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A team of 19 partner institutions from 13 countries will create innovative, high quality, protein-rich food crops, to sustain human health, the environment, and biodiversity.
Dec 1st, 2015
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Researchers have developed a method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, the type of nerve cells located within the retina that transmit visual signals from the eye to the brain. Death and dysfunction of these cells cause vision loss in conditions like glaucoma and multiple sclerosis.
Dec 1st, 2015
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Synthetic glycopolymers in the membrane hold up programmed cell death.
Nov 26th, 2015
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Researchers have identified a potentially significant new application for a well-known human enzyme, which may have implications for treating respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Nov 26th, 2015
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Scientists describe a new technique for growing human hepatocytes in the laboratory. This groundbreaking development could help advance a variety of liver-related research and applications, from studying drug toxicity to creating bio-artificial liver support for patients awaiting transplantations.
Nov 26th, 2015
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Using bioinformatics methods, an international team of scientists has come one step closer to unveiling the mystery that surrounds the dark proteome.
Nov 25th, 2015
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Against voracious beetles or caterpillars plants protect themselves with cyanide. Certain enzymes release the toxic substance when the plant is chewed. These HNL-called enzymes are also important for industry. Researchers found a new biocatalyst in a fern which outshines all other HNL-type enzymes on the market.
Nov 24th, 2015
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Researchers have discovered a new way to create designer proteins that have the potential to transform biotechnology and personalized medicines.
Nov 24th, 2015
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Bioart ranges from bacterial manipulation to glowing rabbits, cellular sculptures. In the pursuit of creating art, practitioners have generated tools and techniques that have aided researchers, while sometimes crossing into controversy, such as by releasing invasive species into the environment, blurring the lines between art and biology, and challenging scientific thinking.
Nov 23rd, 2015
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Scientists have sequenced the complete genetic makeup of a species of ecologically important algae, which may aid in biofuel production.
Nov 19th, 2015
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Scientists shown for the first time how artificially grown mini-intestines can be used in nutritional and diabetic research.
Nov 19th, 2015
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A new injectable biogel is effective in delivering anti-cancer agents directly into cancerous tumours and killing them.
Nov 19th, 2015
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The simulation method allows the study of structural changes in DNA and of the interaction of DNA with proteins and drugs.
Nov 17th, 2015
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Researchers studying a biological process that enables tiny green algae to grow efficiently have taken the first steps to recreating the mechanism in a more complex plant. Their findings could lead to the breeding of high yield varieties of common crops such as wheat, rice and barley.
Nov 16th, 2015
Read moreAbility to introduce or reverse the spread of genetic traits through populations could one day improve pest management and disease control.
Nov 16th, 2015
Read moreScientists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic ones secreted by bacteria. The implications for the study of biology and pharmacology are said to be enormous.
Nov 13th, 2015
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Biomedical engineers have developed specialized white blood cells - dubbed 'super natural killer cells' - that seek out cancer cells in lymph nodes with only one purpose: destroy them. This breakthrough halts the onset of metastasis.
Nov 13th, 2015
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Method safely isolates single stem cells from larger clusters.
Nov 9th, 2015
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