The role of amyloid in dementia and brain aging
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study sheds light on the differences between increased amyloid beta protein in aging, healthy brains and […]
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Infographic: Key trends in therapeutic and single-cell and spatial oncological studies
BioTechniques News Dorcus Mayabi Finalizing our Spotlight: Understanding Tumour Response, we present this Infographic, summarizing the results of the survey of our […]
Northern white rhinoceros could be brought back from the brink of extinction
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby There is hope for critically endangered northern white rhinoceros as scientists produce primordial germ cells from stem cells. […]
2022 with BioTechniques: our top content and a year in review
BioTechniques News Tristan Free BioTechniques has gone from strength to strength this year as we increased our output of editorial content, launched […]
Seeing SPOTS: spatial transcriptomics and protein profiling
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers have developed a method that can monitor cell activity throughout a tissue at high spatial resolution. A […]
Tough pill to swallow: the cellular uptake pathway for large drug molecules
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi How can we improve drug specificity? Larger, more complex drugs may be the way to target ‘undruggable’ cell […]
Glycans block cholera infection
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers find that a type of glycan prevents cholera infection by interfering with the microbe’s gene expression. Mucus […]
Revealing the molecular markers of our sixth sense
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A new study investigated how proprioceptive sensory neurons (pSNs), the cells underlying the “sixth sense”, function. Can you […]
Oblique plane microscopy captures cell dynamics of whole organisms
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Researchers developed a large-scale, dynamic imaging technique using mesoscopic oblique plane microscopy, which can capture 3D images of […]
How to: model a heart attack
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers from the University of Southern California (CA, USA) have created a model that could one day be […]
RAS gene mutations fuel malignancy through crosstalk with tumor microenvironment
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi A single oncogenic mutation can hijack mechanisms causing benign tumors to become malignant. A study by researchers […]
Introducing FingerDTA: a new drug discovery framework
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A new study has shown how machine learning can be used to simulate drug–target binding affinity to identify […]
Seaweed molecules improve synthetic vascular grafts
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Applying a molecule derived from seaweed to synthetic vascular grafts improves in situ endothelialization and could lead to better […]
Small molecule shows promise in treating temporal lobe epilepsy
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby A novel drug candidate to treat temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has been identified, which suppresses TLE-induced neuroinflammation and […]
If you want to improve your cognitive abilities, learn piano
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Music training improves audio–visual processing and boosts your mood. Learning a musical instrument provides multisensory training, requiring you […]
Reinforcing cervical mucus: an alternative contraception method
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers have developed a topical, non-hormonal gel that can reinforce cervical mucus, acting as a barrier against sperm. […]
Finding Nemo: Using marine eDNA for biomonitoring
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Using marine environmental DNA sampling, scientists identified more fish species than with conventional trawling techniques, but only if […]
Composition of gut microbiome drives granulopoiesis
BioTechniques News Aisha Al-Janabi Researchers demonstrate that changes in the intestinal microbiome stimulate neutrophil production in mice. Neutrophils are the most common […]
New Alzheimer’s drug is a cause for both optimism and caution
BioTechniques News Annie Coulson The full data for the Phase III trial of lecanemab has been published, showing that the drug slows […]
Infographic: Common challenges in cell-line development
BioTechniques News Beatrice Bowlby Cell-line development (CLD), from identifying a biological target to commercially manufacturing a biologic, is a long process and […]