New genetic driver of autism and other developmental disorders identified
Credit: Takumi et al., Nature Communications, 2021 A research group including Kobe University's Professor TAKUMI Toru (also a Senior Visiting ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of ...
Programmable structures from the printer
Credit: Tiffany Cheng, ICD Universität Stuttgart Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a ...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launch diagnostic accelerator
The Brigham-Wyss diagnostic accelerator aims to create new diagnostic technologies through deep collaborations driven by unmet diagnostic needsCredit: Wyss Institute ...
Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases
Credit: Qingshan Wei, NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" ...
The shape of nanoparticles in body fluids may help identify the type of cancer
Credit: Sou Ryuzaki A recent study by scientists from Japanese universities has shown that the shape of cell-derived nanoparticles, known ...
Research enhances understanding of switchgrass, an important bioenergy crop
Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University Bioenergy crops are an alternative energy source that, unlike fossil fuels, could positively impact the ...
New broadly applicable tool provides insight into fungicide resistance
Credit: Jingyu Peng, Hyunkyu Sang, Tyre J. Proffer, Jacqueline Gleason, Cory A. Outwater, Geunhwa Jung, and George W. Sundin Succinate ...
Keeping bacteria under lock and key
UD researchers and collaborators report advances in biological containmentCredit: Photo by Kathy Atkinson Scientists and engineers are constantly looking for ...
Researchers use multivalent gold nanoparticles to develop efficient molecular probe
Credit: Kaori Sakurai/ TUAT Cells play a precise game of telephone, sending messages to each other that trigger actions further ...
New nanotech will enable a ‘healthy’ electric current production inside the human body
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical forceCredit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international ...
Muscles retain positional memory from fetal life
New perspectives on the pathological mechanisms of muscle diseases and regenerative medicine developmentCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono A research collaboration ...
Engineered cells successfully treat cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
UCSF proof-of-concept study shows possibilities of more cost-effective cell therapy using "universal" stem cellsCredit: UCSF Scientists at UC San Francisco ...
New characterisation strategy proves promising in high-purity metal separation
Credit: IPE Metals with similar chemical properties are usually extracted together, which limits the opportunities to separate high-purity metals. To ...
Building a better biosensor polymer
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Xavier Pita A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for ...
Leonardo Da Vinci: New family tree spans 21 generations, 690 years, finds 14 living male descendants
Paper offers foundation to advance search for Leonardo's DNACredit: Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato The surprising results of a decade-long ...
NIH Avant Garde Award for out-of-box, innovative concept to cure HIV and treat addiction
Multi-disciplinary approach to eradicate all traces of HIV from body, and treat co-existing substance use disorders/addictionCredit: UMSOM University of Maryland ...
UMass Amherst research pinpoints role of dopamine in songbird’s brain plasticity
Neurotransmitter shown to be a key driver in sensory processingCredit: UMass Amherst Neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have ...
Potential drug target for difficult-to-treat breast cancer: RNA-binding proteins
Studies using human cell lines and tumors grown in mice provide early evidence that inhibiting RNA-binding proteins, a previously overlooked ...
Extracellular matrix guides growth and function of epithelial cells
Credit: Johanna Englund Scientists at the University of Helsinki have found an essential factor from the extracellular matrix that regulates ...
