Does anemone venom have the power to beat chronic pain?
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers have found that sea anemones produce specific venoms in different regions depending on their intended function, creating […]
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The untapped potential of ultrasound
BioTechniques News Georgia Bickerton Researchers hope life-changing deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease may become accessible to more people by switching implanted […]
Of Lost Time: Albert Einstein’s parental advice
BioTechniques News Tristan Free Of Lost Time looks at letters sent by historical figures, including one written by Albert Einstein to his […]
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 […]
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 […]