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A CRISPECTOR calls with fresh insight to gene editing errors

July 5, 2021
Feature
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....
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Proteomics & Genomics
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Can immune cell-based therapies become mainstream in oncology?

May 20, 2021
Feature
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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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The first frost is the deepest – understanding the biochemical flowering brake in plants

May 17, 2021
News
The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profound event in the life of plants, lifting the genetic brake on...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Proteomics & Genomics
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Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit

May 14, 2021
News
A further species discovery confirms the abundance and diversity of giant marine lizards in the Cretaceous period. Eight metres long, with small eyes, huge jaws and snake-like tongues, Pluridens serpentis...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Geology, Marine Biology, Paleobiology, Zoology
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Learning on the fly: Computer model links insect and mammalian learning

May 7, 2021
News
Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy hormone, according to a new study from the University of Sussex which shows how they may use dopamine to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Genetics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pathology, Zoology
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Texas CRISPR gene editing opens new battlefront against Duchenne MD

May 7, 2021
News
Thirty five years ago the human gene that causes Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) was discovered. It was hailed as a light bulb moment in understanding the disease mechanism. However, there...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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COVID-19: Testing times for laboratories

May 7, 2021
Insight
Following what may have felt like a slow uptake of voluntary third-party laboratory testing support during the fight against the COVID-29 pandemic, Lorraine Turner explains how UKAS has fast tracked...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Virology
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Delving deeper into AI and blockchain for healthcare and life sciences

April 16, 2021
Insight
We are all becoming used to hearing about AI and blockchain, two technology trends that go hand in hand – the brains and the brawn, the automation specialist and its...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Policy
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Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System

April 7, 2021
Insight
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medicine professor, is warning that scientists must better prepare for the next pandemic - and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division

April 6, 2021
News
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,...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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