Engineering new blood vessels in people is one step closer to reality
New research suggests that suppressing parts of the innate immune system helps tissue engineered vascular grafts become fully functional blood vessels.
Apr 30th, 2015
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Researchers closer to being able to change blood types
Scientists have created an enzyme that could potentially solve this problem. The enzyme works by snipping off the sugars, also known as antigens, found in Type A and Type B blood, making it more like Type O. Type O blood is known as the universal donor and can be given to patients of all blood types.
Apr 29th, 2015
Read moreStudents launch world's largest e-commerce platform for single stranded DNA molecules
Students from the University of Cambridge have set up the world's largest e-commerce platform for single stranded DNA which they believe have enormous potential for contributing to therapeutic treatments.
Apr 29th, 2015
Read moreA biotechnological production of rubber comes closer
Scientists identify key components in the formation of rubber.
Apr 28th, 2015
Read moreNew material for creating artificial blood vessels
Researchers have developed artificial blood vessels, which are broken down by the body and replaced with its own tissue.
Apr 28th, 2015
Read moreFinding the body clock's molecular reset button
Scientists discover mechanism involved in adjusting rhythms of circadian clock.
Apr 27th, 2015
Read moreNew 3D method improves the study of proteins
Researchers have developed a new computational method called AGGRESCAN3D which will allow studying in 3D the structure of folded globular proteins and substantially improve the prediction of any propensity for forming toxic protein aggregates. With this new algorithm proteins can also be modelled to study the pathogenic effects of the aggregation or redesign them for therapeutic means.
Apr 27th, 2015
Read moreThe appeal of being anti-GMO
A team of Belgian philosophers and plant biotechnologists have turned to cognitive science to explain why opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has become so widespread, despite positive contributions GM crops have made to sustainable agriculture.
Apr 24th, 2015
Read moreNew 37 million euro research building for developing brain-machine interface technologies
36.77 million euros funding for University of Freiburg's new 'Freiburg Institute for Machine-Brain Interfacing Technology'.
Apr 24th, 2015
Read moreImproving accuracy in genome editing
Scientists engineer form of genome-editing protein with 10- to 100-fold increase in specificity.
Apr 23rd, 2015
Read moreDecoding the cell's genetic filing system
Researchers have developed a facile method to introduce non-native chromatin into cells to interrogate transcriptional signaling pathways.
Apr 22nd, 2015
Read moreScientists watch living taste cells in action
Scientists have for the first time captured live images of the process of taste sensation on the tongue. The international team imaged single cells on the tongue of a mouse with a specially designed microscope system.
Apr 22nd, 2015
Read moreTeam makes biotechnology interactive with games and remote-control labs (w/video)
Through special environments called biotic processing units, bioengineers let us interact with cells like fish in an aquarium or even do simple experiments using biolabs in the cloud.
Apr 21st, 2015
Read moreResearchers obtain bioceramics for implants from shark teeth
Researchers have managed to obtain bioceramics from shark teeth, which have already tested applications in the regeneration of bone tissue, particularly in the fields of traumatology and odontology.
Apr 21st, 2015
Read moreNew lab technique reveals structure and function of proteins critical in DNA repair
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists have for the first time simultaneously observed the structure and the correlated function of specific proteins critical in the repair of DNA, providing definitive answers to some highly debated questions, and opening up new avenues of inquiry and exciting new possibilities for biological engineering.
Apr 17th, 2015
Read moreNew transitional stem cells discovered
In an effort to grow placenta cells to better study the causes of pre-eclampsia, researchers serendipitously discovered a previously unknown form of human embryonic stem cell.
Apr 16th, 2015
Read moreNovel online bioinformatics tool significantly reduces time of multiple genome analysis
UK research collaboration develops a new bioinformatics pipeline that enables automated primer design for multiple genome species, significantly reducing turnaround time.
Apr 16th, 2015
Read moreDiscovery of new plant switch could boost crops, biofuel production
Researchers have discovered a switch that regulates plant photosynthesis - the process that lets plants store solar energy and use it to grow and produce food.
Apr 15th, 2015
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