Turning genes on and off as easily and predictably as flicking a switch could be a powerful tool in medicine and biotech. A type of technology called a riboswitch might be the key.
Mar 30th, 2023
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Scientists combined substances extracted from fruit residues and egg white to package nanoparticles of anthocyanin, a plant pigment with antioxidant action.
Mar 29th, 2023
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In an ongoing discovery program, a chemical-creation platform is being unearthed - based on cubic molecules - that could help breathe new life into tired drugs and agrochemicals.
Mar 29th, 2023
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Assessing how energy-generating synthetic organelles could sustain artificial cells.
Mar 28th, 2023
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Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help.
Mar 23rd, 2023
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Diffraction gratings made from seafood waste could enable disposable spectrometers that don't harm the environment.
Mar 22nd, 2023
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Scientists investigated the behavior of enzymatic droplets and predicted that they can show directed self-propulsion in the cell.
Mar 22nd, 2023
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Using AI, synthesized random heteropolymers mimic proteins in blood serum, cell's cytosol.
Mar 20th, 2023
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Using previously developed theoretical and mathematical models, researchers used information on the speed of the process of DNA unzipping through a nanopore to accurately retrieve the thermodynamics of double helix formation and breaking.
Mar 17th, 2023
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Researchers have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans. The study uses a new, highly versatile form of CRISPR-based genome editing with the potential to correct a wide variety of disease-causing genetic mutations.
Mar 17th, 2023
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Certain single-celled microorganisms can dissolve pyrite in the absence of oxygen. These microorganisms mine iron and sulfur from the pyrite to build biocatalysts needed for growth.
Mar 17th, 2023
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Using this approach, researchers hope to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules selectively to cancer cells or other target cells.
Mar 16th, 2023
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In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the potential for the bacteria or their modified genes to escape into the wild.
Mar 15th, 2023
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Physics researchers inch closer to an ambitious goal.
Mar 15th, 2023
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Researchers describe a less expensive way to isolate and identify nanobodies from Llamas. The findings will make it easier for scientists around the world to try their hand at discovering nanobodies that target SARS-CoV-2 or other viruses.
Mar 14th, 2023
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Researchers used polymeric silk microneedles to deliver agrochemicals to a wide variety of plants. The novel technique is minimally invasive and is a sustainable and precise practice which will contribute to the sustainability of agriculture and food security.
Mar 14th, 2023
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Bacteriophages could hold the key to combating antibiotic resistance. Working with them just got a lot easier.
Mar 13th, 2023
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Microorganisms should be instrumentalized to stave off conflicts across the globe, according to a team of eminent microbiologists.
Mar 11th, 2023
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