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RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny

December 22, 2020
How does the cell know when to stop transcribing? What is the purpose of noncoding RNAs? Another win for multi-disciplinary research as results from the Whitehead Institute suggest that the...

Predicting trends in clinical motion tracking technologies

November 18, 2020
Read an expert vision of the future where clinicians have been wooed by motion tracking wearables to collect inertial data, into further investment in more complex artificial intelligence (AI) and...

Cambridge bioscience partnership seeks rising stars in AI

November 17, 2020
Calling all bright young things as a multi-disciplined partnership of globally reknowned academic and industry institutions seeks five of the best individual minds to bridge the skills gap between autonomy...

Malaria test as simple as a bandage

November 5, 2020
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...

An artificial cell on a chip

October 28, 2020
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology, they produce miniature polymeric reaction containers equipped with...

CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

October 28, 2020
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us understand immune response to SARS-CoV-2 virus and even find drug targets to assist...

Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?

October 28, 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operation Moonshot' reach its target of half a million UK COVID tests per day asks Mark Gray...

Reflections on the CRISPR journey from conception to Nobel Prize and beyond…

October 14, 2020
Our very own CRISPR specialist, Dermot Martin, muses on this year’s historic decision to award the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development...

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