Basic Research

Fundamental science without an immediate application – the mechanisms, structures and phenomena later work is built on.

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A New Nanopore Sequencer with Graphene Technology

Researchers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a new nanopore sequencing method based on graphene nanoribbons that detects double and single stranded DNA in...

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Structured extracellular matrix cultured in vitro

Researchers from Brown University have engineered an extracellular matrix (ECM) without any artificial materials that could prevent using it as an implant. Cells were cultured to originate two...

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Detection of genomic lesions using an artificial DNA base pair

Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a new technique to localize genomic damage sites. The method uses an artificial DNA base pair previously...

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3D printing of embryonic stem cells in building blocks

  A new 3D printing method allows to obtain regular blocks of embyonic stem cells (ESCs) that could be used to build larger structures like tissues...

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A Novel Cas9 Recognizes More DNA Targets

Researchers from the Massachussets General Hospital (MGH) have engineered the Cas9 nuclease from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) to recognize more targets. The prokaryote RNA-guided immune system, used as a genome...

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New Technique Increases Peptide Lifespan

A new technique developed at the University of the Pacific improves the lifespan of peptides in vivo. With the new method, peptides can reversibly bind...

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IDT Launches New CRISPR with Increased Editing Efficiency

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the  Alt-R™ CRISPR-Cas9 System, a genome editing tool based on the S. pyogenes CRISPR/Cas immune system. IDT has optimized CRISPR...

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Protein Dynamics Are Predictable from The Amino Acid Sequence

  Researchers from CNIO in Madrid and University College London have successfully predicted the movements a protein does to execute its functions. This remarkable advance...

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