Is weedkiller fueling antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from Frontiers. A widely used weedkiller may be giving dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria an unexpected advantage in […]
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Soil searching: new dPCR ‘DNA test’ roots out plants’ subterranean secrets
BioTechniques News Tristan Free “It’s a bit like giving the soil a DNA test.” A new droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method quantifies […]
AI-enhanced antibiotic discovery could thwart multi-drug resistant gonorrhea
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the Wyss Institute (MA, USA). AI-enabled antibiotic discovery proves effective at identifying new chemical structures […]
World-first gene editing application unveils master regulator of human embryo development
BioTechniques News Tristan Free For the first time, researchers have used a genome editing technique called base editing to identify a master […]
Organoids unveil key role of transcription factor in colon cancer metastasis
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA). A new study has demonstrated that colon cancer cells may […]
Could the secrets of longevity be revealed by a butterfly?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from the University of Bristol (UK). A tropical butterfly has evolved an ingenious anti-aging strategy by […]
New ‘asthma-on-a-chip’ technology opens the door to future treatments
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman A novel ‘asthma-on-a-chip’ platform breathes new life into study of the condition, offering hope for future treatments. University […]
Breast milk nutrient shapes immune development in mice
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Chicago (IL, USA). A new study sheds light on how a trans […]
A targeted paper shredder for the genome: new CRISPR tech tears up diseased cells’ DNA
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Expanding the CRISPR toolbox, scientists have introduced a new technology that can rip cancer- and virus-infected cells’ genomes […]
The biotech bi-weekly: partnerships facilitating antibody discovery and AI drug development
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman The last 2 weeks have been full of new partnerships promoting the discovery and development of novel drug […]
New gene therapy reverses Fragile X deficits in preclinical model
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of California, Riverside (CA, USA). A novel gene therapy restores brain function and […]
May I have your attention, please: ancient neurons hold ADHD clues
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from Johns Hopkins University (MD, USA). Researchers have discovered neurons in a highly conserved vertebrate brain […]
Could peach fuzz help us treat chronic itch?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from the University of Michigan (MI, USA). Researchers have discovered that specialized neurons and vellus-like hair […]
How does Ebola virus persist in the brain?
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Using human cerebral organoids, researchers have revealed how Ebola virus persists in the brain. An international collaboration led […]
World-first GM hookworms can produce and deliver drugs within a living host
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from Washington University in St. Louis (MO, USA). Bioengineered parasites could serve as long-term drug factories […]
How can proteomic analysis improve our understanding of the ageing process. Find out in your latest issue of BioTechniques!
BioTechniques News Tristan Free In this issue of BioTechniques, we present a novel method for sampling subgingival microbiome, a comparison of three […]
Mutated gene is the driver of psoriasis
BioTechniques News Tristan Free What causes psoriasis? Researchers might have just found the answer. In a recent paper, researchers at The Australian […]
The latest developments in microbiology from a diverse cast of characters
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Microbiology investigates the mighty, minute organisms – including bacteria, archaea, algae, fungi, protozoa and viruses – that play […]
Scientists stymie sarcopenia
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Newly identified precursor to NAD+ could be the key to novel interventions for sarcopenia, the muscle-wasting condition associated […]
Decoding the neuroanatomical signature of developmental language disorder
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers have revealed that the anterior neostriatum plays a key role in developmental language disorder (DLD), paving the […]