A comprehensive study has shown that gene editing, specifically gene knockout (KO), with CRISPR-Cas9 can favor cells with mutated forms of genes linked to cancer. The findings highlight the need to monitor patients undergoing CRISPR-Cas9-based gene therapy for cancer-related mutations.
Nov 11th, 2021
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Spalted wood is a highly sought-after material in the high-end furniture industry. In a newly developed process, scientists have succeeded at controlling the spread of fungi in native wood types to create elaborate marblewood pictures - and even taught the fungi to write some words.
Nov 11th, 2021
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SENSR, the latest innovation addressing COVID-19, adds to the toolkit of quick-turnaround diagnostics needed for future pandemics.
Nov 8th, 2021
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With the aid of artificial stem cells, it will soon be possible to establish new treatments for previously incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are developing a process for the mass production of these so called induced pluripotent stem cells.
Nov 3rd, 2021
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Organoid technologies have become a powerful emerging tool to model liver diseases, for drug screening, and for personalized treatments. Researchers have generated and characterized the hepatic organoid culture system using human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) as an intermediate.
Nov 1st, 2021
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Atificial scaffolds that can support the growth of individual plants cells will help make it possible to study how mechanical forces, such as gravity, affect the way that plant cells form and grow.
Oct 23rd, 2021
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Scientists propose tissue engineering to treat type 2 diabetes. Experiments in mice show prolonged normal blood sugar levels after a single one-time treatment.
Oct 22nd, 2021
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Researchers have developed 'mini brains' that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia - and for the first time have been able to grow these for almost a year.
Oct 22nd, 2021
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Scientists have designed an antibody that acts as a 'smart bomb' able to recognize specific proteins on the surface of these aged or senescent cells. It then attaches itself to them and releases a drug that removes them without affecting the rest, thus minimizing any potential side effects.
Oct 20th, 2021
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A team of scientists has reconstituted the circadian clock of cyanobacteria in a test tube, enabling them to study rhythmic interactions of the clock proteins in real time and understand how these interactions enable the clock to exert control over gene expression.
Oct 11th, 2021
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Scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth. The discovery could help increase food supply for an expanding population with shrinking opportunities for farming.
Oct 6th, 2021
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Scientists have joined two proteins together by means of a free-standing, rigid link. The structural element holds the two protein molecules together at a defined distance and angle, much the way a barbell handle connects two weights.
Sep 28th, 2021
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Researchers have invented a new way to generate human cartilage tissue from stem cells. The technique could pave the way for the development of a much-needed new treatment for people with cartilage damage.
Sep 28th, 2021
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Grant enables study of plants as mRNA factories.
Sep 16th, 2021
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Biologists developed comprehensive software that will help scientists in a variety of industries create engineered chemicals more quickly and easily.
Sep 15th, 2021
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Studying these organoids could help researchers develop and test new treatments for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Sep 13th, 2021
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Nanoengineers have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
Sep 7th, 2021
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A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature's 'electric grid', a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep ocean beds.
Sep 1st, 2021
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