Real texture for lab-grown meat
Researchers grow muscle cells on edible fibers.
Oct 21st, 2019
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Brain tissue kept alive for weeks on an artificial membrane
This novel new system uses a microfluidic device that can keep tissue from both drying out and from drowning in fluid. A proof-of-concept experiment showed that tissue explanted from the mouse brain remained viable after almost one month in culture, much longer than is possible with other microfluidic culturing methods, and also much simpler.
Oct 18th, 2019
Read moreBioelectronic implant could prevent opioid deaths
Researchers are developing a novel, implantable device that can sense the effects of a potentially fatal level of ingested opioids and then automatically and immediately deliver a life-saving dose of naloxone.
Oct 15th, 2019
Read moreScientists develop assembly of microbial swarmbot platform by cell-material feedback
Scientists developed a concise platform to achieve versatile production together with analysis and purification of diverse proteins and protein complexes by exploiting cell-material feedback.
Oct 14th, 2019
Read moreSynthetic cells make long-distance calls
Synthetic biologists have designed a set of transcriptional circuits that, when added to (and expressed by) the genomes of single-cell microbes, allows them to quickly form a network of local interactions to spur collective action, even in large communities.
Oct 14th, 2019
Read moreCRISPR: More than just for gene editing?
Researcher finds new use for revolutionary gene-splicing tool; Electrochemical CRISPR platform could lead to quick blood test for disease identification through detection of important nucleic acids, HPV or Parvo.
Oct 11th, 2019
Read moreComputational models used to predict behavior of protein complexes
An international collaboration of researchers tested the strength of protein complexes and the results could provide insights that can help develop strategies to prevent bacteria resistance.
Oct 11th, 2019
Read moreFirst 3D view of life's processes in liquid
A new liquid-cell technology allows scientists to see biological materials and systems in three dimensions under an electron microscope.
Oct 10th, 2019
Read moreNovel nanoparticles reduce nanoneurotoxicity and enhance gene-transfection efficiency
Scientists report that PEGylation on the surface of positively charged magnetic PLGA-PEI nanoparticles reduced neurotoxicity, and this biocompatible nano-gene delivery vector also enhanced the transfection efficiency in primary hippocampal neurons under magnetofection condition.
Oct 9th, 2019
Read moreUsing nanomachines to help fight the war on diabetes
Scientists have used advanced biological and chemical engineering to create a simpler, cleaner, and more cost-effective process for manufacturing the anti-diabetic drug D-fagomine.
Oct 1st, 2019
Read moreNew biofabrication method creates one scaffold to guide regeneration of multiple tissues
Scientists present a new 3D printing platform to fabricate multi-component scaffolds that 'steal from Nature' to engineer tissues organized like native tissues.
Sep 30th, 2019
Read moreGeometry goes viral: Researchers use maths to solve virus puzzle
Researchers have developed a new mathematical framework that changes the way we understand the structure of viruses such as Zika and Herpes.
Sep 27th, 2019
Read moreTechnique can image individual proteins within synapses
Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cells.
Sep 26th, 2019
Read moreProbes shed new light on Alzheimer's cause
Scientists synthesize fluorescent ruthenium tags to track toxic amyloids in lab.
Sep 24th, 2019
Read moreDNA is held together by hydrophobic forces
Scientists disprove the prevailing theory of how DNA binds itself. It is not, as is generally believed, hydrogen bonds which bind together the two sides of the DNA structure. Instead, water is the key.
Sep 23rd, 2019
Read moreScientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cell
Scientists have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main energy carrier in living cells, is produced. The vesicles use the ATP to maintain their volume and their ionic strength homeostasis.
Sep 18th, 2019
Read moreThe working of a molecular string phone
A time-lapse sequence showing all the major steps during the catalytic cycle of an enzyme reveals a fundamental element in the molecular foundations of biology.
Sep 13th, 2019
Read moreIt takes a 'consortium': Researchers develop metabolic engineering technique
Reengineered cells could coordinate their subpopulation densities autonomously.
Sep 12th, 2019
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