Tag: Biotechnology

BiotechnologyCredit: © RUB, Marquard How to extract metals from the environment Microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria as well as ...

Rejuvenated fibroblasts can recover the ability to contract

Credit: National University of Singapore Fibroblasts are the most common connective tissue cells. They produce the structural framework for animal ...

Sugar turns brown algae into good carbon stores

Only highly specialized bacteria can carry out the degradation of brown algae with the help of more than hundred enzymesCredit: ...

Directed protein evolution with CRISPR-Cas9

New area of application for gene scissors: Optimized proteins for biomedical researchCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Arne Fabritius "Directed evolution" ...

Breaking down stubborn cellulose in time lapse

Analyses of TU Graz prove the efficient operation of the cellulose degrading biological nanomachine cellulosome. This can provide new perspectives ...

Combinatorial screening approach opens path to better-quality joint cartilage

High-throughput platform identifies complex conditions with biomaterial compositions, and mechanical and chemical stimuli that help stem cells produce more robust ...

Insight into mechanism of treatment-resistant gonorrhea sets stage for new antibiotics

A research group at the Medical University of South Carolina examined an antibiotic-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and found a ...

BCN MedTech presents an automatic method to detect and segment the intrauterine cavity

In a study led by Miguel Ángel González Ballester, ICREA research professor with the DTIC in collaboration with Eduard Gratacós ...

New technology can detect anti-virus antibody in 20 minutes

Credit: Nishiyama K. et al., Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. April 21, 2020 Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza ...

CRISPR a tool for conservation, not just gene editing

Scientists use CRISPR to rapidly identify endangered delta smelt and its look-alikesCredit: Alisha Goodbla/UC Davis The gene-editing technology CRISPR has ...

Genetic barcodes can ensure authentic DNA fingerprints

Researchers propose a way of ensuring that genetic samples taken in the field for DNA fingerprinting arrive at the laboratory ...

New model shows how cells that cause liver cancer are created

Scientists show in-vivo and in-vitro how liver cancer stem cells are born, solving a central scientific mystery in this fieldCredit: ...

Airway Therapeutics, Celonic Group partner to produce AT-100 as candidate for coronavirus

AT-100 production expected to begin in JuneCredit: Airway Therapeutics CINCINNATI, OH & BASEL, Switzerland (May 20, 2020) - Airway Therapeutics, ...

Iron nanorobots go undercover

May 20, 2020

Prellis Bio’s Externalized Human Immune System rapidly generates 300 SARS-CoV2 antibodies

Company pursues treatment and preventative therapies for COVID-19Credit: Prellis Biologics, Inc. HAYWARD, Calif. May 19th, 2020--Prellis Biologics, Inc. today announced ...

Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA

Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space ...

Texas A&M lab engineers 3D-functional bone tissues

Scientists in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are developing new biomaterials to advance the field of ...

Novel tool developed to diagnose and monitor autoimmune disorders

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow ...

Game-changing technologies can transform our food systems

A pipeline of new technologies could transform our food systems, ecosystems and human health, but attention to the enabling environment ...

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