Biotechnology

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207 articles

CRISPR/Cas9 Eliminates Viral Transmission Risk in Xenotransplants

Researchers from  Harvard Medical School in Boston have successfully deactivated 62 viruses in embryo pigs. The achievement was possible thanks to the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology. The...

Bioengineering
Nanopore proteins

Nanopores Found Useful in Detecting Single Molecule Movements

Nanopore’s are proving to be useful for more than just DNA sequencing. The pico sized wonder’s have shown that they can even identify single molecular...

Biotechnology

God Mode Enabled: Early Artificial Cells Able to Replicate

Japanese scientists are reporting success in creating cells that are capable of replicating and maybe evolving equivalent to early cells. In a paper published in...

Biotechnology

Micromotors that Swim and Sequester Carbon Dioxide

Researchers from UC San Diego have developed an innovative tool to fight climate change. In their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the team...

Basic Research

Illumina Announces a Consortium to Create a 750000 SNPs Microarray

Illumina presented his PopArray Consortium at the Individualizing Medicine Conference at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minessota. The initiative aims to collect genomic data from the...

Biomedicine

Future Pills Will Be Electronic

In his recent review published in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, Chistopher Bettinger makes a summary of the current state and future trends of edible...

Bioengineering
Next Gen Seqencing Helix

The Rise of CRISPR Based Startups

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology seems to be the only thing that everyone is talking about nowadays and maybe the only thing researchers want to work...

Bioengineering

Pere Estupinyà: “In Latin America There Is a Growing Interest in Science and Innovation”

I was fortunate to meet Pere Estupinyà in person few years ago. I was always attracted by science outreach, and Pere was and remains a leader...

Basic Research