Diabetes Management, Transformed
BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood Millions of people with diabetes know all too well the time-consuming and difficult process of calculating the precise […]
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How to Use Berries for Medicine
BioTechniques News Health gurus may tout the power of berries to treat disease, but why are they considered therapeutic? Cyanidin, a small […]
Proteins Take the Heat
BioTechniques News A new study shows how cranking up the heat causes cell death through the loss of a subset of key […]
Tracking the Causal Genetics of Fragile X
BioTechniques News Researchers report a single protein underlying the cellular and behavioral symptoms associated with Fragile X syndrome, one of the leading […]
Mammalian Macrophages Get the Hang of Microgravity
BioTechniques News In real time, Earth-bound scientists witnessed mammalian cells adapting to microgravity in experiments conducted on the ISS. How long did […]
Time to Die: Instructing Injured Axons to Degenerate
BioTechniques News Researchers have found the first receptor that mediates axon death after an injury. Learn more… Full BioTechniques Article here Powered […]
Clap On, Clap Off. Protein On, Protein Off
BioTechniques News New light-controlled proteins may improve our understanding of cell structure, function, and behavior. Learn more… Full BioTechniques Article here Powered […]
3D Printing: A New Dimension in Biotechnology 10
BioTechniques News Researchers are finding a wide variety of applications for 3D printing in medicine, basic research, and bioengineering. Learn more…. Full […]
3D Printing: A New Dimension in Biotechnology 8
BioTechniques News Researchers are finding a wide variety of applications for 3D printing in medicine, basic research, and bioengineering. Learn more…. Full […]
3D Printing: A New Dimension in Biotechnology 9
BioTechniques News Researchers are finding a wide variety of applications for 3D printing in medicine, basic research, and bioengineering. Learn more…. Full […]
Four Former FDA Commissioners Warn About Drug Importation Dangers
BIOtech Now Stacey Matusko Last week, four former FDA Commissioners – Robert M. Califf, Margaret B. Hamburg, Mark B. McClellan, and Andrew […]
The Agony and Ecstasy
BioTechniques News The king of club drugs shows promise for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Read more… Full BioTechniques Article here Powered by […]
A Surprising New Suppressor
BioTechniques News Genetically altered SHANK proteins are linked to autism. A new study shows SHANKs play a powerful, unexpected role in cancer […]
Cancer Cells: Turning “Don’t Eat Me” into “Eat Me”
BioTechniques News Antibodies that specifically bind a protein upregulated in leukemia effectively treat cancer. Researchers now present new insights into how antibody […]
Our Treatment of Bleeding Disorders: A Story of Tragedy, Progress, and Hope
BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood I recently came across a post from a young man named Jozef from Wisconsin. He grew up with […]
A Plant’s Response to Drought
BioTechniques News Researchers determined the genetic mechanisms of plant growth, which may help increase crop yields in times of drought. Learn more… […]
Introducing the Next-generation of Genetic Screening
BioTechniques News Researchers combine pooled CRISPR screening with single-cell RNA sequencing to enable high-resolution analysis of transcriptional profiles on a large scale. […]
Two Become One
BioTechniques News Scientists have pinpointed a protein that gametes use to fuse with one another during sexual reproduction—and it’s the same protein […]
A Faster Way to Generate Hypomorphic Mutations
BioTechniques News Researchers have developed a simple and rapid method for generating partial loss-of-function mutations in a wide variety of organisms. Learn […]
Growing Replacement Organs in Animals
BioTechniques News New techniques enable researchers to grow organs from stem cells in a host animal. Learn more… Full BioTechniques Article here […]