Is your pet spreading antimicrobial resistance?
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Domestic cats and dogs may be hosts to antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae – a potentially pathogenic bacterium that can […]
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New ‘nanobone’ material helps body regrow bone and could bypass need for painful grafts
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Sydney (Australia). Designing a new ‘nanobone’ material that could help the body […]
Zip it: scientists capture first-ever footage of two DNA strands locking together
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby For the first time, the moment two DNA molecules zip together has been captured on camera, solving a […]
An injectable biomaterial scaffold aids tissue repair following stroke in mice
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from Duke University (NC, USA). Delivered more than 24 hours after a stroke in mice, an […]
Investigating the effects of degenerative diseases on individual cells with transcriptomics
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Cologne (Germany). For the first time, scientists have created a single-cell and […]
Antarctica is home to a treasure trove of microbes found nowhere else on the planet
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby An extraordinary ensemble of microorganisms, found nowhere else on Earth, have been discovered in Antarctica, adding to the […]
Could bacteriophages put an end to recurrent UTIs?
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Phages could be the answer to wiping out persistent UTIs, as demonstrated by a new flow-enabled bladder model. […]
Cockroach milk, buried underpants and how to blow your nose – these are the Ig Nobel Prizes 2026
BioTechniques News Tristan Free The famed and outrageous science awards are back; but this year, miss the mark. This year’s Ig Nobel […]
Record-breaking brain organoids chronicle the passage of time for an astonishing 5 years
BioTechniques News Tristan Free In a new milestone for stem cell research, neuroscientists have kept human brain organoids alive for more than […]
Does psilocybin have neuroprotective effects?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX, USA). Psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-related nerve injury […]
RNA delivery breakthrough provides hope for thousands of untreatable diseases
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Toronto (Canada). RNA breakthrough provides hope for thousands of untreatable diseases, including […]
Hidden ‘immune organ’ discovered inside the skull may protect brain health
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from Washington University School of Medicine (MO, USA). A novel ‘immune organ’ inside the skull directs […]
Think CCA is essential to tRNA function? This novel synthetic protein expression platform has news for you
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman In the quest to improve our ability to produce more complex non-standard proteins, a research team has broken […]
The biotech bi-weekly: designing preclinical oncology programs, mass spectrometers with an isotope ratio analysis mode and single-molecule mutation sequencing
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Here, we highlight new chromatography and mass spectrometry technologies, a partnership facilitating single-molecule mutation sequencing for toxicology testing […]
This cookie contains an unexpected ingredient: waste plastic
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Move over, chocolate chip, and forget oatmeal raisin; waste plastic is our new favorite cookie flavor. Yes, you […]
Fructose is a surprising driver of ovarian cancer spread
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from The Wistar Institute (PA, USA). Chemotherapy-surviving ovarian cancer cells may release fructose to help neighboring […]
An overlooked stage of the tuberculosis life cycle may be key to fostering drug resistance
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA). New research sheds light on tuberculosis transmission, laying the groundwork […]
Taking a shot at developing a universal flu vaccine
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman A new vaccine – produced using baker’s yeast – could provide widespread and long-term protection against evolving flu […]
160-million-year-old proteins could inspire future antimicrobials
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby In a blast from the past that may prove to be a boon for modern drug discovery, scientists […]
AI meets immunology: uncovering mysteries of the immune system with machine learning
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY, USA). Could AI hold the key to answering questions that […]