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Excellent standards drive commercial demand in bioproduction

February 22, 2021
Protein biochemist, Dr Bernd Gerhartz, tells the story of how he and his team established a new strategy, development workflow and QC process to provide consistent, high-quality bioactive proteins to...

Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance

February 3, 2021
A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasion. So, being wide and curvatious helps bacteria survive antibiotics, continue to grow, and adapt...

To improve reproducibility; look first to pipetting

January 4, 2021
With years of experience and expertise with pipettes, Gustavo Chavarria outlines pipetting factors and practices that lead to success and reproducibility in the lab…

Streamlining critical workflows

January 4, 2021
Research technician, Yvette Hoade, explains how electronic pipettes and pipetting robots help speed up her workflow when investigating mutations associated with different blood diseases that can lead to leukaemia.

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...

Targeted microbubbles for controlled cancer treatment

December 10, 2020
Targeted cancer treatment just got a navigation system. A research team from Leeds has successfully wrapped what might otherwise be toxic anti-cancer agent in what are effectively pre-programmed microbubbles. Drug-laden...

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