Enzymes

Enzyme discovery and engineering, and the assays used to characterise them.

16 articles

telomeres

BioViva’s CEO Claims to Have Longer Telomeres After Gene Therapy

BioViva reported last week that the company’s CEO, Elizabeth Parrish, successfully reversed biological ageing after being treated with the biotech’s therapies. The Seattle-based company confirmed that Parrish...

Bioengineering
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New Method to Extend the Lifetime of Implanted Devices

Researchers from Harvard University have developed a biochemical mechanism to extend the time that an implanted medical device can remain functional and not trigger an...

Bioengineering

Targeting Our Gut Microbes Could Cure Arteriosclerosis

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic have discovered that blocking a specific microbiome metabolic pathway can diminish the risk of arteriosclerosis for the host. A compound found...

Biomedicine

PITCh: An Alternative Use of TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9

Researchers from Hiroshima University have presented a new gene insertion method called Precise Integration into Target Chromosome (PITCh). The method uses existent gene editing technologies more effectively. The...

Basic Research

A Semi-Biological Integrated Circuit Powered by ATP

Engineers from Columbia University (CU) have developed an integrated circuit that uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the molecular unit of currency, as a source of energy....

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
crispr-cas9

A Novel Cas9 Recognizes More DNA Targets

Researchers from the Massachussets General Hospital (MGH) have engineered the Cas9 nuclease from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) to recognize more targets. The prokaryote RNA-guided immune system, used as a genome...

Basic Research

A Deep-Sea Bacterium Against Climate Change

An organism that lives at the bottom of the ocean could help in the fight against climate change. The bacterium, Thiomicrospira crunogena, lives in extremely hot...

Basic Research