Biotechnology

Applied biology at scale: engineered organisms, therapeutic platforms and the companies turning biological research into products.

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IDT xGen AML Panel

Integrated DNA Technologies Launches its First xGen Cancer Panel

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the first next generation sequencing product for cancer. The xGen Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Cancer Panel has 11,743 xGen Lockdown...

Biotechnology

Agilent Introduces SureSelect Target Enrichment System for Ion Proton System

Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced SureSelect target enrichment solution for Ion Proton devices. By including Ion Proton to the list, the company has made available...

Biotechnology

Researchers Develop a Novel 3-D Method to Grow Miniature Pancreas

An international research team led by Professor Anne Grapin-Botton of the Danish Stem Cell Center at the University of Copenhagen has established a novel 3-D...

Biotechnology

Scientists Recode Entire Genome to Re-design Natural Biological Systems

Yale and Harvard researchers have imparted bacteria with an ability to resist viruses by rewriting their entire genetic code. By doing so, they have opened...

Biotechnology
Biomaterial transform stem cells

Physical Features Replace Chemicals in Transforming Mature Cells to Stem Cells

Researchers at UC Berkeley are reporting on a breakthrough in substituting biochemicals with 3D physical features to revert mature human and mouse cells back to...

Bioengineering
petri dish

Scientists Print Microscopic 3D Cages to Study Bacterial Interactions

Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have employed a new laser-based 3-D printing method to construct microscopic structures to investigate bacterial interactions that...

Biotechnology

Porvair Sciences Launches Krystal Glass Bottomed Microplates

Porvair Sciences, one of the leading manufacturers of microplates and microplate accessories has launched its newest offering, Krystal. The Krystal range, available in 24-, 96-...

Biotechnology
Nobel Prize in Medicine

Nobel Prize Goes to Researchers Who Unravelled the Machinery of Vesicle Traffic

Researchers from Stanford, Berkeley and Yale were announced the joint winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on unraveling the inter...

Biomedicine