Hotter, drier, CRISPR: editing for climate change
Credit: The University of Queensland Gene editing technology will play a vital role in climate-proofing future crops to protect global ...
Tag: Biotechnology
UTA researcher explores effects of trauma at the cellular, tissue levels of the brain
Blast trauma and the human brainCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has received an Office of ...
Fujitsu and University of Toronto develop technology to optimize radiation treatment plans
The technology dramatically streamlines the creation of radiation treatment plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain tumors and other diseasesCredit: ...
Nanomedicine activation profile determines efficacy depending on tumor c-Myc expression
Credit: 2021 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine February 26, 2021 - Kawasaki, Japan: The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. ...
Scientists use Doppler to peer inside cells
Process leads to Scientists use Doppler to peer inside cells, leading to better, faster diagnoses and treatments of infectionCredit: Purdue ...
Risk genes in schizophrenia – their importance in choosing appropriate antipsychotic drug
This article by Dr. Felix-Martin Werner and Prof. Rafael Coveñas is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021Credit: Dr. Felix-Martin Werner, ...
Super-resolution RNA imaging in live cells
Innovative method provides new insight into molecular processes involving RNACredit: Heidelberg University/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is key ...
How SARS-CoV-2’s sugar-coated shield helps activate the virus
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is coated with sugars called glycans, which help it evade the immune system; new ...
Antibodies recognize and attack different SARS-CoV-2 spike shapes
The spikes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, change shapes; new research reveals ways that antibodies can recognize these ...
Scientists reveal details of antibodies that work against Zika virus
Research from the California Institute of Technology shows exactly how antibodies stick to and block the Zika virus, which will ...
Scientists uncover new details of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with human cells
In order to infect cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, needs to insert itself into the membrane of human ...
Why some coronavirus strains are more infectious than others
The coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19 have spike proteins that move into 'active' and 'inactive' positions, and new research ...
New shape-changing 4D materials hold promise for morphodynamic tissue engineering
Shape-changing scaffold for tissue engineeringCredit: Yu Bin Lee New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, ...
‘Miracle poison’ for novel therapeutics
Researchers prove they can engineer botulinum toxin proteins to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential ...
An intelligent soft material that curls under pressure or expands when stretched (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap ...
Cancer research to gain from identification of 300 proteins that regulate cell division
Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology/SciLifeLab With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers in Sweden have ...
Follow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed
The chemical DMSP is released when phytoplankton are consumed by zooplankton such as krill. A joint research project between organizations ...
Using genes to improve greenhouse gases conversion
Credit: UQ AIBN Greenhouse gas waste from factories could be turned into environmentally-friendly chemicals and fuels under an international project ...
Evidence that Earth’s first cells could have made specialized compartments
Credit: Image courtesy of Karolina Spustova. New research by the University of Oslo provides evidence that the "protocells" that formed ...
Jumping frost crystals: Boreyko lab works toward electrostatic de-icing
Credit: Virginia Tech If you have ever gotten up on a winter morning and thrown yourself into the arduous task ...
