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Using photosynthetically active microorganisms, researchers have succeeded in manufacturing several biocatalysts suitable for industrial application: a crucial step towards sustainable chemical processes.
Aug 5th, 2015
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Biochemical sensor implanted at initial biopsy could allow doctors to better monitor and adjust cancer treatments.
Aug 5th, 2015
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New research suggests active biological mechanisms transport scent and taste compounds known as volatiles from plant cells to the atmosphere, a finding that could overturn the textbook model of volatile emission as a process that occurs solely by diffusion.
Aug 5th, 2015
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Researchers have unveiled new biosensors that enable scientists to more effectively control and 'communicate with' engineered bacteria.
Aug 4th, 2015
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Procedure for improving tumor diagnosis successfully tested.
Aug 3rd, 2015
Read moreThe use of animals in scientific research prompts regular debate and it can be difficult to garner a clear picture of the actual need for animal models.
Aug 3rd, 2015
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Scientists have developed artificial blood vessels that are not susceptible to blood clot formation. The achievement was made possible by a new generation of drug-containing coating applied to the inner surface of the vessel.
Aug 3rd, 2015
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The ability to visualize and characterize the composition of a tumour in detail during its development can provide valuable insights in order to target appropriate therapeutics. Researchers now have visualized and quantified the growth and composition of breast tumours over time in a living animal.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Experiments in yeast hint at ways to extend life of some human cells.
Jul 31st, 2015
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Researchers have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic cellular component, or organelle, that produces all the proteins and enzymes within the cell. The engineered ribosome may enable the production of new drugs and next-generation biomaterials and lead to a better understanding of how ribosomes function.
Jul 29th, 2015
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Mobile software simplifies measurements of gel electrophoresis.
Jul 29th, 2015
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Discovery delivers high starch content, virtually no methane emissions.
Jul 28th, 2015
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A new technology will dramatically enhance investigations of epigenomes, the machinery that turns on and off genes and a very prominent field of study in diseases such as stem cell differentiation, inflammation and cancer.
Jul 28th, 2015
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A pH-responsive polymer gel could create swallowable devices, including capsules for ultra-long drug delivery.
Jul 28th, 2015
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Researchers have revealed the mechanism of action of the 'back brace' proteins that stabilize single strands, protect them and prevent them from folding back into a double-helix structure that can inhibit subsequent DNA processing.
Jul 26th, 2015
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Scientists tried to address one of the least understood issues in the modern molecular biology, namely, how do strands of DNA pack themselves into the cell nucleus.
Jul 23rd, 2015
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Protein cargo appears to traverse the bacterial cell membrane through a large, water filled channel.
Jul 22nd, 2015
Read moreScientists have discovered the first fully synthetic substrate with potential to grow billions of stem cells. The research could forge the way for the creation of 'stem cell factories' - the mass production of human embryonic (pluripotent) stem cells.
Jul 22nd, 2015
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