Biotechnology

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

207 articles

Smart Band-Aids Made of Biocompatible and Elastic Hydrogels

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new material to build intelligent band-aids. The elastic, sticky hydrogel can incorporate drug reservoirs...

Basic Research

New Technique to Obtain Yeast Hybrids for Food and Fuel

Researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new way to cross different yeast species that allows to obtain hybrids with great economical potential. The...

Basic Research

Rolling DNA Motor is the Fastest Ever Designed

Researchers from Emory University have developed a nano-robot based on rolling DNA that moves faster than any previously designed DNA motors. The technique, based on...

Basic Research

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

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

The Life of a Postdoc in Singapore

Over the past decade, I shared countless experiences with David Castaño at the Structural Biology Unit of CIC bioGUNE,. He was certainly my greatest support during my...

Basic Research

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

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