Biotechnology

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

207 articles

New Cell Line Produces Critical Component for Organoid Cultures

Trevigen has released a cell line that produces a fundamental element for propagating organoid cultures. The HA-R-Spondin-Fc293T cells can be used to obtain Roof plate specific Spondin-1 (R-Spondin...

Bioengineering
Nuria

Núria Montserrat: “The Enviroment Is Fundamental for Success”

Labcritics presents an interview with Núria Montserrrat, Junior Group Leader at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia. The talented young woman shares with us her...

Biotechnology

VirScan Detects All Past and Present Viral Infections

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new method to detect a person’s viral history. VirScan tests for more than 1000...

Biomedicine
pancreatic cells

Pancreatic Cells Originated from Human Skin Revert Diabetes in Mice

Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have created for the first time functional pancreatic cells from human skin...

Biomedicine

Genome Editing Cures Muscular Dystrophy in Mice

Researchers from Duke University have used the CRISPR technology to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a mouse. It is the first time that the gene editing...

Biomedicine

Nanoreactors Increase Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Yield

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an innovative cell-free protein synthesis system based on microfabricated reactors that produce therapeutic...

Biomedicine

The Bucaramanga Giant Who Crossed the Atlantic for Science

Jhon Alex Rodriguez Buitrago is a Colombian structural biologist who left his country to pursue a scientific career that has already taken him to Spain,...

Basic Research

A More Potent Water Purification System Based on Cyclodextrin

A team of researchers form Cornell University has developed a water purifier based on a cyclodextrin modification. The original polymer, a compound used in air fresheners,...

Basic Research