No, we don’t have a ‘lizard brain’
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Despite reptiles and mammals having gone through hundreds of millions of years of separate evolution, researchers identify a […]
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How can we treat cancer-related cachexia?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The exercise hormone irisin may be responsible for muscle weakening in cancer-related cachexia, but only in males. A […]
Old drug learns new tricks against small-cell lung cancer
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi In a mouse study telling a tale of old meets new, an experimental combination of two drugs has […]
Malaria vaccine continues to show promise
BioTechniques News Grace Tyrrell Renewed hope for the treatment of malaria is ignited by the promising results of a Phase IIb trial […]
Creating Pinky’s brain: researchers use stem cells to grow mouse embryo with a brain
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Do synthetic mice dream of electric sheep? We’re on the way to finding out thanks to a breakthrough […]
Novel hydrogel bioink improves 3D-printed biomaterials
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers are one step closer to bioprinting organs and tissues using a novel granular hydrogel bioink. Every 9 […]
The diagnostic potential of AI: from COVID-19 to COPD
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A recent study reveals the potential of AI models in diagnosing COVID-19 infection, utilizing a simple mobile application. […]
How did mucus evolve to be so slimy?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A study of mucins, a protein in mucus, gives insight into how novel gene functions evolve. From slugs […]
Meet the good virus: virotherapy for treatment-resistant cancers
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study reveals how coupling virotherapy with advanced immunotherapies has the potential to fight treatment-resistant cancers. Cancer […]
The holy grail of neuroimaging: the revolutionary new sensor
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The development of a novel sensor allows electrical brain activity to be measured for a longer period of […]
Expansion revealing microscopy exposes unseen cellular nanostructures
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A technique called expansion revealing microscopy separates molecules in cells before fluorescence labeling, uncovering unseen nanostructures for the […]
The bodies of Medieval Friars were far from temples
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Archaeologists find that medieval friars had a higher rate of parasitic infections than the average population. In the […]
Deep brain stimulation could dampen depression
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Researchers have pinpointed an area of the brain that could be targeted via deep brain stimulation to tackle […]
Preparing the troops: cryo-EM image provides insight into T-cell activation
BioTechniques News Grace Tyrrell A recent study provides insight into how antigen binding primes T cells to be at the forefront of […]
Acetates: the new culprit for alcohol-related gut bacterial overgrowth
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Metabolites of ethanol have been found to be responsible for the overgrowth of gut bacteria displayed in patients […]
Thinking hard or hardly thinking? The difference isn’t just in your head
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Intense thinking causes glutamate accumulation in the brain leading to mental fatigue, suggests a new study. You get […]
Meet the judges of the 2022 Future Star Award
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby We are excited to announce our judging panel for the 2022 Future Star Award. Karolina Pierzynowska – University […]
Unique bacterial signature of PTSD found in saliva
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new study has demonstrated that a specific type of bacteria is present in the saliva of veterans […]
Fat-cell hormone has promising anti-cancer effects
BioTechniques News Grace Tyrrell A new study provides evidence for the role of a fat-cell hormone in restricting the growth and progression […]
Caught on camera: invasive species monitored using satellite imagery and AI
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A recent study has demonstrated how convolutional neural networks can be used to identify and monitor invasive plant […]