DNA-In® from AMSBIO, an Optimized CRISPR Reagent
AMSBIO has launched a new transfection reagent that facilitates the delivery of large plasmids for gene editing inside cells that are particularly difficult to transfect...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Engineering applied to living systems: tissue constructs, biomaterials, devices and the hardware bridging biology and fabrication.
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Switching off 20000 Genes to Identify the Essential Ones
Scientists from the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre have identified the minimum set of human genes necessary for survival. Using the CRISPR technology, the researchers switched...
Bioengineering
Functional Liver Cells Cultured in the Lab
An international team of researchers led by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a technique to grow functional hepatocytes in vitro. The cultured cells will allow...
Bioengineering
Robotic Lab Offers Now CRISPR Gene Editing
The robotic laboratory Transcriptic will add CRISPR gene editing to its services. Apart from the wet lab part of the job, Transcriptic offers CRISPR library...
Bioengineering
Electric Chip Recovers Drug Nanoparticles from Blood
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have discovered a new technique to isolate nanoparticles from blood plasma. An oscillating electric field can separate nanoparticles...
Bioengineering
Organic Electronics Generate the First Electronic Plants
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden have created electronic plants. The staff at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics inserted semi-conductive polymers inside living flowers, trees and...
Basic Research
Nanopore Technology Can Identify Pathogen Types
Reseachers from Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Boston University have developed a nanopore that identifies pathogens from their genomic characteristics. The instrument senses single molecules and detects...
Basic Research
Coating for Medical Implants Based on Prebiotic Compounds
Scientists from the Australian research center CSIRO have developed a new coating method based on the prebiotic materials that generated the first biomolecules. The cell-friendly polymer allowed the...
Bioengineering