Shapeshifting bacteria: filamentation allows invasion of multiple cells
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton A new species of bacteria shapeshifts into a long thread-like form in a never-before-seen technique to spread from […]
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Curbing your enthusiasm for CRISPR
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Unexpected inheritable mutations in CRISPR/Cas9 studies remind us of the need for caution. The gene-editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9, has […]
Tuberous Sclerosis: to err is uniquely human
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The complex process of human brain development plays an overlooked role in the manifestation of tuberous sclerosis, which […]
Plants grow their own snorkel to breathe underwater
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers begin to uncover the mechanism that enables wetland plants to survive, hoping to develop agricultural crops that […]
Engineered spinal cord implants provide hope for those with traumatic injury
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Using fatty tissue, called adipose tissue, researchers have created an implant that restored movement in both acute and […]
Insects: the remedy of choice for mama chimpanzees
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers from the Ozouga Chimpanzee Project had been studying the same group of chimpanzees for 7 years. However, […]
DNA-encoded immunogens: the next step forward in HIV vaccine research
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers demonstrate the value of nucleic acid technology in encoding immunogens capable of eliciting tier-2 neutralizing antibodies against […]
Unzipping the C. elegans immune response to viral infection
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The zip-1 gene in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been identified as the central hub for […]
A better flu vaccine and no needles necessary? Tell me more!
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Nanoparticle nasal vaccines seem to be an ideal candidate for respiratory diseases. Here, researchers have developed an effective […]
It’s okay to turn to your neighbor for help – but maybe not for AML cells
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A vicious interaction between two cells causes rapid growth of the deadliest leukemia, but the good news is […]
Hate needles? Imagine swallowing your vaccines instead!
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi An orally administered pill has been developed that can attach itself to stomach lining, where it injects an […]
Steal to survive: pancreatic cancer’s secret to tumor growth
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study of the metabolic activity in pancreatic cell growth, reveals that cancer cells strip electrons from […]
Microorganisms in a volcanic crater lake sheds light on life on Mars
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Microorganisms in the harsh hydrothermal crater lake on the Poás volcano (Costa Rica) have revealed clues about the […]
Poor sleep? Blame evolution.
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi It has long been hypothesized that REM sleep and the stress response are linked, until now the mechanism […]
Infographic: Tips and tricks for BrdU labeling experiments
BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Cell proliferation is an important indicator of cell health. It can be detected in a variety of ways, […]
Getting to the heart of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi For a very small portion of people, a rare form of heart inflammation called carditis can occur after […]
Cargo cells – safe, genetically engineered cells to precisely deliver therapeutics
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Enucleated genetically engineered ‘cargo’ cells could provide the solution to challenging safety concerns raised by using heavily engineered […]
Editor’s highlights from Therapeutic Delivery – January 2022
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Campbell Brooks, the Commissioning Editor of Therapeutic Delivery, looks back at recent issues of the journal and shares […]
Michelle’s Method of the Month | MILKSHAKE: novel validation method for antibodies to post-translationally modified targets by surrogate Western blot
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi For January’s Method of the Month I have selected the method presented by Kezzia S. Jones and colleagues […]
Did eating meat really make us human?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The long-held hypothesis that eating meat corresponds with Homo erectus’ development of ‘human’ traits, such as large brains, nearly 2 […]