All Developmental Biology

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
Added: 4 Aug 2020
A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly a…

Wales to gain equitable access to advanced therapies
Added: 29 Jul 2020
Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging…

UK vaccine capability enjoys a >£100M cash boost
Added: 24 Jul 2020
The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to research and develop a COVID-19 vaccine and …

Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Added: 22 Jul 2020
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 p…

Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought
Added: 16 Jul 2020
Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolut…

Improving animal research: New ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines released
Added: 15 Jul 2020
A previous version of the ARRIVE guidelines for the rigorous reporting of animal studies was publis…

Serving virtual reality Raspberry Pi to flies
Added: 15 Jul 2020
The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality e…

New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer
Added: 13 Jul 2020
Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with t…

How the sparrow changed its tune
Added: 9 Jul 2020
Most bird species are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried-and-true songs to d…

More gain, less pain with liquid biopsies
Added: 26 Jun 2020
Following on from a previous article; Liquid Gold, published on 21 January 2019, Dermot Martin revi…

UK Gov invests £400 million in innovation
Added: 26 Jun 2020
Seven major research and innovation projects across the UK have today (Friday 26 June) received ove…

Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions w…

GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Gene editor turns gene detective: Dermot Martin investigates a successful COVID-19 test development…

New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery
Added: 1 Jun 2020
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long…

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer
Added: 28 May 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzym…

WIN: A Tale of Seven Scientists
Sarah Lawton | Added: 11 May 2020
And a new philosophy of science
Written by Eric Scerri

Targeted prevention of preterm labour
Added: 27 Apr 2020
A new approach that targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labour and birth has b…

Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory
Added: 7 Aug 2019
The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…

Volunteer data to build new AI diagnostics
Added: 26 Jul 2019
The UK government has announced a volunteer programme that will support the development of new trea…

Beyond the code
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Genomics has been revolutionary – but have we forgotten cell biology in the push for an ever more r…