Is that an oral male contraceptive on the horizon?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A non-hormonal male contraceptive shows promising results in mice, which is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy and has […]
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Suppressing the immune system improves pancreatic cancer treatment
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have successfully increased survival rates in pancreatic cancer mouse models by blocking a key pathway in the […]
Taking inspiration from nature for cancer drug discovery
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi With the help of spider silk, researchers have developed a strategy for harnessing a protein with the power […]
Could spherical nucleic acid immunization revolutionize the COVID-19 vaccine?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed a novel vaccine platform using spherical nucleic acid immunization, which outperforms the best commercially available […]
Unravelling the history of tuberculosis one bone at a time
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers uncover ancient transmission chains of tuberculosis, by analyzing the DNA of humans excavated from archaeological sites across […]
Disorganized nature of Taq polymerase in DNA replication uncovered
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A new study on genetic sequencing finds that DNA replication is not as accurate as was previously thought, […]
Laser accelerated proton therapy, quickening the pulse of cancer treatment?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers in Germany have, true to form, created an incredibly efficient laser, which they have tested on animals […]
SuperFi-Cas9 to the rescue: gene editing just got safer
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi CRISPR-based gene editing just got safer with the design of a new SuperFi-Cas9 variant that more readily discriminates […]
Solving the protein folding problem- your latest issue of BioTechniques
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi In this issue of BioTechniques you can expect a protocol for obtaining DNA extracted from members of Asteraceae […]
What is a healthy lifestyle? How dementia prevalence is impacted by a subsistence lifestyle
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Indigenous Tsimane and Moseten people, who live pre-industrial subsistence lifestyles, are among those with the lowest prevalence of […]
Scrap plants: could single-celled organisms be the key to THC?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers produce a precursor to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in amoebae with hopes to produce high yields of pure medicinal […]
Exercise could help moderate the effects of Long COVID
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Exercise may be the key to treating the sequelae of Long COVID by supporting brain homeostasis, increasing insulin […]
Newly discovered marine microbe contributes to carbon cycling
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A marine microbe species has been recently discovered that produces mucus to feed on its microbial prey and […]
A drink a day takes the brain away?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study indicates that even moderate drinking is associated with reductions in brain volume, with two drinks […]
Novel stem-cell transplants could be an HIV cure
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The first female, nonwhite and HIV-positive cancer patient treated with a new stem-cell transplant therapy is now in […]
Tiny Skyscrapers help generate more electricity from cyanobacteria
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Tiny skyscraper-like electrodes have been developed by researchers to enhance cyanobacteria’s energy conversion from sunlight and generate enough […]
There’s something fishy about that pet food…
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton If you look at a label for pet food ingredients, you may see vague terms such as “ocean […]
VascuvViz: a novel method to uncover the secrets of blood vessels
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi 3D images of vasculature systems can now be achieved using a combination of two contrast agents, allowing researchers […]
Shapeshift, eat brains, disclose evolutionary secrets: a day in the life of an amoeba
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A unicellular organism that can rebuild itself into a different organism, may also be a crawling, swimming archive […]
Going into battle with antibiotics? Clostridioides difficile has the armor to protect itself
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The superbug Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) is resistant to all but three antibiotics, and researchers now reveal one […]