Tag: Biotechnology

The device could be used to rapidly diagnose genetic diseases or to evaluate the accuracy of gene-editing techniquesCredit: Keck Graduate ...

Dr. Anne Bertolotti to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel

Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, March 25, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline ...

Ascribe Bioscience receives SBIR award from NSF

New agbiotech startup company based on technology developed at the Boyce Thompson Institute is developing a novel seed treatment technology ...

Hollings researcher receives funding to harness power of imaging

Thierry Pécot, Ph.D., a researcher at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, received a grant from ...

ELSI scientist constructs artificial photosynthetic cells

New system paves the way to construct energetically-independent artificial cellsCredit: Nature Communications A team led by associate professor Yutetsu Kuruma ...

Drug diversity in bacteria

Researchers decode mechanism for diversifying bioactive phenazines Phenazines are widespread and chemically diverse bacterial natural products that can fulfil various ...

SUTD researchers develop a hydrogel for enhanced cell encapsulation and delivery

Credit: SUTD Tissue engineering is a medical solution that uses living cells to repair or replace structural tissue, such as ...

New insights into genetics of fly longevity

Moskalev Lab published a new study on the influence of pro-longevity gene Gclc on age-associated transcriptomic changes in fliesCredit: Insilico ...

Engineering cellular function without living cells

Credit: Zoe Swank / EPFL Genes in living cells are activated - or not - by proteins called transcription factors. ...

Rapid magnetic 3D printing of human cells

Credit: Jin Lee, McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering Imagine being able to visit your physician, and instead of being given ...

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

Nanocomposites replace animal tissue in new valve designCredit: UBCO Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed ...

Danish biotech company announce the completion of a 5.5 million seed investment

The big Chinese fine chemical company Zhejiang NHU invest €5.5 million in the biotech start-up CysBio to develop new and ...

Hears the pitch: Ryerson-led research team invents a new mode of photoacoustic imaging

Did you know that music and diagnostic imaging have something in common? Sounds have a lower or higher pitch depending ...

Montana State professor wins NSF CAREER award for biosensor diagnostics

Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- One day, a technician in a small, rural hospital may be able ...

Dr. Johan Auwerx to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel

Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, March 22, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing the end-to-end drug discovery ...

The story of nanotechnology and how size really does matter

Credit: World Scientific Nanotechnology is a buzz word many of us have heard but are uncertain as to what it ...

Breast ultrasound and cancer detection rates increased under new laws

New Haven, Conn. -- State breast density notification laws that mandate reporting of mammogram results can prompt further screening and ...

Brain Institute receives over $7 million to study the neurophilosophy of free will

Award comes from the John Templeton Foundation and the Fetzer Institute The newly-minted Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Science ...

Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks

Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding ...

Insilico to present at the CHIC Conference