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BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Welcome to the 72nd Volume of BioTechniques! In this issue you can expect a novel method for validating antibodies in a Western blot, […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Machine learning helps identify novel proteins involved in DNA repair, opening new avenues for cancer research.  Every day, each of […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed a nanocarrier to improve the effectiveness of pancreatic islet transplantation, which is a potential cure […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi T cells from common colds caused by coronaviruses can further protect against COVID-19, as researchers demonstrate that higher […]

BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Both Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing (NGS) are powerful tools for genomic analysis that are commonplace in labs […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The newly developed CRACK platform utilizes brain activity patterns of mice to uncover neural circuits involved in touch perception.  In a recent study, Jerry Chen’s Boston University (MA, USA) team, alongside collaborators […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Study detects neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in stool samples of infants breastfed by vaccinated mothers with the potential to provide passive […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi To prepare for a fight, a pheasant’s head cools down due to a stress response, which is of the same […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A symbiosis of basic science discoveries in mouse models and clinical observations in human patients has unraveled the mystery in rare vitamin B12 conditions. […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Elderly people who exercised more often exhibited signs for healthier nerve transmission, which may protect the brain from cognitive decline.   A recent research effort led by Kaitlin Casaletto (University of California; CA, USA) at […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have created the first supermolecule consisting of a DNA helix and peptide, made possible by changing the chirality […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The mechanism that links a common ingredient in toothpaste to inflammatory bowel disease has been revealed, raising questions about the wisdom of […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have characterized the three-dimensional structure of the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels that helps us see in dim light, […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Pharmaceutical CDMO Ardena (Gent, Belgium) announce the expansion of its capacity for purification and fractionation at its site […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed a technique using polyester resin to extract ancient DNA from archaeological sediments, finding especially concentrated amounts of DNA in microscopic bone or feces particles. Sediments […]

BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Researchers report that COVID-19 can induce self-attacking autoantibodies persisting up to 6 months post-infection and demonstrate that males have more complex autoantibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 than females.   A group of investigators from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre (CSMC; CA, USA), […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Whilst memories are fluid at first, they can be consolidated into stable long-term memory. But what is the mechanism behind memory consolidation in animals? A team […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The differences in early immune response to influenza viral infection are shaped by genetic ancestry in a cell-type specific manner.  Researchers from the University of Chicago (IL, USA) and University of […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new mRNA HIV vaccine technology encodes key proteins to form virus-like particles (VLPs) that induce neutralizing antibodies safely and effectively in animal studies with minimal side effects.  […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Scientists have used an X-ray source 100 billion times brighter than a hospital x-ray to view damage to human lungs […]