How infections spread: the case for varied and dynamic inputs
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Understanding infectious disease spread is problematic, given the randomness of most outbreaks. Yet attempting to predict the transmission […]
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Depression increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Depression and stress were discovered to impact cardiovascular disease and the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering treatment in a mouse […]
Targeting HOX genes to treat glioblastoma
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new potential treatment for the devastating brain cancer, glioblastoma, is ready for patient trials. Glioblastoma – also […]
Frozen tissues and Tabula Sapiens: the latest studies from the Human Cell Atlas
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The latest studies published by The Human Cell Atlas make further progress toward their goal of mapping every […]
Reference map of retinal pigment epithelium cells created with AI
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers identify five distinct cell subpopulations in the retinal pigment epithelium using artificial intelligence, which could explain different […]
The burgeoning role of pharmacogenetics testing: the future of personalized medicine
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi David Budd, CEO of genedrive plc (Manchester, UK), underscores the emerging role of pharmacogenetics testing in patient safety […]
Electric shocks manipulate cellular biofilm composition
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers use electrochemical signals to stimulate the proliferation of different cells in biofilms, which controls their growth. Biofilms […]
You really do want it more: cravings hit harder during withdrawal
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study in rats finds that environmental stimuli learned during the withdrawal stage of alcohol addiction results […]
How effective are Killer T cells against COVID-19?
BioTechniques News Tristan Free An artificial intelligence-based platform allows researchers to uncover the secrets behind adaptive immunity and killer T cells. Researchers […]
Is salt the key to accurate breast cancer diagnosis?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A new sodium MRI technique could be used for breast cancer diagnosis and monitoring. Breast cancer is the […]
Ta-dA! New mitochondrial gene editing development achieves A–G base conversion
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Scientists use a single strand DNA-targeting protein for A–G base conversion, in a significant mitochondrial gene-editing technological breakthrough. […]
Protein identified allowing Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to destroy crops
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers have identified the protein that allows white mold stem rot to bypass plants’ defenses, which could lead […]
Understanding the disease trajectory of Long COVID
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi UCLA researchers reveal that 30% of people treated for COVID-19 developed Long COVID and link factors correlated to […]
Ultrasound mechanically destroys liver cancer tumors
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers evaluate tumor recurrence and metastases after using a non-invasive ultrasound treatment, called histotripsy, on liver cancer in […]
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 […]
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 […]