Casting a wide net: no fishing zones bring benefits to migratory species
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have found an increase in migratory fish catch rates in areas surrounding the world’s largest no-fishing zone. […]
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Superorganism identified that can ‘leap’ from tooth to tooth
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A recent study finds evidence of multi-cellular cross-kingdom superstructures that can move from tooth to tooth and cause […]
The neurons that came to play… in vitro
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new study has demonstrated that neurons cultivated in a dish have the ability to learn and exhibit […]
Mathematical model calculates energetics of biological weapons
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers have created a model to compare the energetics of different piercing mechanisms found in nature. The natural […]
What triggers microglia to remove brain debris?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Microglia, immune cells of the brain, have recently gained recognition for their neuroprotective function; now meet the molecule […]
How to print functioning plant cells
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A recent study establishes a method to print viable plant cells using a 3D printer. Researchers at North […]
Reduce, reuse, bio-recycle: wax worm saliva capable of plastic degradation
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Enzymes discovered in wax worm saliva show potential for large-scale plastic biodegradation. Naturally occurring enzymes found in wax […]
To cure or encourage: the paradoxical nature of an anti-fungal drug
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new study has uncovered how the presence of two genes may be responsible for the adverse effects […]
CellREADR targets cells, not genes, for RNA-based editing across species
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers at Duke University (NC, USA) have developed CellREADR, a new piece of RNA-based editing technology that operates […]
Alzheimer’s drug shows promise in slowing cognitive decline
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi An experimental Alzheimer’s drug, called lecanemab, has successfully met its primary endpoints in a Phase III trial, which […]
Dogs are also the brain’s best friend
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new neuroimaging study has found that petting real dogs engages the prefrontal cortex, the area of the […]
Novel CRISPR-Cas9 platform delivers gene editing across cell membranes
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new class of spherical nucleic acids has been developed to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 machinery across cell membranes and […]
Love really hurts without you: oxytocin helps regenerate the heart
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Oxytocin, the neurohormone responsible for pleasure, has been found to help regenerate cardiomyocytes in zebrafish and human stem […]
Who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby ‘Click chemistry’ wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its ability to simply and reliably synthesize complex molecules […]
Who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine?
BioTechniques News Tristan Free The father of paleogenomics, Svante Pääbo (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany), has been awarded the 2022 […]
Nanotherapy prevents both arterial and venous thrombosis
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new nanotherapy that prevents both arterial and venous thrombosis has been developed and could lead to therapies […]
Can a molecule in green tea treat dementia?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study has demonstrated that a molecule commonly found in green tea breaks down tau tangles in […]
Gotta catch ‘em all: DNA nets detect and capture SARS-CoV-2
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby An innovative COVID-19 diagnostic test has a similar sensitivity to PCR tests but without the wait time. Researchers […]
Novel multi-target cancer therapeutics show promise at clinical and basic research stages
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new mRNA cancer therapy shows promise in mice, while a viral cancer therapy takes great strides forward […]
Nature inspires new mitochondrial drug delivery method
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers create a drug delivery system targeted to the inner membrane of the mitochondria. Targeting drugs to the […]