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Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence
July 7, 2021
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to label mRNA molecules, and thereby follow, in real time, their path through cells, using a microscope...
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

Tissue autografting turns pulp fiction into pulp reality
July 6, 2021
One of the most challenging medical conditions is serious loss of tissue. Unlike certain animals, humans have only a limited capacity for regrowing missing body parts, which is how the...

A CRISPECTOR calls with fresh insight to gene editing errors
July 5, 2021
An Israeli research team claims new software can detect unintended consequences of gene editing. Here, Dermot Martin unpacks the research that applies statistical modelling to determine and quantify editing activity....

Electron microscopy just became a thousand times more efficient
June 3, 2021
Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the new 'Ruska' microscope will be able to see proteins fold and capture drug molecules...
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Environment, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Particle Physics, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology

Staying ahead of the bacteria: A new weapon in the anti-bacterial arms race
June 1, 2021
In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by revealing bacterial weaknesses and potentially by...

UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects
May 27, 2021
UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five groundbreaking research projects. By pledging support for citizen science and citizen led research and...
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Botany, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, Haematology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Materials, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Neuroscience, Oceanography, Physics, Soil Science, Tectonics, Virology, Volcanology, Zoology

Can immune cell-based therapies become mainstream in oncology?
May 20, 2021
Can gene editing technology help transition cell-based therapies to solid tumours? Here, Jonathan Frampton looks at the potential evolution of this currently costly approach into mainstream treatment of cancer patients...

Some like it hot – our May/June issue cover story on thermophiles as biotechnological targets
April 28, 2021
Thermophiles are fascinating microorganisms that include fungi, algae, cyanobacteria, and protozoa. Tom Graham discusses how to measure thermophilic microbial growth as a step towards understanding these fascinating and potentially highly...
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology

Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope
April 9, 2021
Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers -- which should enable them to image...
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology

Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division
April 6, 2021
Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental design rules that govern life. Building on the construction of the first synthetic cell in 2010,...

