Color-changing smart packaging could warn you when food has spoiled
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Figuring out when your food has started to spoil can be a tricky task, but what if the […]
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Space doesn’t seem to affect heart muscle cells, offering hope for future Mars missions
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Chicago Medical Center (IL, USA). Research on cells from mice that had […]
New branching software tool simplifies big data visualization and analysis
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from the University of Basel (Switzerland). A new software tool, Bonsai, makes sense of high-dimensional datasets […]
Bioprinting technique supports bone tissue regeneration
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State; PA, USA). An interdisciplinary team of engineers and chemists has […]
How to beat jet lag: could a new cell therapy be the answer?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Feeling sluggish after a summer sojourn to a different time zone? A novel cell therapy designed to regulate […]
The biotech bi-weekly: NIH maternal health research prizes, a virtual human cell model and chondrocyte spheroids to treat joint degeneration
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman This edition of the biotech bi-weekly highlights five innovative new products supporting preclinical drug safety, improved protein production […]
Avocados swap sexes throughout the day – now we know how
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from UC Davis (CA, USA). To avoid self-pollination, avocado trees alternate between opening male and female […]
Meet the world’s first CRISPR-edited hypoallergenic hounds
BioTechniques News Tristan Free For those whose canine companions give them the sniffles, CRISPR may have just offered a ray of light, […]
Cells grow old at different rates, offering insight into cancer, neurodegeneration and aging
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). New research reveals that cells of the same chronological […]
Redrawing the brain’s molecular blueprint: 3D genome mapping and AI reveal more about Alzheimer’s pathology
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Using a combination of single-cell genome mapping, spatial transcriptomics and AI, researchers have identified chromatin alterations as a […]
Artificial hibernation unlocks long-held secrets of long-term memory
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Japan). Challenging long-held assumptions on how memory […]
Introducing SpudCell: the first ever synthetic cell with a complete life cycle
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the University of Minnesota (MN, USA). Scientists have developed the world’s first synthetic cell with […]
Lettuce engineered to produce pig protein, planting the seed for future meat substitutes
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby The quest for new and improved plant-based meat alternatives has taken an unexpected turn, as researchers engineer lettuce […]
World-first AI-designed genomes generate 16 powerful new bacteria-killing viruses
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby In a world-first, scientists have used genome language models to generate new viruses that selectively target bacteria, raising […]
3D fungal networks could lead to more climate-resilient crops
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Original story from the Technical University of Munich (Germany). Researchers have visualized the complex network of plant roots […]
Viagra may help quash cancer’s spread
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from the Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot, Israel). The ‘little blue pill’ may strengthen a newly […]
Engineering mitochondria for improved delivery into living cells
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman Original story from Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan). A new surface engineering approach that enhances mitochondrial stability and cellular […]
The neuroscience of motivation: how does the brain sustain its drive?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby New research pinpoints neurons involved in maintaining motivation in rats, potentially paving the way towards new treatments for […]
The biotech bi-weekly: next-generation enzymatic DNA synthesis, advanced nucleases and AI-driven biologics drug discovery
BioTechniques News Maddy Chapman In this edition of the biotech bi-weekly, get the latest industry news – from the expansion of single-cell […]
Deadly flowers may unlock the secret to synthesizing potent new medicines
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Lurking within two deadly blooms, researchers have discovered a suite of enzymes that catalyze the production of an […]