Does being more social make your brain bigger?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton New findings from a project studying the behavior of rhesus macaques have found an interesting link between macaque […]
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Novel drug may prove useful as a treatment for dementia
BioTechniques News Annie Coulson A research team from Sage Therapeutics (MA, USA) have completed a preliminary study utilizing a novel drug – SAGE-718 – […]
It’s time to fight back: honey bees vs. Verroa mites
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A new breed of honey bees, named “Pol-line”, has been selectively bred to identify and remove the Varroa […]
Genome analysis shows clownfish aren’t like other anemonefish
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi There’s no more clowning around, as the genome of the false clownfish has been reported at the chromosome-scale, […]
AACR22: A COVID-19 vaccine for people with B cell deficiency
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Those with B cell deficiencies are still vulnerable following current COVID-19 vaccinations; however, researchers have created a new […]
Peering through the eyes of the Proteus
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers have produced x-ray-computed microtomography scans of the endangered Proteus anguinus – an aquatic salamander – allowing scientists […]
AACR22: Building a ‘family tree’ of breast tumors may improve treatment options
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Recurrent non-invasive breast tumors may not always be related to the primary lesion and determining this could improve […]
Artificial intelligence predicts side effects of combination therapies
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A machine learning model shows promise in predicting potential adverse effects from new drug combination therapies, a method […]
How can we predict bone loss in premenopausal women?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers discover that measuring the level of anti-Mullerian hormone in premenopausal women could predict bone loss, and lead […]
Researchers use CRISPR gene editing to uncover potential HIV treatments
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Using CRISPR researchers have identified 86 genes that could be associated with HIV replication and disease, opening doors […]
Tuberculosis may be connected with premature cellular aging
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA), discovered that tuberculosis survivors’ cells had prematurely […]
Biodegradable brain implants (dis)solve the need for risky implant removal surgery
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A novel biodegradable brain implant can harmlessly dissolve into the body after monitoring the brain chemistry of mice, […]
Extracellular vesicles found to drive extracellular communications
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Tiny nano-sized bubbles called extracellular vesicles could answer the unsolved mystery of how cells communicate with each other. […]
Can SARS-CoV-2 variants cause different long COVID symptoms?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton An observational study of long COVID patients in Italy revealed that different neurological and emotional symptoms were reported […]
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 […]
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, […]