Category: News

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study of the metabolic activity in pancreatic cell growth, reveals that cancer cells strip electrons from […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Microorganisms in the harsh hydrothermal crater lake on the Poás volcano (Costa Rica) have revealed clues about the […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi It has long been hypothesized that REM sleep and the stress response are linked, until now the mechanism […]

BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Cell proliferation is an important indicator of cell health. It can be detected in a variety of ways, […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi For a very small portion of people, a rare form of heart inflammation called carditis can occur after […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Enucleated genetically engineered ‘cargo’ cells could provide the solution to challenging safety concerns raised by using heavily engineered […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Campbell Brooks, the Commissioning Editor of Therapeutic Delivery, looks back at recent issues of the journal and shares […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi For January’s Method of the Month I have selected the method presented by Kezzia S. Jones and colleagues […]

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 […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Hippos can identify their friends and neighbors from an unknown hippo by just their vocalizations and will shout […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The first molecular-level analysis of Omicron’s spike protein reveals mutation-induced chemical bonds are behind the new SARS-CoV-2 variant’s increased transmissibility and antibody evasion.  Researchers […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Astronauts (and future space tourists!) could be screened for health conditions affected by anemia, after a study reveals ‘space anemia’ prevails even once passengers are safely back on Earth.  “Space anemia has consistently […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Multiple sclerosis risk was found to increase 32-fold after Epstein-Barr virus infection.  The longitudinal analysis of data from over […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Not just a pack of pathetic Peripatetics, those ancient Greeks were onto something when it came to creativity – and a researcher at […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Welcome to the 72nd Volume of BioTechniques! In this issue you can expect a novel method for validating antibodies in a Western blot, […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Machine learning helps identify novel proteins involved in DNA repair, opening new avenues for cancer research.  Every day, each of […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed a nanocarrier to improve the effectiveness of pancreatic islet transplantation, which is a potential cure […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi T cells from common colds caused by coronaviruses can further protect against COVID-19, as researchers demonstrate that higher […]

BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Both Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing (NGS) are powerful tools for genomic analysis that are commonplace in labs […]

BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The newly developed CRACK platform utilizes brain activity patterns of mice to uncover neural circuits involved in touch perception.  In a recent study, Jerry Chen’s Boston University (MA, USA) team, alongside collaborators […]