Cryo-EM reveals an amyloid protein structure associated with a rare disease
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Solving the structure of an amyloid protein gives new insight into limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 3 (LGMD D3) […]
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Computational modeling takes the guesswork out of developing injectable hydrogels
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers have developed a computational framework to predict the properties of granular hydrogel matrices. A granular hydrogel […]
Magnetic tweezers reveal NIHCOLE DNA repair mechanism
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Scientists used magnetic tweezers to reveal how the RNA molecule ‘NIHCOLE’ repairs cell damage, hindering cancer treatments such […]
Could new gut insight help understand graft-versus-host disease?
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi New research suggests a mechanism – and potential pharmacological treatment – for microbiome changes that affect the severity […]
Harnessing the power of antimicrobial peptides
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed an antimicrobial material that can be used to both treat and prevent infections, helping to […]
Grant awarded to create training materials for volume electron microscopy
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby An international team of scientists has received a 2-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CA, USA) to […]
Rewriting oxytocin’s love story using CRISPR
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi The neurohormone traditionally labeled the ‘love hormone’ may have just lost that title as new research finds that […]
The evolutionary balancing act that produced both advanced cognition and cognitive disease in humans
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi New research finds patterns of compensatory evolution in human-accelerated regions of the genome, which suggest these regions could […]
Changing the brain: nanocapsule therapy edits the Alzheimer’s gene
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi In a recent study, researchers developed a nanocapsule gene therapy that can edit an Alzheimer’s-associated gene in mice, […]
Computational tool ESPRESSO discovers and quantifies RNA isoforms
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby ESPRESSO overcomes the limitations of error-prone long-read RNA sequencing, providing a useful resource to study transcriptome variation. Long-read […]
Could attaching cytokines to T cells enable CAR-T cell therapies for solid tumors?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers have developed a new method of locally delivering cytokines alongside T cells that could lead to improved […]
Emotional blunting and reward processing: side effects of anti-depressants
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study has revealed why anti-depressants often cause emotional blunting. A team led by researchers from the […]
Mapping age-related macular degeneration
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study highlights a genetic risk factor associated with age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of visual […]
Infographic: Conservation of critically endangered species with nanopore sequencing
BioTechniques News Annie Coulson Critically endangered species need intensive conservation efforts to prevent them from becoming extinct. Access to high-quality reference genomes […]
An injectable hydrogel could treat infections following hip replacement surgeries
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby An antibacterial hydrogel shows promise as a new minimally invasive treatment option for soft tissue infections around prostheses. […]
Characterizing metabolite messengers: how the gut and brain communicate
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi How do gut microbes communicate with the brain? A new study used a novel tool to characterize and […]
Cryo-EM of Cas12a2 reveals its potential in versatile at-home diagnostic tests
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A recently discovered CRISPR protein that indiscriminately cuts genetic material could lead to the development of at-home diagnostic […]
Communication is key for dolphins completing cooperative tasks
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Human-made noises are disrupting wild dolphins’ ability to communicate and complete cooperative tasks. Researchers from the University of […]
A vaccine can kill and prevent brain cancer using an unusual approach
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A dual-action cancer vaccine that both eliminates established tumors and induces long-term immunity shows promising results in a […]
Could gut bacteria help us understand the causes of multiple sclerosis?
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Research shows changes in the gut bacteria of multiple sclerosis patients compared with healthy controls. There are also […]