Super-sized plants by tweaking just one gene
A simple genetic manipulation makes plants bigger and tougher, offering new research avenues and applications.
Jun 10th, 2016
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A simple genetic manipulation makes plants bigger and tougher, offering new research avenues and applications.
Jun 10th, 2016
Read moreScientists have developed a new and fast method for the preparation of novel DNA transporters across the lipid bilayers of the cell membrane.
Jun 9th, 2016
Read moreScientists have developed new methods to assess with great precision the multipotent or unipotent fate of mammary gland and prostate stem cells.
Jun 9th, 2016
Read moreSynthetic biotechnology enables sustainable production of bioactive natural substances.
Jun 7th, 2016
Read moreA gap-toothed peptide created by bioengineers may be an efficient way to deliver insoluble drugs to precise locations in the body.
Jun 7th, 2016
Read moreA multi-institution effort has resulted in a paper that details how antigen-coated membrane vesicles derived from the surface of E. coli cells protected mice from a deadly pathogen, and how that system could work against other pathogens, as well.
Jun 6th, 2016
Read moreKnown as phantoms, these models may be of interest for the development of new technologies for use in medical screening, as well as for the evaluation of 5G mobile communication devices.
Jun 6th, 2016
Read moreBy using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), researchers can greatly increase the amount of information that can be extracted from a protein microarray. They show how high-quality spectra can be obtained from spots of protein no larger than the diameter of a human hair.
Jun 3rd, 2016
Read moreTechnique combines analogue and digital processes in engineered cells.
Jun 3rd, 2016
Read moreA molecular probe has been developed that emits light at critical stages while destroying tumor cells.
Jun 2nd, 2016
Read moreLabile heme's movements illuminated for the first known time thanks to ratiometric sensor.
May 31st, 2016
Read moreResearchers have discovered how the nucleolus, an organelle with the consistency of honey, maintains a complex internal structure.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreScientists have modified a microalgae so it will soon be able to produce valuable chemicals such as cancer treatment drugs and much more just by harnessing energy from the sun.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreLab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands, paving the way for burn, scar and hair-loss therapies.
May 20th, 2016
Read moreScientists have developed a new method to directly follow viral infections in living organisms. This method can make infected cells produce fluorescent proteins, which means that they light up and become easier to identify.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreA new method could facilitate the transfer of intact regenerating cell sheets from the culture dish to damaged tissues in patients.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreMethod allows researchers to prepare mesenchymal stem cells and monitor them using MRI.
May 18th, 2016
Read moreResearchers have discovered that specific DNA sequences that are rich in the DNA building block guanine in the yeast species, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, can form four-stranded DNA.
May 16th, 2016
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