO bricks.
Aug 31st, 2015
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The 'biofabricator' is a role that melds technical skills in materials, mechatronics and biology with the clinical sciences.
Aug 31st, 2015
Read moreInternational bio-hacker team published its scientific work on how to switch aging off.
Aug 28th, 2015
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Cell mechanics are considerably more complex than previously thought and may affect cell structures at various levels.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Researchers visualize antibiotic substances and their bacterial producers simultaneously.
Aug 19th, 2015
Read moreThe motion of micro-organisms as they swim through various types of fluid channels show 'quite strange and new' responses for single cell organisms, including the performance of somersaults, meandering wanderings, and even a ballistic type of behavior.
Aug 19th, 2015
Read moreScientists have developed a nearly complete human brain in a dish that equals the brain maturity of a five-week-old fetus. The brain organoid, engineered from adult human skin cells, is the most complete human brain model yet developed.
Aug 19th, 2015
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Researchers have developed an image-based, cell-derived patterning strategy that produces arrays of homogeneous cells with anatomical properties that mimic the cells from which the patterns were derived.
Aug 11th, 2015
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New research demonstrates a new technology advancing the field of genome engineering. The method significantly improves the ability of scientists to target specific faulty genes, and then 'edit' them, replacing the damaged genetic code with healthy DNA.
Aug 10th, 2015
Read moreA new study defines the core set of genes and functions that a bacterial cell needs to sustain life. The research, which answers the fundamental question of what minimum set of functions bacterial cells require to survive, could lead to new cell engineering approaches for E. coli and other microorganisms.
Aug 10th, 2015
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First the scaffold is cracked, then defective parts are removed: Cells repair damaged DNA by a different mechanism than so far assumed, as chemists have shown.
Aug 6th, 2015
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