New book on restriction enzymes from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Courtesy of Bayer. Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Restriction Enzymes: ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Protein Science Best Paper Awards to Yu-ming Huang and Abhay Thakur
The 33rd Annual Symposium of The Protein Society Best Paper Award Winners, June 30- July 3, 2019, Seattle, WACredit: The ...
Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors
More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after ...
Study reveals vast diversity of ocean microbes
Credit: Maeva Bardy/Tara Expeditions Foundation Advanced molecular techniques have revealed the diversity of a little-understood group of ocean microbes called ...
Highly fire retardant coating from biomaterials developed by VTT
Credit: VTT A spray- or brush-applied fire retardant coating made from nanocellulose is well suited for improving the fire properties ...
A new way to ‘freeze’ cells promises to transform the common cell-freezing practice
A freezing method to keep cells alive without a cryoprotectant agentCredit: Copyright © 2019 National Academy of Sciences A team ...
Seminal approach to recycle platelet concentrates for stem cell culture
Credit: Authors In a paper to be published in a forthcoming issue of TECHNOLOGY, a consortium of researchers from Portugal ...
Polymer reversibly glows white when stretched
Credit: American Chemical Society Polymers that change their appearance in response to mechanical forces can warn of damage developing in ...
Chinese-UK project reveals ancient secrets of medicinal mint
Credit: Botanikfoto, Royalty Free Image The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has ...
Gil Hospital and Longenesis announce a research collaboration
Gil Hospital and Longenesis enter research collaboration to integrate Health Data Management SolutionCredit: Insilico Medicine April 23, 2019 - Insilico ...
Insilico to present at the Health Horizons Future Healthcare Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Researchers create artificial mother-of-pearl using bacteria
Credit: University of Rochester video / Matthew Mann The strongest synthetic materials are often those that intentionally mimic nature. One ...
Researchers reveal how bacteria can adapt to resist treatment by antibiotics
Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen/AU In a joint collaboration, researchers from Denmark and Switzerland have shown that bacteria produce a specific ...
Simple and fast method for radiolabelling antibodies against breast cancer
Radioactive antibodies that target cancer cells are used for medical diagnostics with PET imaging or for targeted radioimmunotherapy. Researchers from ...
New chemical tool to block endocytosis in plants identified
Plant cells absorb many important substances through a process called endocytosis. In plants, endocytosis is essential for nutrient uptake, passing ...
Ten ASU engineering faculty receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members continue record of dynamically solving research challengesCredit: Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Tempe, ...
Study unravels mystery of antimicrobial frog secretions
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from the front cover of ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2 (4). Copyright © 2019 ...
Welding with stem cells for next-generation surgical glues
New generation of smart surgical glues and dressings for chronic wounds Cell membrane re-engineering is emerging as a powerful tool ...
Working out makes hydrogels perform more like muscle
Mechanical 'training' produces strong, fatigue-resistant, yet soft hydrogels with possible uses in medicineCredit: Image: Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, and Xinyue ...
Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss
Research gives clear target for drug development and further study into memory lossCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- The ...