National survey IDs gaps and opportunities for regenerative medicine workforce
Credit: ReMDO WINSTON-SALEM, NC, July 15, 2021 - Answering a charge from the National Science Board, the RegenMed Development Organization ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Bioengineering discovery paves way for improved production of bio-based goods
Credit: Courtesy of Klaudia Ciurkot Scientists have uncovered a way to control many genes in engineered yeast cells, opening the ...
A rapid method to quantify antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Keine Nishiyama, et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. June 5, 2021 Scientists have developed a rapid, highly accurate test to ...
UBCO researchers light the way to cleaner water
Fluorescence lighting helps detect impurities in waterCredit: UBC Okanagan Shining a beam of light into potentially contaminated water samples may ...
A new avenue for fighting drug-resistant bacteria
Targeting an RNA sequence in pathogenic bacteria could make them more sensitive to antibioticsCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) A small regulatory ...
Floating into summer with more buoyant, liquid-proof life jackets, swimsuits (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing and ...
A new sensitive tool for the efficient quantification of plant disease susceptibility
Credit: APS While several biology techniques have undergone significant technical advances that have allowed their high-throughput implementation, assessing the resistance ...
Swarm of autonomous tiny drones can localize gas leaks
Credit: Mavlab/TU Delft When there is a gas leak in a large building or at an industrial site, human firefighters ...
Genome studies: More is not always better
Credit: Arthur Korte What the fruit fly is to zoologists, the thale cress is to botanists. The widespread herb with ...
Quantum physics helps destroy cancer cells
Researchers have found a way to enhance radiation therapy using novel iodine nanoparticlesCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Cancer cell death ...
Impairments found in neurons derived from people with schizophrenia and genetic mutation
UMass Amherst molecular neuroscientist continues research with $2.25 million grantCredit: UMass Amherst A scientific team has shown that the release ...
Blood test can track the evolution of coronavirus infection
A blood test that quantifies the protein ACE2, the cellular protein which allows entry of the virus into cells, as ...
‘Hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface’
The interface is easy to insert into the body when dry, but behaves 'stealthily' inside the brain when wetCredit: KAIST ...
Selective, toxin-bearing antibodies could help treat liver fibrosis
In mouse models of human disease, immunotoxins targeting the protein mesothelin prevent liver cells from producing collagen, a precursor to ...
Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of injury
Cut your finger and lost your sense of touch? There's hope yetCredit: Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University's new and ...
Standigm secures SI investment for expanding its AI-drug development capacity
SK Chemicals-Standigm will collaborate for the development of Standigm's AI-driven drug candidateCredit: Standigm Standigm Inc. ("Standigm"), a leading workflow artificial ...
With $3M grant, UArizona-led center to advance at-home health care technology
A multi-institution team led by the University of Arizona aims to develop clinically validated wearable technologies to remotely monitor patient ...
Efficient genetic engineering platform established in methylotrophic yeast
Credit: DICP Pichia pastoris (syn. Komagataella phaffii), a model methylotrophic yeast, can easily achieve high density fermentation, and thus is ...
Discovery of a mechanism for efficient autophagosome formation
Revealing the molecular role of the most famous autophagy factorCredit: © Nobuo N. Noda Drs. Nobuo Noda (Director) and Tatsuro ...
Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging
Credit: POSTECH A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are ...