City, University of London academics develop algorithm to analyse HeLa cancer cells
Dr Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro and Dr Cefa Karabag collaborate with the Francis Crick Institute on a novel approach published in ...
Tag: Biotechnology
A heart-breast cancer-on-a-chip monitoring system
Dual-organ system enables the measurement of cardiac toxicity arising from breast cancer chemotherapyCredit: Khademhosseini Laboratory (LOS ANGELES) - Breast cancer ...
Robots help to answer age-old question of why fish school
Credit: Dr Liang Li, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) A fish school is a striking demonstration of synchronicity. ...
Discovery of pH-dependent ‘switch’ in interaction between pair of protein molecules
Credit: FENG Yingang All biological processes are in some way pH-dependent. Our human bodies, and those of other organisms, need ...
SPOTlight supercharges cell studies
Rice, Baylor College of Medicine platform expands cell sorting via fluorescent tagsCredit: Illustration by Jihwan Lee/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. ...
Type 1 diabetes: Tannic acid encapsulation protects transplanted islets from rejection
Layers of tannic acid and another biopolymer delay allograft and autoimmune-mediated rejection in mouse models of Type 1 diabetes.Credit: UAB ...
Lab-grown mini-lungs mimic the real thing – right down to covid infection
Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate covid researchCredit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to ...
Enzyme biofactories to enhance cord blood transplants
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Heno Hwang A new way of producing an enzyme called fucosyltransferase VI (FTVI) in the lab ...
Researchers develop a simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
Credit: Michael Courtney Most diseases are caused by aberrant cell signaling processes and basic research in cell signaling is needed ...
Grafting with epigenetically-modified rootstock yields surprise
Progeny of novel combination is more vigorous and productive than parental plantsCredit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Novel grafted ...
Chili-shaped device could reveal just how hot that pepper is
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02079 Some people love spicy food -- the hotter, the better. ...
Innovation spins spider web architecture into 3D imaging technology
Credit: Sena Huh/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors ...
New boost for high-brightness dyes research
Credit: StabiLux StabiLux Biosciences, a spin-out company from research conducted at Michigan Technological University, has received an additional $500,000 supplementary ...
New technology could improve LASIK surgery, eye disease detection
University of Houston professor to create ultrafast 3D clinical imaging systemCredit: University of Houston LASIK eye surgery - a laser ...
No stain? No sweat: Terahertz waves can image early-stage breast cancer without staining
Team of researchers at Osaka University make key breakthrough towards on-site cancer diagnosisCredit: Osaka University A team of researchers at ...
This red light means ‘go’ for medical discoveries
Scientists develop a better, redder biosensor for biological researchCredit: Courtesy Ai lab With a little tweak of the color palette, ...
MDI Biological Laboratory awarded $3.14 million for kidney research
Iain Drummond, Ph.D., Will Study the Development of Kidney Replacement TissueCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...
Immune activation in the liver illuminated with new glycan-tagging strategy
A new chemistry technique expands known targets of signaling protein galectin-3, with implications for liver disease and the immune systemCredit: ...
CNIO team finds how melanoma ‘deceives’ the immune system, increasing resistance to immunotherapy
Credit: A. Garrido, CNIO The sophisticated human immune system has evolved to become an effective protection system against a great ...
