Protein identified as important trigger of antiviral response
Cells have to protect themselves: against damage in their genetic material for one thing, but also against attack from the outside, by viruses for example....
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Mapping the spider genome
For the first time ever, a group of Danish and Chinese researchers has sequenced the genome of the spider. This knowledge provides a much more...
Using DNA to build tool that may literally shine light on cancer
Bioengineers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Montreal have used DNA to develop a tool that detects and reacts to...
Artificial Hydrogel
Rice University bioengineers have created a hydrogel that instantly turns from liquid to semisolid at close to body temperature – and then degrades at precisely...
Post-doctoral Position, Bioengineering, MINATEC, Grenoble FRANCE
A 2-year post-doctoral position in available for an international research project based in the Dept of Bioengineering at the Grenoble Institute of Technology (MINATEC, Grenoble,...
Soy sauce molecule may unlock drug therapy for HIV patients
For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to first-line drug therapies, such as...
One step closer to cell reprogramming
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have taken a very important step towards understanding cell reprogramming and its efficiency: they have...
Team creates bioplastic made from shrimp shells
For many people, "plastic" is a one-word analog for environmental disaster. It is made from precious petroleum, after all, and once discarded in landfills and...
World’s smallest, leadless heart pacemaker implanted
It's about the size of a large vitamin pill and, for the first time in Ohio, the smallest heart pacemaker available is being tested at...
A cyborg sensor that could unlock anesthesia’s secrets
Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence of a certain chemical. Finely tuned over millions of years of evolution, the body's different receptors are...
Study identifies molecules that guide embryonic heart-forming cells
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important step in understanding how hearts are formed in developing embryos. Lead researcher Prof Andrea...
Immune Cells Outsmart Bacterial Infection by Dying
A new study led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has painted a clearer picture of the delicate arms race...
Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled
The latest organ-on-a-chip from Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering reproduces the structure, functions and cellular make-up of bone marrow, a complex tissue that...
Light-sensitive “eyes” in plants
Most plants try to turn towards the sun. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg have worked with Finnish colleagues to understand how light-sensitive proteins in...
‘Lonely’ bacteria are more likely to become antibiotic-resistant
Scientists from the University of Manchester have discovered that microbes in smaller groups are more likely to mutate, resulting in higher rates of antibiotic resistance....
