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Thomson Reuters Publishes List of Most Influential Scientists

Thomson Reuters, the leading company providing information for professional markets, has released a list of the world’s most influential scientific minds. To identify the researchers with the strongest...

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Faster Nanopore Sequencing Simulation Based on Graphene Nanoribbons

Nanopore sequencing technology could be faster and more accurate, according to a simulation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In the recently developed...

Bioengineering
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Clontech Gesicles Improve CRISPR/Cas9 Performance

Clontech has launched the Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System, a new technology that improves CRISPR/Cas9 delivery and reduces its footprint. Cas9 endonucleases and target-specific sgRNAs are encapsulated...

Bioengineering

Fertility Could Be Controlled with a Switch

A team of German scientists is developing a new device to control fertility. The Bimek SLV is a valve that is fitted to the sperm ducts and...

Clinical Research
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Exosomes Deliver Potent Chemotherapeutic Agent to Cancer Cells

Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill have increased the effectiveness of a chemotherapeutic agent 50 fold. The drug, paclitaxel (PTX), was...

Biomedicine
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Human Faeces Transplanted to Treat Obesity

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital will conduct a clinical trial for weight loss based on human faeces. Pills filled with excrements from healthy people will...

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Electron Holography Microscope Obtains First Image of a Single Protein

  Researchers from the University of Zurich have obtained the first image ever of a single protein. The molecule was fixed on a graphene sheet...

Basic Research

BMG Labtech Launches the Pherastar FSX Microplate Reader

BMG Labtech is about to launch the PHERAstar® FSX, a high-throughput plate reader based on their FS platform. The FSX is considered the most sensitive reader...

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