From the floor at AACR 2022: a video roundup
BioTechniques News Tristan Free At this year’s meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (8th-13th April; New Orleans, LA, USA) we […]
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Is The Earth BioGenome Project a success story for whole-genome sequencing? Find out in your latest issue of BioTechniques
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi In this issue of BioTechniques, we present an artificial intelligence-powered time-lapse imaging microscopy method for studying T cells, […]
I spy with my little eye developments towards a color-sensing ‘electric eye’
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A team of researchers has made progress towards developing an ‘electric eye’ with improved color recognition, using a […]
New study identifies subset of T cells that regulate the immune system
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers find that blocking the checkpoint protein PD-L1 unexpectedly activates regulatory T cells (effector Tregs), reducing the ability […]
The five diseases behind language impairment
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi An extensive autopsy study identifies diseases that cause progressive impairments of language, such as difficulty with grammar or […]
Understanding disparities in Alzheimer’s disease: an interview with Renã Robinson
BioTechniques News Tristan Free US statistics indicate that older African Americans and Hispanics are 2–3 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease […]
Does being more social make your brain bigger?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton New findings from a project studying the behavior of rhesus macaques have found an interesting link between macaque […]
Novel drug may prove useful as a treatment for dementia
BioTechniques News Annie Coulson A research team from Sage Therapeutics (MA, USA) have completed a preliminary study utilizing a novel drug – SAGE-718 – […]
It’s time to fight back: honey bees vs. Verroa mites
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A new breed of honey bees, named “Pol-line”, has been selectively bred to identify and remove the Varroa […]
Genome analysis shows clownfish aren’t like other anemonefish
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi There’s no more clowning around, as the genome of the false clownfish has been reported at the chromosome-scale, […]
AACR22: A COVID-19 vaccine for people with B cell deficiency
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Those with B cell deficiencies are still vulnerable following current COVID-19 vaccinations; however, researchers have created a new […]
Peering through the eyes of the Proteus
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers have produced x-ray-computed microtomography scans of the endangered Proteus anguinus – an aquatic salamander – allowing scientists […]
AACR22: Building a ‘family tree’ of breast tumors may improve treatment options
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Recurrent non-invasive breast tumors may not always be related to the primary lesion and determining this could improve […]
Artificial intelligence predicts side effects of combination therapies
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A machine learning model shows promise in predicting potential adverse effects from new drug combination therapies, a method […]
How can we predict bone loss in premenopausal women?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers discover that measuring the level of anti-Mullerian hormone in premenopausal women could predict bone loss, and lead […]
Researchers use CRISPR gene editing to uncover potential HIV treatments
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Using CRISPR researchers have identified 86 genes that could be associated with HIV replication and disease, opening doors […]
Tuberculosis may be connected with premature cellular aging
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA), discovered that tuberculosis survivors’ cells had prematurely […]
Biodegradable brain implants (dis)solve the need for risky implant removal surgery
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A novel biodegradable brain implant can harmlessly dissolve into the body after monitoring the brain chemistry of mice, […]
Extracellular vesicles found to drive extracellular communications
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Tiny nano-sized bubbles called extracellular vesicles could answer the unsolved mystery of how cells communicate with each other. […]
Can SARS-CoV-2 variants cause different long COVID symptoms?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton An observational study of long COVID patients in Italy revealed that different neurological and emotional symptoms were reported […]